Film is forever.
I hadn't seen this flick since about 1982, and I wasn't exactly waiting with baded breath to review it anew for our Kinski issue. But in this grim Jack tale, the facts and speculations are played with loosely in order to create a horrific, if not all that captivating tale. Over the years the theory has been advanced that the Ripper was in fact a doctor, suggested by the killer's apparent skill with a surgical blade. However, the way that Klaus butchers his victims it seems odd anyone would actually suspect he was a doctor. Actually, after one viewing the reason is apparent.