Sherlock Holmes - The Return of Sherlock Holmes (DVD)

Joshua Kennedy IS Sherlock Holmes in this tribute to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary sleuth! The Return of Sherlock Holmes adapts "The Empty House" and "The Six Napoleons", two of Doyle's most famous stories. Weeks after perishing at the hands of Professor Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls, the Great Detective miraculously reappears at 221B Baker Street to Doctor Watson's surprise. But Holmes has little time to rest, as a baffling series of crimes leads to the most perilous case of them all...

The eleventh film from writer/director/star Joshua Kennedy, The Return of Sherlock Holmes draws inspiration from prior adaptations such as Hammer Films' The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) and Billy Wilder's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970). Joshua was faced with the difficult challenge of having to recreate 1894 London in 2015 New York City. In a unique wrinkle for Holmesian scholars, Dr. Watson is played by Pace University actress Bessie Nellis. Professor James Moriarty appears in a cameo portrayed by Mark Redfield, acclaimed for his literary films Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2002) and The Death of Poe (2006). Joshua Kennedy made his directorial debut at the age of 16 with The Attack of the Octopus People (2010). His subsequent productions such as Curse of the Insect Woman (2011), Voyage to the Planet of Teenage Cavewomen (2012), The Menace with Five Arms (2013), Slave Girls on the Moon (2014), The Vesuvius Xperiment (2015), and The Night of Medusa (2016) showcase the same affection for classic films of yore as The Return of Sherlock Holmes.

BONUS: Lost in Limehouse (1933): "Sheerluck Jones" rescues beautiful Lady Esmeralda from the devil doctor of Limehouse in this vintage Holmes parody. Starring Olaf Hytten and Laura La Plante. Directed by Otto Brewer.

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