The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire

The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire
Directed by	Rodney Gibbons
Produced by	Irene Litinsky
Written by	Novel: Arthur Conan Doyle Screenplay: Rodney Gibbons
Starring	Matt Frewer Kenneth Welsh
Music by	Marc Ouellette
Cinematography	Serge Ladouceur
Release date(s)	2002
Running time	90 minutes
Language	English

The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire is a non-canonical Sherlock Holmes film utilizing an original story. The film was produced in 2002 for The Hallmark Channel as the last installment in a series of Hallmark Sherlock Holmes films.

Plot

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called to Whitechapel after learning about a series of strange murders only two years after the Jack the Ripper murders in the same neighborhood. The local belief is that the killings are the work of a vampire brought back from a recent mission in Guiana. As they investigate the deaths, they engage in an ongoing debate about the supernatural with Watson believing in the possibility of vampires and Holmes remaining skeptical until he is able to prove the murders are the works of a living human rather than any undead creature. At one point, the investigation leads them to the psychic Madame Karasky, who says that Holmes' will be saved by the church. Coincidentally, Holmes is pushed in front of a moving carriage by the supposed vampire, only to be saved by a street urchin. In order to catch the murderer, Holmes disguises as a monk and reveals that the vampire was Brother Abel, hoping to get revenge on the monks who didn't listen to him when he believed that the bats were causing rabies in the South American mission which infected him. The film ends at Baker Street, when Mrs. Hudson gives Holmes' his pipe delivered by the same urchin that saved Holmes' from being run over. When he asks his name, Mrs. Hudson says his name was Reginald Church.

Cast

• Matt Frewer - Sherlock Holmes
• Kenneth Welsh - Dr. Watson
• Kathleen McAuliffe - Mrs. Hudson
• Julian Casey - Inspector Lestrade
• Joel Miller - Brother Caulder
• Danny Blanco - Hector de la Rosa
• Norris Domingue - Brother Sinclair
• Isabel Dos Santos - Signora de la Rosa
• Kathleen Fee - Mme Karavsky
• Jere Gillis - The Thing

Production

• Director - Rodney Gibbons
• Writer - Rodney Gibbons
• Writer - Arthur Conan Doyle

List of Hallmark Sherlock Holmes films

• The Hound of the Baskervilles (2000)
• The Sign of the Four (2001)
• The Royal Scandal (2001)

External links

• The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire at the Internet Movie Database