Directed byJuan Carlos Medinafrom a script byJane Goldman(Kingsmen,X-Men: First Class),The Limehouse Golemtakes to the sordid streets and tawdry nightclubs of Victorian London, where a ghastly serial killer is leaving behind a string of barely identifiable corpses. Inspector John Kildare (Bill Nighy) is assigned the case, where he meets a young songstress (Olivia Cooke) sentenced to death for the murder of her husband, who may hold the secrets to solving the grisly mystery. It looks a bit like a Giallo thriller by way of period baroque drama and I’m all in for that.
The Limehouse Golemfirst debuted at TIFF last year, whereAdam praised the film as an enthralling mysterywith a “delicious and satisfying ending”. The film also starsDouglas Booth,Sam Reid, andEddie Marsan.The Limehouse Golemis only scheduled to arrive in UK theaters September 1 for now, but hopefully, we’ll get stateside release date details soon. Watch the trailer below.
Here’s the official synopsis forThe Limehouse Golem:
Set on the unforgiving, squalid streets of Victorian London in 1880, our tale begins in the baroque, grandiose music hall where the capital’s most renowned performer Dan Leno (Douglas Booth) takes to the stage. The whimsical thespian performs a monologue, informing his dedicated audience of the ghastly fate of a young woman who had once adorned this very stage, his dear friend Elizabeth Cree (Olivia Cooke); for the beguiling songstress is facing up to her forthcoming death by hanging, having been accused of murdering her husband John Cree (Sam Reid). Lizzie’s death seems inevitable, until Detective Inspector John Kildare (Bill Nighy) is assigned to the case of the Limehouse Golem – a nefarious, calculating serial killer, murdering innocent, unconnected victims, leaving behind barely identifiable corpses – and his distinctive, trademark ‘M’. All is not what it seems and everyone is a suspect and everyone has a secret.
