‘Before the Ripper, fear had another name.’
The Limehouse Golem is a 2016 British horror thriller film directed by Juan Carlos Medina (Painless aka Insensibles; Rage) from a screenplay by Jane Goldman (The Woman in Black, 2012).
The film, an adaptation of Peter Ackroyd’s 1994 murder mystery novel Dan Leno and the Limehouse Golem, stars Olivia Cooke, Bill Nighy, and Douglas Booth. The Number 9 Films production will be released theatrically in the UK by Lionsgate on 1st September 2017.
A serial killer is plaguing the streets of London. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Cree (Olivia Cooke), a former music hall performer, is charged with the murder of her husband.
Detective Kildare (Bill Nighy) must tackle both these cases, learning about Elizabeth’s strange life, her relationship with fellow performer Dan Leno (Douglas Booth), and the beliefs of the locals of Limehouse that a fabled Yiddish monster is to blame for the killings…
Reviews:
“This is no quaint and respectful BBC costume drama. Medina seamlessly mixes this Victorian-era tale with an eye for the properly gruesome normally found in Giallo-style film, while at the same time finding the style of the theatre of the era, in which exagerration and pantomime were the norm.” Shelagh Rowan-Legg, Screen Anarchy
” …immensely satisfying entertainment, and the gruesome nature of its violence will likely only further entice viewers. People want to understand the machinations behind how such horrific crimes could take place. How could another human, just like me, do something so terrible? The Limehouse Golem offers up a devilishly good answer…” Adam Chitwood, Collider
“Lurid beheadings aside, this unlikely feminist Jack the Ripper-esque thriller cleverly unpicks late-Victorian London’s social strictures.” Jordan Hoffman, The Guardian
Cast and characters:
- Olivia Cooke as Elizabeth Cree + Bates Motel; Ouija; The Quiet Ones
- Bill Nighy as Inspector John Kildare + I, Frankenstein; Underworld: Rise of the Lycans; Shaun of the Dead
- Douglas Booth as Dan Leno + Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
- Adam Brown as Mr. Gerrard
- Daniel Mays as George Flood
- Morgan Watkins as George Gissing
- Clive Brunt as Charlie
- Amelia Crouch as Young Elizabeth
