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Theme: Jack the Ripper

Jack the Ripper was a real-life Serial Killer who slaughtered five women (all prostitutes) in the impoverished Whitechapel district of London in November of 1888. The murders gained considerable notoriety in their day.

While some individuals were questioned, nobody was ever arrested or identified as The Ripper. Since then, there has been a vast industry of books and internet sites speculating about who from the era might have been the killer, ranging from reasonable suspects to entirely fanciful theories (members of the Royal Family) and even hoaxes (The Jack the Ripper Diary).

Film based on the killings have treated the facts very liberally (portraying the victims as dancehall girls because censorship forbade mention of prostitutes), opting for the absurd Royal conspiracy theory or creating fictional victims and suspects.

Aside from actual depictions of the events, there have been works that have had the fictional contemporary character of Sherlock Holmes solve the case or Dr Jekyll’s Mr Hyde half as the killer. Other works show the Ripper travelling in time, resurrected or copycatted in the present-day or even involve aliens and possessing spirits. Jack the Ripper is also a key figure of the Victorian Gaslight Mileu.


Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

1 June 199926 May 2020

Rating: ★★

Anthology of Comedy Skits & Genre Parodies

Director: Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horten, John Landis, …
Actors: Arsenio Hall, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rosanna Arquette, Monique Gabrielle, …
Category: Science Fiction

Batman: Gotham By Gaslight (2018)

11 February 201815 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Animation/Victorian Era Batman

Director: Sam Liu
Actors: Bruce Greenwood, Jennifer Carpenter, Scott Patterson, Anthony Head, …
Category: Fantasy

Bridge Across Time (1985)

18 December 201913 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Jack the Ripper Resurrected in the Modern Day

Director: E.W. Swackhamer
Actors: David Hassehhoff, Clu Gulager, Lane Smith, Adrienne Barbeau
Category: Horror

Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)

28 May 20008 April 2021

Rating: ★★★½

Dr Jekyll Becomes a Woman/Hammer Film

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Actors: Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick, Gerald Sim, Lewis Fiander, …
Category: Horror

Edge of Sanity (1989)

8 August 199930 September 2020

Rating: 0­

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Adaptation

Director: Gerard Kikoine
Actors: Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber, Sarah Maur-Thorp
Category: Horror

From Hell (2001)

21 October 20011 March 2025

Rating: ★★

Jack the Ripper

Director: The Hughes Brothers, Albert Hughes, Alen Hughes
Actors: Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, …
Category: Horror

From Hell to the Wild West (2017)

11 March 202411 March 2024

Rating: ★★

Jack the Ripper Out West

Director: Rene Perez
Actors: Robert Kovacs, Charlie Glackin, Alanna Forte, Nicole Stark, …
Category: Horror

Hands of the Ripper (1971)

24 December 200210 December 2024

Rating: ★★½

Jack the Ripper’s Daughter/Hammer Film

Director: Peter Sasdy
Actors: Eric Porter, Angharad Rees, Jane Merrow, Norman Bird, …
Category: Horror

Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (2013)

21 December 201418 November 2021

Rating: ★★

Animation/Boy With a Cuckoo-Clock Heart on a Quest

Director: Stephane Berla, Mathias Malzieu
Category: Fantasy

Jack the Ripper (1959)

6 February 20131 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Jack the Ripper Killings

Director: Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman
Actors: Lee Patterson, Eddie Byrne, Ewen Solon, John Le Mesurier, …
Category: Horror

Jack the Ripper (1976)

13 August 20151 June 2021

Rating: ★★

Jack the Ripper Killings

Director: Jess Franco
Actors: Klaus Kinski, Herbert Fux, Lina Romay
Category: Horror

Jack the Ripper (1988)

27 October 201318 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Jack the Ripper Killings/TV Mini-Series

Director: David Wickes
Actors: Michael Caine, Lewis Collins, Armand Assante, Michael Gothard, …
Category: Horror

Jack the Ripper (2016)

1 June 202115 October 2022

Rating: ★★

Jack the Ripper Killings

Director: Sebastian Niemann
Actors: Sonja Gerhardt, Falk Hentschel, Nicholas Farrell, Sabin Tambrea, …
Category: Horror

Jack’s Back (1988)

4 April 20188 April 2021

Rating: ★★

Modern-Day Jack the Ripper Copycat

Director: Rowdy Herrington
Actors: James Spader, Cynthia Gibb, Robert Picardo, Chris Mulkey, …
Category: Horror

The Lodger (1944)

8 May 200111 October 2021

Rating: ★★★

Jack the Ripper Thriller

Director: John Brahm
Actors: Laird Cregar, Merle Oberon, George Sanders, Cedric Hardwicke
Category: Horror

The Lodger (2009)

13 December 201030 November 2021

Rating: ★★

Modern-Day Jack the Ripper Killings

Director: David Ondaatje
Actors: Alfred Molina, Hope Davis, Simon Baker, Donal Logue, …
Category: Horror

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)

2 August 201718 December 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Jack the Ripper Thriller

Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Ivor Novello
Category: Horror

Man in the Attic (1953)

6 June 200118 December 2019

Rating: ★★

Jack the Ripper Thriller

Director: Hugo Fregonese
Actors: Jack Palance
Category: Horror

Murder By Decree (1979)

13 December 200212 April 2023

Rating: ★★★

Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper

Director: Bob Clark
Actors: Christopher Plummer, James Mason, Donald Sutherland, Genevieve Bujold, …
Category: Horror

Ripper: Letter from Hell (2001)

3 September 200513 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Modern-Day Jack the Ripper Killings

Director: John Eyres
Actors: A.J. Cook, Bruce Payne, Jurgen Prochnow, Danielle Evangelista, …
Category: Horror

Ripper Untold (2021)

13 November 202413 November 2024

Rating: ★★

Jack the Ripper Film

Director: Steve Lawson
Actors: Jonathan Hansler, Phil Molloy, Sylvia Robson, Chris Bell, …
Category: Horror

A Study in Terror (1965)

17 July 201023 April 2024

Rating: ★★★½

Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper

Director: James Hill
Actors: John Neville, Anthony Quayle, Donald Houston, Robert Morley, …
Category: Horror

Time After Time (1979)

31 August 200014 May 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Time Travelling H.G. Wells vs Jack the Ripper

Director: Nicholas Meyer
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, David Warner
Category: Science Fiction

Waxworks (1924)

6 July 20005 October 2021

Rating: ★★★★

Historical Anthology/German Expressionism

Director: Paul Leni
Actors: Conrad Veidt, Emil Jannings, Werner Krauss, John Gottowt
Category: Horror

Whitechapel (2009)

25 August 20099 June 2025

Rating: ★★★½

Modern-Day Jack the Ripper Killings

Director: S.J. Clarkson
Actors: Rupert Penry Jones, Phil Davis, Steve Pemberton, Christopher Fulford, …
Category: Horror

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