Jack's Back

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Jack's Back
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Rowdy Herrington
Produced by	Cassian Elwes Tim Moore
Written by	Rowdy Herrington
Starring	James Spader Cynthia Gibb Robert Picardo
Music by	Danny Di Paola
Cinematography	Shelly Johnson
Editing by	Harry B. Miller III
Distributed by	Palisades Entertainment (theatrical) Paramount Pictures (home video)
Release dates	May 6, 1988
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$492,519 (USA)

Jack’s Back is a 1988 horror film directed and written by Rowdy Herrington and starring James Spader and Cynthia Gibb.

Plot

In Los Angeles, a young doctor is suspected when a series of Jack the Ripper copycat killings is committed. However, when the doctor himself is murdered, his identical twin brother claims to have seen visions of the true killer.

Reception

The film got a negative review in The New York Times, which read in part "Jack's Back, which opens today at the Cine 1 and other theaters, is so dull it leaves you plenty of time to marvel at how a plot can be this rickety, how a production can look this shabby, and how the first-time writer and director Rowdy Herrington could borrow a story with so relentless a grip on our imaginations and in no time at all declaw it."^[1]

Conversely, both Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert gave it a thumbs up, with Siskel declaring that it was a most impressive debut for Rowdy Herrington, as it was for Spader and Gibbs. ^[2] As of April 2012, it has an insufficient number of reviews for an overall rating on the Rotten Tomatoes website.^[3]

Cast and characters

John/Rick Wesford - James Spader
Chris Moscari - Cynthia Gibb
Sgt. Gabriel - Jim Haynie
Dr. Carlos Battera - Robert Picardo
Dr. Sidney Tannerson - Rod Loomis
Jack Pendler – Rex Ryon
Scott Morofsky - Chris Mulkey
Anchorman - Mario Machado

DVD release

UK-based distributor Slam Dunk Media released the film on DVD in May 2007 in 1.33:1 full frame format. It is the only DVD release to date. It was available (expired 2/1/2013) on Netflix video streaming service in SD widescreen format.

References

↑ "The Ripper's Return," Caryn James, The New York Times," May 6, 1988
↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf89pUUBk78
↑ Rotten Tomatoes page for Jack's Back

External links

Jack's Back at the Internet Movie Database
Jack's Back at allmovie
Jack's Back at Rotten Tomatoes

v t e Films directed by Rowdy Herrington

Jack's Back (1988) Road House (1989) Gladiator (1992) Striking Distance (1993) A Murder of Crows (1999) I Witness (2003) Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004)

Jack the Ripper media

Seminal works

The Lodger
Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution

Letters

Film

Waxworks (1924)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1926)
Pandora's Box (1929)
The Lodger (1932)
The Lodger (1944)
Man in the Attic (1953)
Jack the Ripper (1959)
Lulu (1962)
A Study in Terror (1965)
Hands of the Ripper (1971)
Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)
The Ruling Class (1972)
What the Swedish Butler Saw (1975)
Jack the Ripper (1976)
Murder by Decree (1979)
Time After Time (1979)
Jack's Back (1988)
Edge of Sanity (1989)
Deadly Advice (1994)
Ripper (2001)
From Hell (2001)
Bad Karma (2002)
Case Closed: The Phantom of Baker Street (2002)
The Lodger (2009)
Holmes & Watson. Madrid Days (2012)

Parody

Bizarre, Bizarre (1937)
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

Music

Stage

Earth Spirit (1895 play)
Pandora's Box (1904 play)
Lulu (1937 opera)
The Lodger (1960 opera)

Comics

Literature

Sherlock Holmes	Dust and Shadow The Last Sherlock Holmes Story Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography

Short stories	"A Toy for Juliette" "The Prowler in the City at the Edge of the World"

Other	A Feast Unknown Anno Dracula Blood and Fog Matrix A Night in the Lonesome October Jack the Ripper, Light-Hearted Friend Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed Time After Time The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century Phantom Blood Night of the Ripper Darkside Lifeblood Lost The Witches of Chiswick Broken Dracula the Un-dead

series	Jack the Ripper (1973) The Phantom Raspberry Blower of Old London Town (1976) Jack the Ripper (1988) Sanctuary (2007–2011) Whitechapel (2009–2013) Ripper Street (2012–2013)

episodes	"Wolf in the Fold" (1967) "Comes the Inquisitor" (1995) "Ripper" (1999) "Sanctuary for All" (2008)

Video games

The Ripper (canceled)
Jack the Ripper (1987)
Ripper (1986)
Duke Nukem: Zero Hour (1999)
Shadow Man (1999)
MediEvil 2 (2000)
Jack the Ripper (2003)
Mystery in London: On the Trail of Jack the Ripper (2007)
Sherlock Holmes Versus Jack the Ripper (2009)

Other

In fiction

Jack the Ripper

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