The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire. The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire is a non- canonical Sherlock Holmes film. 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. 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. Shortly thereafter, Holmes is pushed in front of a moving carriage by the supposed vampire, only to be saved by a pedestrian. The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire (TV Movie 2002) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Brother Marstoke of St Justinian's in Whitechapel sends for Holmes and Watson when a monk is murdered with all the signs of vampirism. They believe it is the work of a South American vampire called Desmoto. In order to catch the murderer, Holmes disguises himself as a monk and reveals that the vampire was Brother Abel, who hoped 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, when he was infected. The film ends at Baker Street, when Mrs. Hudson gives Holmes his pipe, delivered by the same man that saved Holmes from being run over. When Holmes asks his name, Mrs. Hudson says his name was Reginald Church. Sherlock Homes - Der Vampir von Whitechapel (TV Movie 2. Trivia. The film contains two references to the most famous vampire novel, Bram Stoker's . First, Dr Chagas lives in lodgings at 4 Renfield Place, Whitechapel. In the novel, Renfield is the insect- eating inmate of Dr Seward's lunatic asylum. Second, Brother Marstoke tells Holmes that Brother John was murdered in an alley opposite 1. Demeter Street. The Demeter is the name of the ship in which Dracula sails from Transylvania to England. The Case of the Whitechapel Vampire is a 2002 Crime, Mystery film directed by Rodney Gibbons and starring Matt Frewer, Kenneth Welsh.
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