"Jack the Ripper" or "Der Dirnenmörder von London" is a German color movie from 1976, so this one has its 40th anniversary this year. I am fairly positive that it is mostly known today still because of the writer and director being Jesús Franco, certainly a name to every horror film junkie. And of course, lead actor Klaus Kinski (around the age of 50) was also considered among the most spectacular performers of his time. And here the duo gives us their take on one of the most prominent figures in crime history. Unfortunately, I must say for that it was a pretty underwhelming watch. As interesting as a character may be, they still need to build a convincing and edge-of-seat story line around him in order to create a good film. This is not the case here. Obviously, everybody who knows a bit about JtR knows that it is not safe today even to say who he was and what he did, so it is all a work of fiction. This is good for creative decisions as you impossible can make a film based on real events, but it is also bad in terms of relevance for the same reason and especially bad if the creativity just results in something mediocre at best. Even the acting was underwhelming here for the most part. oh yeah, Charlie Chaplin#s daughter plays a major role too. But she is not convincing either. I don't recommend the watch. thumbs down.
Review of Jack the Ripper
