From Hell

From Hell (2001)

  • 57% of critics liked it
    (148 reviews)

  • 70% of users liked it
    (180,605 ratings)

The true-life horror story of Jack the Ripper gets a new spin in this screen adaptation of the acclaimed graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell. In 1888, a ruthless and cold-blooded killer begins hunting prostitutes in East London, and while the murderer's work is savage, the mutilation of… More

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R, 2 hr. 17 min.
Directed By
Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes
Written By
Terry Hayes, Rafael Yglesias
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Horror
In Theaters
Oct 19, 2001 Wide
On DVD
May 14, 2002
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Derek Elley, Variety

    Anyone expecting the combo of Allen and Albert Hughes and the famed Victorian serial-killer to result in a gritty, stygian, skin-crawling horror movie will be severely disappointed

  • Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader

    This wry, atmospheric procedural spawned by a real mystery would be thorny enough without also being an adaptation.

  • Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

    The Hughes boys blow it by burying a fine cast ... in stock scares, sappy romance and cliches that really are from hell.

  • Peter Rainer, New York Magazine

    The only thrill, if you can call it that, is waiting to see who gets sliced up next.

  • J. Hoberman, Village Voice

    It has the lush decrepitude of an autumn compost heap or an old Hammer werewolf flick.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Eric S


    In Victorian era London, troubled, absinthe addicted police detective Fred Abberline portrayed by Johnny Depp investigates gruesome murders in a slum known as Whitechapel. The victims are prostitutes who are easily targeted due to their lifestyle of walking the streets at night.… More

  • Spencer S


    The most convulted, abysmal, and pathetic portrait you could muster under the stoyline's circumstances. Heather Graham's fake English accent almost made me scream.

  • Jeff "


    This film is based on the Jack The Ripper Whitechapel 1888 murders of 6 prostitutes. Based on Alan Moore's graphic Novel of the same, From Hell is a thrill a minute murder Horror/Thriller. The Hughes Brothers have directed this adaptations with flair. The film is a real nail… More

  • MisterYoda ?


    I had always been fascinated by the story of Jack the Ripper, but surprisingly this was my first film based on the story. From Hell is an outstanding mystery and a dark, moody film. This is the type of film that sticks in your mind days after seeing it. You'll have the image of… More

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