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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.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
The Limehouse Golem
Before the ripper, fear had another name.
2016 · 1h 49m · Not Rated
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
Juan Carlos Medina
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The Limehouse Golem
Overview
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.
Director and cast
- Juan Carlos Medina Director
- Bill Nighy as John Kildare
- Olivia Cooke as Lizzie Cree
- Douglas Booth as Dan Leno
- Daniel Mays as George Flood
- Sam Reid as John Cree
- María Valverde as Aveline Ortega
- Eddie Marsan as Uncle Tommy Farr
- Henry Goodman as Karl Marx
- Morgan Watkins as George Gissing
- Adam Brown as Mr. Gerrard
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