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Hands of the Ripper (Blu-ray + DVD) [1971] [US Import] [NTSC]

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4.4 out of 5 stars 49 customer reviews
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  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat film given good treatment at last
By A. Griffiths on 14 Nov. 2006
Format: DVD
Welcome to Hammer's outstanding "Hands of the Ripper", one of the studio's last movies and one of their best. Previously only available as a box set with two far inferior British 70's horror movies "The Monster" and "The Uncanny", it is high time this film was decreed worthy of a stand alone release.

The story tells of Anna, a young girl who is actually Jack the Ripper's daughter, and who was traumatised as a toddler by witnessing a vicious killing (seen in the prologue). Now an adult, she is prone to murderous seizures which provide the many grisly highlights of the film. It sounds rather lurid, but the film takes the subject seriously, and as a whole, the plot is tremendously engaging. Anna's rages are only triggered by a specific set of circumstances, and the script creates a surprising and clever staging for each one, following on every time with a suitably gory slaughter. The film features great performances from its prestigious cast, particularly Angharad Rees who is luminously beautiful as Anna, and Eric Porter as the doctor who realises her identity but is compelled to try and cure her rather than turn her in (as well as falling for her charms, as she has no recollection of what she does when she goes into a trance). Of course, he also wants to be the person who makes the medical breakthrough in curing her, and it is this ego trip as much as anything that prolongs the mayhem before Anna is stopped. The murder scenes are all very well done, and quite gruesome too, especially the dazzling broken mirror murder and then there's the hatpins...(ouch!)

But even though Anna is essentially innocent, in the movies such a situation can only end in tragedy, and the climax of the story is quite downbeat and very effective.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 stars'Jack's Back' !
By Paul Ess. on 25 July 2008
Format: DVD
'Hands of the Ripper' is a Hammer movie from Peter Sasdy, the same guy who directed the lamentable 'I Don't Want To Be Born', and it's in a different league. Superior in every multitudinous way you can possibly think of, and then some.

It's a sharp, aggressive picture. A slight departure for Hammer in that there is a VERY sympathetic 'monster'; this is no unthinking fiend from the murk and fog, but a vulnerable and frightened young girl called Anna. Traumatized by an unspeakable horror from her childhood; conditioned by years of abuse, then finally hidden away; forced to participate in her guardian's shameful exploiting of recently bereaved people in her fraudulent role as a medium.

That she snaps will come as no surprise. The trigger, something as innocent as a kiss, provokes the most horrendous violence as she becomes possessed by her father's murderous spirit, and continues his trail of destruction.

Her father is none other than Victorian bogeyman Jack the Ripper: in 'HOTR's pre-credit sequence we see a hysterical Anna in her cot, witnessing her own mother's ghastly death at the hands of her scarred and blood stained father, sowing the seeds of the inevitable carnage that follows..

Later, she's taken into the care of a kindly doctor, played excellently by old Soames himself - Eric Porter, who, as an early advocate of Freud (the only thing he doesn't do is say "Ja ?" (!) ), both suspects the evil in Anna, but also believes he can help her using psycho-analysis.
An opinion not shared by nasty politician (is there any other kind?) Dysart, who believes the only cure for her is "a good, stout rope about her neck".
As it turns out, in Sasdy terms anyway, this would undoubtedly have been the wisest course of action.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsWay too good a Hammer film to be as obscure as it is today
By Daniel Jolley HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWER on 1 Oct. 2007
Format: DVD
Hands of the Ripper is a shockingly neglected and obscure little atmospheric masterpiece from Hammer Studios. It's a veritable showcase of classic horror at its best, with several somewhat bloody scenes thrown in for good measure. Beautifully shot and scored, the film simply oozes the aura of Victorian London, and the cinematography of the final shot is, ahem, to die for. The entire cast is wonderful, particularly Eric Porter and Angharad Rees, the latter being a delightful young actress I had never encountered before.

I know you're probably wondering if the film is about Jack the Ripper. Well, yes and no. The story is ostensibly about his daughter. You can imagine how screwed up in the head a daughter of Saucy Jack might be; now imagine that this little girl saw her father murder her mother right in front of her eyes. Freud would have wet himself over such a poor, young thing. Now a young lady, we find Anna working as a fraudulent medium's secret little helper. The madam isn't above selling Anna's body to certain gentlemen, either. Following a "séance" attended by the good Dr. Pritchard (Eric Porter) and others, no less than a man of Parliament (Derek Godfrey) stays behind to indulge in some special favors. A scream later, Pritchard has run back into the house (encountering the fleeing Parliamentarian at the door) to find Anna in a somewhat catatonic state and the medium quite dead. You would think Pritchard would accuse the man he saw fleeing the house at the time of the murder, but he has plans of his own. Having grown fascinated with the breakthrough work of Freud in Vienna, Pritchard thinks he can cure the girl (if she does turn out to be the murderer) and, at the same time, finally acquire the answers as to why people commit murder in the first place.Read more ›
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Most Recent Customer Reviews

2.0 out of 5 starsWeak Film

Didn't like this as it has not worn well at all since I saw it in the cinema. Eric Porter must have regretted getting involved.

Published 3 months ago by John B
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

exellent classic hammer horror.

Published 3 months ago by MIKES 45
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Published 3 months ago by N. R. Reekie
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Brilliant, loved it for years.

Published 4 months ago by Rosie Whitehouse
5.0 out of 5 starsbut easily one of the studio's best

Another classic Hammer production, not one of the most well known, but easily one of the studio's best, with a very interesting and unique take on the Jack The Ripper formula, with... Read more

Published 4 months ago by Justin micheal homer
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

everything has described

Published 5 months ago by gordon mcguire
4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

A good old horror film. Nice suspense filled film. Well worth buying if you like old hammer horror films.

Published 6 months ago by Azrael
4.0 out of 5 starsFour Stars

very atmospheric

Published 8 months ago by RICHARD O'CONNELL
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Excellent..Blu Ray

Published 10 months ago by Mr Rodent
4.0 out of 5 starsearly 70s Hammer, where the spirit of Jack The ...

early 70s Hammer, where the spirit of Jack The Ripper, is passed from him into his daughter. who is taken in & studied by a psychologist.

must see for Hammer fans

Published 10 months ago by Skip

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