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This initial sequence is the quintaessence of "A Study in Terror", a film which mixes a fiction character, Sherlock Holmes, with an existent criminal, Jack the Ripper, with great violence and charm. Violent prostitutes murders in Whitechapel and a mysterious box sent to the 221B Baker Street are the first clues which involve Sherlock Holmes into the investigation. Emotions and intrigue in a film full of Old England taste and colour. The movie has a superb ambientation and a very interesting script which mixes the character of Sherlock Holmes with a criminal of his time: Jack the Ripper. Much better than the boring "Murder by Decree", the film has excellent performances by John Neville (a wonderful Sherlock Holmes) and Donald Huston (Watson). With a great charm and details of a very good taste, the story is well constructed, funny and intelligent. The movie is fairly filmed, with beautiful colours which reminds to the Hammer films, and elegantly directed by James Hill.

The Sherlock Holmes aficionado will not find in "A Study in Terror" any excuse to be unsattisfied.

The image and sound quality of this particular edition are very good.

Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper: intrigue and violence
The film starts with a shot of the feet of a prostitute. We see there is someone following him. The whore looks to his back: "Hello darling, would you like to have fun?". A knife cuts her thin neck. The killer disppears and an old woman discovers the dead body "Help! Police! Murder!".

This open sequence is the quintaessentia of all the film. Violent prostitutes murders in Whitechapel and a mysterious box sent to the 221B Baker Street are the first clues which involve Sherlock Holmes into the investigation. Emotions and intrigue in a film full of Old England taste and colour. Superb ambientation and a very interesting script which mixes the character of Sherlock Holmes with a criminal of his time: Jack the ripper. Much better than the boring "Murder by Decree", the film has excellent performances by John Neville (a wonderful Sherlock Holmes) and Donald Huston (Watson). With a great charm and details of a very good taste; I recommend it to all the Sherlock Holmes aficionados. The image and sound quality of this edition are very good.

My name would alarm you.
I've always had a soft spot for sixties movies. John Neville definitely makes this film. A brilliant and sorely underappreciated actor who makes a really good Sherlock Holmes. This movie unfortunately follows the less flattering Hollywood depiction of Doctor Watson. Although, not nearly as bad as the Nigel Bruce potrayal. Being spoiled on David Burke and later Edward Hardwicke's performances as Doctor Watson, I find this to be slightly unnerving. Yes, Doctor Watson was an military Doctor, but he was also a very intelligent and able man in the original stories. That and if Sherlock Holmes was based on a real person, doesn't it stand to reason that Watson is suppose to be the author himself. What an insult to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. With that said, it's a rather clever little story in which the greatest consulting detective that never lived faces one of history's notorious figures: Jack the Ripper. The movie itself has a very "Hammer Horror" feeling to it (which is ironic because Hammer did a version of "The Hound of the Baskervilles") and at times the acting and the dialogue can be a bit corny. But I think that's what endears me towards this film. But John Neville does a fantastic job in the role of Sherlock Holmes and his performance in my mind comes second to the Late Great Jeremy Brett who's performance is unsurpassed (even better than Basil Rathbone. There! I said it!) It is apparent the affect the James Bond movies had on this film as well. As well as the Batman television series. But not nearly as campy. But I recommend this movie to all Sherlockians out there. It is definitely worth seeing.