Both Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper inhabit a dark and sinister London in the popular imagination, full of cobbled streets and pea-soup smog, with danger lurking just outside the glow of every gas lamp. It was not until long after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s death that this fascinating if tasteless pairing was brought to fruition, resulting in two sharply contrasting films: "A Study in Terror" (1965) and "Murder by Decree" (1979).
In her latest entry exploring Jack the Ripper films, Rebecca McCallum explains how the 2001 effort presents a world where institutions and the establishment exist to protect men while systematically ignoring and disregarding the welfare and dignity of women.
The third entry in our series examining the roles of women in Jack the Ripper films looks at Peter Sasdy's 1971 feature.
The second entry in this series looks at Hugo Fregonese's 1953 remake of "The Lodger."
Andrea and Alex leave the comforts of modernity and go back to nature to discover what humanity has left behind through our obsessions with cryptids and conspiracy theories.
