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| 3 | ''Hands of the Ripper'' is a 1971 {{British|Films}} Film/HammerHorror SlasherMovie. |
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| 5 | Anna is the daughter of UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper. After witnessing her father kill her mother as a small child, she's grown into a beautiful woman in the local orphanage. Unfortunately, she's developed a SplitPersonality based on her dad and goes into murderous trances periodically. A psychiatrist takes her in in an attempt to treat Anna's problem, but things spiral out of control from there. |
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| 7 | It was distributed theatrically in the US by Creator/{{Universal}}. |
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| 9 | !!This film contains examples of: |
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| 11 | * AssholeVictim: Anna's first victim after possessing Anna is her guardian, a con artist "medium" who sold her to be raped by an {{Ephebophile}}. |
| 12 | * BigBad: Anna, daughter of Jack the Ripper. |
| 13 | * DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Anna throws herself off a high balcony to stop her split personality from killing anymore.]] |
| 14 | * DoingInTheWizard: While several characters think Anna is possessed by Jack the Ripper's spirit, the film makes it clear that she developed a SplitPersonality due to trauma. |
| 15 | * DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Anna throws herself off a balcony to stop her split personality from killing. Meanwhile, the psychiatrist who's been trying to treat her the whole film bleeds out from a stab wound she gave him earlier.]] |
| 16 | * EyeScream: Anna stabs a prostitute in the eye with a sewing needle. |
| 17 | * GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath |
| 18 | * HarmfulToMinors: When Anna was a small child, she witnessed her father murder her mother. |
| 19 | * TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Pritchard bleeds out from a stab wound.]] |
| 20 | * HookerWithAHeartOfGold: When Anna escapes from her home in a trance, a Whitechapel prostitute thinks she's new to the job and takes her home to have a chat and give her better advice on the line of work. Unfortunately, Anna kills her. |
| 21 | * MsFanservice: Anna is noted for her beauty by several characters, and gets a bathing scene. |
| 22 | * PredecessorVillain: Anna's murders were preceded by her father, Jack the Ripper, and the SplitPersonality that commits the crimes is based on him. |
| 23 | * SympatheticMurderer: Anna does not commit these crimes of her own free will. She developed a SplitPersonality that formed into homicidal mania over witnessing her mother's murder and being forced to participate in fake seances. Her other half finally snaps when her guardian sells her to an {{Ephebophile}} to be raped. |
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