GASLIGHT

Finished this script by Ian Fried.

Script is very similar to HYDE but instead of Mr. Hyde imprisoned beneath Scotland Yards, this story has Jack The Ripper behind bars.

GASLIGHT has many more elements than HYDE though.  Renfield is a cellmate of Jack's.  Florence Nightingale shows up to help track down the killer who turns out to be none other than Nosferatu.  The Elephant Man makes an appearance as does Sitting Bull and P.T. Barnum.

Reminds me a bit of Alan Moore's THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN. 

The script needs a rewrite though.  It doesn't move as fast as it could.  The murders are placed too far apart to generate steam.  Nightingale takes up a lot of pages but doesn't add much to the plot. 

Nosferatu here isn't a true vampire.  He drains his victims of blood with the help of a tool.  I'd drop that.  I'd make him a vampire or at least dump him in favor of Dracula. 

Ian Fried is in love with his prose.  If he's going to continue to write this way, he should turn his attention to novels.  There's no place for it in a screenplay.  It slows down the read.

I'd vote to consider the script but I'd bring in another writer fast for another draft.