Blu-ray Review – Hands of the Ripper

"Hands of the Ripper" sets the bar for gruesome violence high during its
main titles, where we witness Jack the Ripper murder his wife in front
of his young daughter. It's a horrifying moment that certainly
establishes the tone for the feature, suggesting that anything goes in
this Hammer production. Fortunately, in terms of "should I be watching
this?" ugliness, "Hands of the Ripper" doesn't match its vivid opener,
though it tries with multiple gory moments intended to give increasingly
demanding genre fans a jolt. What's actually here is a fascinating
psychological chiller that's artfully made on a low budget, trusting the
power of performance to carry a heavy workload of exposition and
suspense as the famed horror factory endeavors to breathe new life into
an oft-told tale of serial murder. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com