From Hell (2001)

Directed by

Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes

Genre

horror film, slasher film, mystery film, crime film, crime thriller film, thriller film

Country

Czech Republic, United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

R

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 3,039 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates the Jack the Ripper murders in Victorian London. He forms a connection with one of the sex workers who is being targeted by the killer.

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What happens

From Hell is a 2001 mystery horror thriller film directed by the Hughes Brothers and written by Terry Hayes and Rafael Yglesias. It is loosely based on the graphic novel From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell about the Jack the Ripper murders. The film stars Johnny Depp as Frederick Abberline, the lead investigator of the murders, and Heather Graham as Mary Kelly, a sex worker targeted by the Ripper. Other cast members include Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Richardson and Jason Flemyng. It was an international co-production between the United Kingdom, the United States and Czech Republic. From Hell was theatrically released in the United States on October 19, 2001, by 20th Century Fox, to mixed critical reviews. It grossed over $74 million worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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