Directed by:
Juan Carlos MedinaScreenplay:
Jane GoldmanCinematography:
Simon DennisCast:
Olivia Cooke, Bill Nighy, Douglas Booth, Sam Reid, Daniel Mays, María Valverde, Eddie Marsan, Peter Sullivan, Daniel Cerqueira, Nicholas Woodeson (more)VOD (4)
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Adapted from Peter Ackroyd's novel, the film follows Inspector John Kildare (Bill Nighy) as he investigates a series of brutal murders in Victorian East London. When the husband of famous music hall singer Elizabeth (Olivia Cooke) turns up dead, Kildare takes her in for questioning. However, suspecting that Elizabeth's husband was in fact the serial killer he had been hunting and that he poisoned himself to avoid capture, Kildare faces a race against time to uncover the truth and clear Elizabeth's name. The cast also includes Douglas Booth, Eddie Marsan and Sam Reid. (Lionsgate Home Entertainment)
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An average atmospheric thriller set in London, where the serial killer Golem is on the rampage. I can usually stomach films like this, the dirty streets of London, hookers, rats and blood create a very dark atmosphere, but here there is hardly any of the above. Bill Nighy is very old and Olivia Cooke is cute. It's a great pity that the film focuses more on the crime line and the theatre scenes, until the interesting twist at the end, which is quite unexpected and surprisingly and nicely brutal. If it weren't for the last 15 minutes I would go even lower with the rating. 55%
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The British horror film The Limehouse Golem is not one of those films that completely blows you away, but I couldn't help but enjoy this detective excursion into old London. I am simply enchanted by that era and probably everything that takes place in it that is not downright lazy can captivate me. I think The Limehouse Golem deserves at least a slightly better rating than it generally gets.
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