From Hell
The movie puts an intense urban spin on the horrific legend of Jack the Ripper and unravels a chilling alleged conspiracy involving the highest powers in England. It tells the story of a troubled clairvoyant police detective who investigates the murders by Jack The Ripper.
15 May 1961, Westminster, London, England, UK
5 June 1971, Corrinshego, Newry, Northern Ireland, UK
10 September 1963, England, UK
25 January 1992
12 September 1931, Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK
13 March 1959, Fulham, London, England, UK
9 June 1948, Hackney, London, England, UK
July 09, 2012
Every generation gets the Ripper who best fulfills its fantasies, and ours fatten on vast conspiracies.
July 16, 2010
Moore might not be merrier, but this is far from offal.
January 26, 2006
Fitfully arresting late night entertainment.
November 20, 2008
See it for the stunning visuals and Depp's performance rather than a factual re-telling -- if you can stomach it.
October 29, 2001
The only thrill, if you can call it that, is waiting to see who gets sliced up next.
April 18, 2007
This wry, atmospheric procedural spawned by a real mystery would be thorny enough without also being an adaptation.
October 23, 2001
It has the lush decrepitude of an autumn compost heap or an old Hammer werewolf flick.
October 29, 2001
The Hughes boys blow it by burying a fine cast ... in stock scares, sappy romance and cliches that really are from hell.
January 02, 2011
Gruesome, predictable Jack the Ripper retelling.
February 13, 2008
Somehow, the movie taps into the book's uncanny implication that the very air is charged with malevolent ancient spirits...
July 29, 2008
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
April 29, 2009
The problem with this film is that Jack the Ripper takes a backseat to the dull and terrible romance between Depp's policeman character and Heather Graham's prostitute character.
