In this obviously big-budgeter, Franco the genius attacks one of the most persistent english crime myth figure : Jack the Ripper. The assassin is played by Klaus Kinsky in a very good shape, and Lina Romay has a little role as the detective's wife. That was before she got kind of... old. The story is funny because Franco portrays ol' Jack as a sexual maniac whose mother was a whore, and who now feels the urge to kill all prostitutes to seek some kind of revenge. He slashes their throats and then has sex with the dying ladies, which leads to some very amusing scenes. However we can feel that all the way Franco had some kind of fat producer sitting on him, cuz the hardcore sex and the useless gore isn't really there. But this is a good movie, really, with some very well written roles & dialogues.
Review of Jack the Ripper
