Bad Karma (2002 film)


Bad Karma is a 2002 film directed by John Hough. Patsy Kensit stars as a mental patient who believes she is the reincarnated lover of Jack the Ripper, and that her psychiatrist is the reincarnated mass murderer. Damian Chapa and Amy Locane are also in the film, which is adapted by Randall Frakes from the 1997 Douglas Clegg novel of the same name.

Plot

A female mental patient believing she is the reincarnated soul mate of Jack the Ripper, terrorizes her psychiatrist, whom she believes is her reincarnated lover. Determined to find her man, and willing to use her sensuality to get to him, she breaks out of the mental institution and is determined to, at any cost, free him of his wife and young daughter to restart their previous work as mass murderers, and lovers.

Cast

The film was released as Hell's Gate in the United States and was filmed on location in Galway, Ireland. The nude scenes of Amy Huberman's character were actually performed by Zoe Paul.

DVD

The film was released on DVD on July 23, 2002 on Region 1 in English.