Innocent by the reason of insanity?

minamurray

Classy, elegant and atmospheric Gothic thriller, based on excellent script by L.W.Davidson and Edward Spencer Shew. Jack the Ripper's daughter murders people in Edwardian London. Sets and colours are rich and gorgeous in true, cozy Hammer Gothic style, and psychotic Anna is fascinating and even sympathetic character: so sweet, so innocent ... and oh, so lethal. There is also nice - and definitely unintended - irony: slimy, hypocritical politician tries to violently rape insane Anna and later yells how only gallows can cure her from criminal insanity. At least Anna is mentally ill. What is HIS excuse? Murders are nasty, but they are genuinely horrifying instead of disgusting and sleazy.

score 10/10

minamurray 28 October 2009

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