Hands of the Ripper (1971)

Film details
View on IMDb ↗CastEric Porter, Angharad Rees, Jane Merrow, Keith Bell, Derek Godfrey, Dora Bryan, Marjorie Rhodes, Lynda Baron, Marjie Lawrence, Margaret Rawlings
Review
"While the character development is certainly the main cause for the sinister atmosphere in this tale, the director also must be give props for having a very keen eye for subtlety. Even though this film features much gorier deaths than we expect from Hammer, the gore never seems over-the-top. This is because the director shows just enough so you capture how horrible the crime was, but does not linger on it too much that you actually go "eeeewwwww... gross." He didn't want us to come away from this movie thinking it was a low-grade "hack em up film" Instead he focused our attention on the horror behind Anna's multiple personalities. This is most seen in the end scene, which I will not ruin for anyone. What I can say is that while there was defiantly room to go with the lowest common gore denominator at the movie's climax, he instead showed off some very impressive camera work and emphasized the suspense and tragedy instead." - Jenn Dlugos
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