Ripper - Letters from Hell
Movie | |
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German title | Ripper - Letter from Hell |
Original title | Ripper |
Country of production | Canada , UK |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2001 |
length | 103 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 16 |
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Director | John Eyres |
script | Pat Bermel |
production |
John A. Curtis Gary Howsam David Mackenzie Petros Tsaparas Evan Tylor |
music | Peter Allen |
camera | Tom Harting |
cut | Amanda I. Kirpaul |
occupation | |
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Ripper - Letter from Hell (Original title: Ripper ; Alternative title in the USA: Ripper: Letter from Hell ) is a Canadian-British horror film by John Eyres from 2001 .
action
16-year-old Molly Keller is threatened by a serial killer whom she escapes. A few years later she studies forensic psychology with Professor Marshall Kane . Kane teaches his students how to get into the minds of serial killers.
Molly's colleague is found murdered. Keller suspects that the killer is impersonating Jack the Ripper . Later other students are murdered. The police first suspect the student Aaron Kroeker, then Kane and even Keller are also suspected.
background
The shooting took place in Victoria ( British Columbia ). The film premiered on August 8, 2001 and was shown in September 2001 at the Swedish Lund Fantastisk Film Festival .
In 2004, Ripper 2 was a sequel, at least in terms of title.
Reviews
The lexicon of the international film judges: “ Horror thriller with an absurd story, which conjures up a nightmarish atmosphere with shocking murder scenes, oppressive visions of fear and dark rock songs. In the end, however, the only fear that remains is that the slasher film could find a sequel. "
The magazine TV direkt 5/2007 wrote that the film was a " wasted opportunity " and offered " only cheap shocks ".
Ryan Cracknell wrote in the Apollo Guide that not everything in the film makes sense. The movie leg hold " stereotypes " and " consumed superficial characters " ( " overused shallow character types ").
Awards
The film was nominated for the DVD Premiere Award in 2003 for Best Visual Effects .
Individual evidence
- ^ Ripper - Letters from Hell in the Lexicon of International Films
- ↑ TV direkt 5/2007, page 99
- ↑ Ryan Cracknell: Ripper: Letter From Hell. Apollo Guide, archived from the original on September 27, 2007 ; accessed on January 15, 2016 .
Web links
- Ripper - Letters from Hell in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ripper - Letters from Hell at Rotten Tomatoes (English)