Jess Franco’s “Jack the Ripper,” released in 1976, offers a competent take on the infamous serial killer who terrorized London's Whitechapel district, featuring Klaus Kinski as the central figure. It's important to remember that the real-life murderer was never caught, so any film that identifies him is purely fictional. The movie evokes Victorian horror similar to Hammer’s "Hands of the Ripper" (1971) and "The Two F…