Which Ripper movie is the best?!

[Christine1932]

Yes, "Time After Time"!! Thank you, Christine!

No problem, ,Miss Mae!

[j.r-ahde]

Hello you all!

Well, the nicest thing on this poll is the number of "Some other, what?!"

Thank you, folks!

All the best
Jukka

[Miss Mae]

Yes, "Time After Time"!! Thank you, Christine!

[Christine1932]

Jack the Ripper (1988), Murder by decree, Time after time.
From Hell is too much "we have street credibility yea, see how camera lingers on butchered victims" garbage, but otherwise it looked very good. Then there´s Hammer´s toothsome twosome, Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (!) where split duo being guilty of Whitechapel murders - hey, is that any crazier than From Hell! - and Hands of the Ripper about Jack´s daughter!
Great poll, BTW.

[SaraCarter33]

I choose the tv movie 1988, and i was a kid at the time, and i remember i went to bed scared to death after watching it. i like from hell but i like the 1988 tv movie the best.

[Miss Mae]

I watched a movie many years ago, and for the life of me, I can't recall the title. It was fiction, but what it was about was that H.G. Wells had really built a time machine, and he used it to come to the future, --our present time-- (which was in the 1980's, I think). But the thing was, Jack found the machine, used it to escape London police, and wound up in OUR time. It was an incredibly suspenseful movie.

Just wish I could recall the title! LOL

[TomTomKent]

Does Jack D Ripper in Doctor Strangelove count?

If not 1988 mini Series, for being watchable as a film if not for being, you know... accurate. It appears that the guys writing the script thought the story was a little far fetched, so they went for the more dramatic elements.

From Hell SHOULD have been a great TV series of about twelve forty five minute episodes on prime time HBO but instead was turned into a rather messy film that missed the point of the book by a few hundred country miles. (Feel free to copy and paste that description for a lot of films adapting Alan Moore comics though. There is a whole new circle of hell being prepared for the people who mangled League of Extrordinary Gentlemen)

So...er... if there is a catagory for "so bad it's great" Ripperfilm, can I nominate the Bridge through Time? I mean come on. Jack the Ripper haunting a bridge? And the Met adopting firearms squads a hundred years early? How can that NOT make you smile wryly?

[Stephen Thomas]

The best JTR film is The Elephant Man.

Despite havng no JTR content .

Here's 'Katy' in Man in the Attic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynbe3...eature=related

[richardnunweek]

Hi,
I have no favourite Ripper Film, as I have yet to see one that actually comes across as convincing , either in period portrayal, or casting authenticity.
We all have the impression that in 1888, everyone in the East end of London , was on the streets begging, or staggering out of inns, all the women being on the game.
True to some extent, but London is a major city, and even today we have the above apply.
The fact is men did work, albeit more casually then today, women also worked, yes sure people drank[ whats new], and prostitution existed, but like in any city right through to modern times, life is never easy.
But I doubt if the london of 1888 has accurately been captured on any film production to date, only what suits the director.
Regards Richard.

[Gman992]

Borrowed "A Study in Terror" from the library a couple of days ago for the first time, and I'm always amazed how the victims are portrayed as "buxom babes" who looked as if they all appeared on the cover of Maxim magazine...especially the girl who portrayed Annie Chapman. The same goes with the ladies in From Hell. C'mon, they are not even in the same age bracket!

[JTRSickert]

My top 3 favorites are:

1. Jack The Ripper (1988)

2. From Hell

3. Time After Time

[Rick Mattix]

Murder By Degree had a great cast and was very atmospheric but I thought the last part bogged down as it got into the Royal Conspiracy bit. Might have worked better without bringing Sherlock Holmes into an already complicated plot. Just for me that is. As far Sherlock versus JtR, I prefer A Study in Terror. I know it's not accurate but just like it.

Have seen Pandora's Box and Hitchcock's The Lodger and like 'em both. Also the 1933 remake of the latter and again starring Ivor Novello (U.S. title: The Phantom Fiend). Prefer the '44 Lodger with Laird Cregar and the near-identical '53 Man in the Attic with Jack Palance just because they're more overtly Ripper and contemporary. It's pure fantasy but I also like Time After Time.

Worst one's gotta be the Klaus Kinski movie.

[Phil Carter]

Gman,

Agreed, "Decree" has a cast that is difficult to match, and the quality of the acting was excellent. AQ was most impressive in this film I thought.

Caine's dialect in that mini series was spot on though, not surprising when ine learns of his background irl. The coachman Netley's part was well played too.

Granted both are based on the Joseph Sickert/Gorman story, but that stuff sells.

best wishes

Phil

[Kirke]

I have just started a PHD on screen depictions of the Ripper so very interested to see the voting on the best film. How about tv versions? Sanctuary for example? or Whitechapel?

Also the new film The Wolfman features Frederick Abberline as a character. In addition to a wonderfully chewing the scenery perfomance by Anthony Hopkins!

[Gman992]

What no Murder by Decree? By far, the best atmospheric....granted it's the "royal conspiracy" theory, but great camera angles, scary lighting, and great acting...C'mon not only James Mason, but Christopher Plummer, Donald Sutherland, Anthony Qualye and Sir John Guilguld? Not to mention Bob Clark...did you know that he's the guy who directed A Christmas Story and Porky's?