hwg1957-102-265704 Paul Naschy was an unlikely looking leading man, pudgy and balding, but carved a name for himself as a werewolf, a vampire and various unhinged characters. Even when playing straight he still looked slightly barmy. "Seven Murders for Scotland Yard" is a Spanish giallo where he plays an ex-circus trapeze artist (not that plausible!) who is implicated in a series of Jack The Ripper style murders. There is a bit of gore and a few nice ladies in underwear but it is mainly talky and dull.It is set in London but only parts of it were filmed there. It is easy to tell apart what was the English footage and what was the Spanish footage. In the London scenes Naschy roams about familiar locations like Soho and Piccadilly. He goes to Euston Station but amazingly can get a train to Rye from there. It's actually the wrong station for that. Perhaps the film makers should have chosen Leighton Buzzard or Berkhamsted instead.It is always hard to assess acting quality when a film is dubbed so i won't comment on that though Renzo Marignano as Inspector Henry Campbell has a splendid moustache. A good music score is provided by the reliable Piero Piccioni.

Coventry Most people perhaps don't know this, but back in the 1970s, the Spanish horror monument Paul Naschy occasionally did more than just put on his furry werewolf coat and depict Waldemar Daninsky in the legendary and long-running "Hombre Lobo" series! Some of this non- wolf man movies rank among the absolute greatest things he ever did, in fact, like for example "The Hunchback of the Morgue", "Inquisition" and "The Hanging Woman". In that same decade, Naschy also starred in three very worthwhile Spanish variations of the Italian giallo: "Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll", "A Dragonfly for Each Corpse" and this "7 Murders for Scotland Yard"; in which a vicious serial killer copycats the modus operandi of Jack the Ripper in contemporary London. The most entertaining thing about Paul Naschy movies – and this goes for practically ALL Paul Naschy movies – is that he clearly worships himself and seemingly always insists to portray an invincible hero! Even though Nashy was relatively short-sized and rather chubby, the most ravishing women always fall head over heels in love with him and he always beat his opponents in bare-knuckle fights even though they are much fitter. In this particular movie, we are even supposed to believe that Naschy's character – Pedro – was a former trapeze artist in a circus. I can guarantee that it's quite a hilarious sight to see him in his bright purple tights… "7 Murders for Scotland Yard" is a fun and undemanding giallo that delivers the goods in terms of sleaze, bloodshed and grotesque plot twists. The whodunit-aspect is rather weak, since there are only three primary suspects in the murder investigation and, since it's fairly obvious straight from the beginning that someone is blatantly trying to frame Naschy's character, there are actually just two… More than 80 years after Jack the Ripper terrorized London, someone is once again targeting prostitutes and removing their organs with utmost surgical accuracy. Pedro, the former circus artist who now drinks too much and stumbles around on a handicapped leg, becomes Inspector Campbell's main suspect when also his girlfriend's lifeless corpse gets discovered. While the corpses keep piling up, and Pedro tries to look for the killer on his own, Inspector Campbell is busy blabbering with his best friend Winston. The murders are quite grim and explicit, and after a while Jack the Ripper doesn't restrict himself to prostitutes and even slashes an extremely young and cherubic school girl. What else is there to say about "7 Murders for Scotland Yard"? Well, perhaps that whoever invented this alternative title clearly cannot count properly, as there are far more murders being committed than seven. The biggest shortcomings of Spanish gialli in comparison to their Italian counterparts are undoubtedly the lack of style, the shortage of imaginative camera-work and the absence of a memorable soundtrack. José Luis Madrid's direction is anonymous and flat, but there's enough action and the connection with Jack the Ripper is original.

arfdawg-1 OMG could this movie be any slower? Plus, I'm not sure what century its set in. It starts in modern day London!Then there's the first murder in a bedroom that looks Victorian with an old knife!I'm confused.This is really one of the worst movies I have seen in a long time.The plotIn this version of the famous story of the London serial killer, Jack not only likes to kill prostitutes but he is a cannibal as well.

udar55 A serial killer is on the loose in modern day London, committing a series of murders that echo the work of Jack the Ripper from the previous century. Scotland Yard is once again on the case and their no. 1 suspect is Peter Dockerman (Paul Naschy), a drunk former trapeze artist (!) whose wife was one of the earliest victims.This Naschy vehicle is a real snoozer. A majority of the time is comprised of stuffy Brits talking up their theories over and over. This is the kind of movie where you will guess the killer 20 minutes in (a small cast and telling line of dialog helps out here) and then you wait the next hour as they try to mislead you. It also doesn't help that the TeleVista DVD appears to be a clothed version (although sharp-eyed viewers will note that a flashback by the killer features a quick snippet of nudity). The DVD is nice though in that it is widescreen. The crew did a few days of actual shooting in London as Naschy limps around various tourist spots. It is quite fun watch the polite Brits always duck out of the way real quick as the camera pans to them.