Jack the Ripper stalks New York City in "Ripper" coming soon from Bat Country Films

October 2, 2014 (Los Angeles, CA) - After 7 awards and countless nominations from several film festivals around the globe, Joe Randazzo's "Ripper" is coming to life in 2016, courtesy of Chicago based Bat Country Films. The acclaimed script, about a New York City college professor and his star pupil investigating a series of murders in Brooklyn, has already brought a great ensemble of indie film talent aboard.

Helming the project, his second feature film, is two time Emmy Winning Director Michael Gibrall, whose impressive first feature "Available" has been setting the festival circuit on fire with 9 wins, including the coveted Gold Remi for Dramatic Feature at WorldFest Houston, an award previously won by filmmakers as distinguished as Steven Spielberg, David Lynch, and Francis Ford Coppola. He was drawn to the project after reading it while a screenwriting judge in 2012, "Ripper is easily one of the best horror scripts I've read in my years of judging at the Eerie Horror Fest."

Justin A. Martell, best known for producing Lloyd Kaufman's acclaimed 2013 hit "Return to Nuke 'Em High: Volume 1," is on deck to co-produce the film along with Sean Steffen, producer of the short comedy "The Perfect Candidate."

Catherine Corcoran of the Troma/Starz co-production "Return to Nuke 'Em High" has signed on to star as a college student obsessed with a series of murders in Brooklyn that have more than a slight resemblance to the infamous Jack the Ripper Whitechapel murders, while her Nuke 'Em High co-star Vito Trigo provides the love interest as a morgue attendant who eagerly helps her on her search for the killer.

Veteran character actress Lynn Lowry, best known for her roles in several cult classic films, including David Cronenberg's Shivers and George A. Romero's The Crazies, has also signed on as Amanda, the pretty bookwormish owner of a Lower East Side book store.

The film has some eye catching preliminary poster art by Vernel McDade, which you can see on this page.

Merchandise featuring the artwork, including t-shirts, banners, hoodies, and posters of all sizes, is available at cafepress.com/rippermerchandisestore. All proceeds from the sales go into the making of the film.

For more information on Ripper, including casting updates, like their Facebook page at www.facebook.com/RippertheMovie