Jack the Ripper (1976)
Dir- Jesus Franco
A London doctor takes care of the poor during the day, but he picks up prostitutes in the evening and murders them out of self-loathing he has for his prostitute mother. As Scotland Yard looks for clues, a detective turns to his ballerina girlfriend, looking to use her as bait for the killer. Directed by Jesus Franco, Jack the Ripper stars Klaus Kinski and Josephine Chaplin in a film that plays pretty loosely with the history of the infamous serial killer. The film is extremely misogynistic with its numerous scenes of nudity and graphic violence towards the female victims. Franco was known for this kind of exploitive filmmaking, yet Jack the Ripper has a somewhat coherent plot, unlike many of his other movies. One of the other problems is the utterly inaccurate portrayal of the victims of Jack the Ripper, as none of the women he killed share the names of the genuine victims. Kinski is well cast as the killer who displays some altruistic tendencies despite being a sadistic monster.
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