One of the most feared figures in all of history, the elusive Jack the Ripper prowled the streets of Whitechapel in London, England in the 1880s, murdering and eviscerating a number of women before disappearing back into the shadows… until now. A century on from these gruesome crimes, a professor at a Midwestern college, teaching a course on famous crimes depicted on film, happens across an old ring at an antique store, which bears an uncanny resemblance to one believed to have been worn by Jack the Ripper himself. No sooner has the professor started wearing the ring than he finds his dreams assailed by visions of women being gruesomely disemboweled. When grisly real-life murders start taking place in the local area bearing the hallmarks of the murderer of Whitechapel, could it be that a Jack the Ripper copycat is on the loose, or is something even stranger afoot?
Ya gotta give the movie makers credit here, in 1985 they attempted a shot on video period piece (in parts) about Jack The Ripper. Could pass as a BBC special if you squint. Tom Savini plays Jack.sunglasses were a quick and easy way to distinguish a character as "counter culture" (I am not sure when that changed over to being "alternative").
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