A remake of the same producer's 1909 film of the same name that tells the story of Portugal's notorious serial killer, Diogo Alves (whose severed head now resides at the University of Lisbon) . It's quite a graphic film for its time, with scenes of women being throttled and a small girl being thrown from an aqueduct, and the matter-of-fact manner in which the killings are depicted is quite chilling. Although this version - which makes use of some of the same locations as the first film - is a vast improvement on its predecessor, the style of acting and direction lags behind that of the French, British and Americans.