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[Gothic Horror] Jack the Ripper Adventures?
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<blockquote data-quote="RealAlHazred" data-source="post: 9409958" data-attributes="member: 25818"><p>I figured I'd also compile a Jack the Ripper movie list for inspiration, but I had no idea just how many movies have been based on the Whitechapel murders. Nevertheless, I found a few that I thought seemed interesting and maybe good for inspiration; I wonder if, after I finally get to watch them, I'll still consider them good fodder for gaming:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Study_in_Terror" target="_blank"><strong><em>A Study in Terror</em></strong></a> (1965): Sherlock Holmes (John Neville) and Dr. Watson (Donald Houston) investigate the Whitechapel murders.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper_(1973_TV_series)" target="_blank"><strong><em>Jack the Ripper</em></strong></a> (1973 series): This was a series starring Detective Chief Superintendents Barlow and Watt (Stratford Johns and Frank Windsor) analyzing the case, with the incidents portrayed in flashback. It was a six-part series and was apparently hugely successful for them; the characters had been made popular by a couple of previous long-running police procedural series. I'll have to find this one, seems interesting.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong><em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_by_Decree" target="_blank"><strong><em>Murder By Decree</em></strong></a></em></strong> (1979): Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Plummer) and Dr. Watson (James Mason) investigate the Whitechapel murders. Amusingly, a couple of actors from <strong><em>A Study in Terror</em></strong> were in this one, too; one of them in the same role!</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper_(miniseries)" target="_blank"><strong><em>Jack the Ripper</em></strong></a> (1988 miniseries): I actually remember I watched this when it was on television -- I'm a sucker for a Michael Caine film. He plays Inspector Abberline in it, and I remember liking it quite a bit, but reading Wikipedia it looks like they took some liberties with the characters. Still, I remember it was entertaining.<br /> </li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RealAlHazred, post: 9409958, member: 25818"] I figured I'd also compile a Jack the Ripper movie list for inspiration, but I had no idea just how many movies have been based on the Whitechapel murders. Nevertheless, I found a few that I thought seemed interesting and maybe good for inspiration; I wonder if, after I finally get to watch them, I'll still consider them good fodder for gaming: [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Study_in_Terror'][B][I]A Study in Terror[/I][/B][/URL][B][I] [/I][/B](1965): Sherlock Holmes (John Neville) and Dr. Watson (Donald Houston) investigate the Whitechapel murders. [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper_(1973_TV_series)'][B][I]Jack the Ripper[/I][/B][/URL] (1973 series): This was a series starring Detective Chief Superintendents Barlow and Watt (Stratford Johns and Frank Windsor) analyzing the case, with the incidents portrayed in flashback. It was a six-part series and was apparently hugely successful for them; the characters had been made popular by a couple of previous long-running police procedural series. I'll have to find this one, seems interesting. [*][B][I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_by_Decree'][B][I]Murder By Decree[/I][/B][/URL][/I][/B] (1979): Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Plummer) and Dr. Watson (James Mason) investigate the Whitechapel murders. Amusingly, a couple of actors from [B][I]A Study in Terror[/I][/B] were in this one, too; one of them in the same role! [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper_(miniseries)'][B][I]Jack the Ripper[/I][/B][/URL] (1988 miniseries): I actually remember I watched this when it was on television -- I'm a sucker for a Michael Caine film. He plays Inspector Abberline in it, and I remember liking it quite a bit, but reading Wikipedia it looks like they took some liberties with the characters. Still, I remember it was entertaining.[B][I][/I][/B] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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