THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Bill Nighy (Pride), Olivia Cooke (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl), Douglas Booth (Jupiter Ascending), Adam Brown (The Hobbit), Daniel Mays (Byzantium), Sam Reid (Belle), Morgan Watkins (Kingsman: The Secret Service), Clive Brunt (The Legend of Tarzan), Henry Goodman (The Damned United)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Juan Carlos Medina (Painless), director; Jane Goldman (Kingsman: The Secret Service), writer; Elizabeth Karlsen (Made in Dagenham), Joanna Laurie (Hyena) and Stephen Woolley (Carol), producers; Johan Söderqvist (Let The Right One In), composer; Simon Dennis (The Girl with All the Gifts), cinematographer; Justin Krish (Bend It Like Beckham), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

On the streets of Victorian London in 1880, a series of grisly murders leaves the community spooked, and when Detective Inspector John Kildare (Nighy) is assigned to the case he uncovers more and more clues about the Limehouse Golem, a nefarious serial killer that murders innocent victims and leaves them as barely recognisable corpses. Now, Kildare must race against time to discover the killer’s identity before he strikes again…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The Limehouse Golem is a spooky, endlessly chilling Victorian murder mystery that’s been adapted by Jane Goldman from Peter Ackroyd’s bestselling novel.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER 2017

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