“詹姆斯·希尔,詹姆斯·希尔”导演的《恐怖的研究》是一部非常好的电影,加上约翰·内威尔,唐纳德·休斯敦,约翰·弗拉瑟,约翰·凯尼,阿维丝·班内奇,佐治娅·布朗等演员的加盟,使这部原本平淡的剧本焕发出新的光彩,赢得了观众的高度评价。
When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.