I've always been fascinated by the granddaddy of all serial killers, Jack the Ripper; the Ripper's story has been fallow ground for filmmakers. His identity was never discovered, so there was a lot of room for "artistic license."
A number of films have been made theorizing on various possibilities as to the Ripper's identity:
A number of films have been made theorizing on various possibilities as to the Ripper's identity:
- The Lodger (various versions, although the 1927 Hitchcock is considered the definitive)
- Murder by Decree (1979)
- Time After Time (also 1979)
- Jack the Ripper (TV Movie, 1988)
- From Hell (2001)
Just curioose...
Did you read Patricia Cornwell's book Portrait of a Serial Killer; Jack the Ripper Case Closed?