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Assault! Jack the Ripper

1976 · 71 min

A grimy, queasy descent into shared depravity that plays like a feverish exploitation nightmare, leaving you cold and unsettled rather than scared.

Overview
Two restaurant employees begin a sexual killing spree after they accidentally kill a hitch hiker and find that murder and mutilation is their mutual aphrodisiac.
In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • violence
  • crime
  • madness
  • addiction
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
horror, drama, crime
Directed by
Yasuharu Hasebe
Written by
Chiho Katsura
Starring
Tamaki Katsura, Yutaka Hayashi, Yuri Yamashina, Rei Okamoto, Runa Takamura, Natsuko Yashiro, Naomi Oka, Masumi Jun
Music
Hajime Kaburagi
Cinematography
Masaru Mori
Runtime
71 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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