The Limehouse Golem
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times - the mythical so-called Golem - must be responsible.
1970, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
11 April 1942, Ismailia, Egypt
8 February 1957, Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland
29 May 1980, UK
7 December 1945, Hampshire, England, UK
19 September 1954, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
9 July 1992, Greenwich, London, England, UK
24 May 1961, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
31 March 1978, Epping, Essex, England, UK
September 07, 2017
... the mystery's revelation is unsatisfactory, with withheld evidence and reverse angles we didn't get clues on the first time around.
September 07, 2017
As lofty as the ambitions of The Limehouse Golem are, the film rather criminally wastes so much of its potential.
September 07, 2017
This movie doesn't give the audience much credit for smarts.
September 07, 2017
The Limehouse Golem ... is not concerned with the macabre or the scandalous. Its focus is more subdued...
September 04, 2017
It feels at once crammed and sketchy, riddled with flashbacks and framing devices, and woefully light on frights.
September 08, 2017
An atmospheric murder mystery that may not achieve blockbuster status yet it draws you into its world and its mystery.
August 30, 2017
This classier-than-average shocker leaves you with renewed appreciation of east London as a historical melting-pot.
September 07, 2017
For those in the mood for a strong dose of ghastly-by-gaslight horror - and you know who you are, luv - "The Limehouse Golem" is good for what ails you.
September 07, 2017
Well acted and richly atmospheric, The Limehouse Golem doesn't quite terrify, even though its talented cast and abundantly colorful artifice sustain interest.
September 05, 2017
As neo-Nazis speak with renewed confidence across the U.S. and new waves of anti-Semitism roil Europe, it's hard to justify using that kind of hatred as a mere plot device.
September 11, 2016
As busy and artificial as Victorian interior decor at its most excessive, "The Limehouse Golem" is similarly rather too much of a posh good thing.
September 07, 2017
Marrying fact and fiction, Jane Goldman's seamy screenplay is wildly overstuffed; but the director, Juan Carlos Medina, gives the music hall scenes a rowdy authenticity.
