Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Hands of the Ripper / Hammer Studios ; The Rank Organization presents ; a Hammer production ; screenplay by L.W. Davidson ; from an original story by Edward Spencer Shew ; produced by Aida Young ; directed by Peter Sasdy.

Publisher, Date:

[Romulus, Mich.] : Synapse Films, [2013]

Description:

1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

"The infant daughter of Jack the Ripper is witness to the brutal murder of her mother by her father. Fifteen years later she is a troubled young woman who is seemingly possessed by the spirit of her father. While in a trance she continues his murderous killing spree but has no recollection of the events afterwards. A sympathetic psychiatrist takes her in and is convinced he can cure her condition. Soon, however, he regrets his decision."--IMDb.

Target Audience Note:

Not rated.

Series:

Hammer horror collection

Hammer horror collection.

Subjects:

Murder -- Drama.

Widowers -- Drama.

Reincarnation -- Drama.

Fathers and daughters -- Drama.

Psychiatrists -- Drama.

Supernatural -- Drama.

Genre:

Horror films.

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Thrillers (Motion pictures)

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Sasdy, Peter.

Davidson, L. W.

Shew, Edward Spencer, 1908-

Young, Aida, 1920-2007.

Porter, Eric, 1928-1995.

Rees, Angharad, 1949-2012.

Godfrey, Derek.

Merrow, Jane.

Shew, Edward Spencer, 1908- Hands of the Ripper.

Hammer Film Productions.

Synapse Films (Firm : Novi, Mich.)

Notes:

Based on characters created by Edward Spencer Shew.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971 (1972 in USA).

Special features include: featurettes The devil's bloody plaything, Slaughter of innocence: the evolution of Hammer gore; still gallery, original U.S. theatrical trailer, original T.V. spots, U.S. television intro.

Cinematography, Kenneth Talbot; editing, Chris Barnes; original music, Christopher Gunning.

Eric Porter, Angharad Rees, Jane Merrow, Derek Godfrey.

DVD: region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen presentation; aspect ratio: 1.66:1; Dolby digital 2.0 mono sound format.

Closed-captioned in English.

ISBN:

0654930315392

Publisher Number:

SFD0129

SFD0130

Other Number:

859154934

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

631746

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Hands of