

From Hell
More than the legend will survive.
Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $35M
- Box office
- $74.6M
- Language
- English
- london, england
- loss of loved one
- drug addiction
- jack the ripper
- based on comic
- united kingdom
- macabre
- aggressive
- somber
- urban gothic
- absurd
- sinister
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR19 Oct 2001
- Physical7 Oct 2018
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1829 Oct 2001
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalMA 15+14 Feb 2002
CanadaCA
- Theatrical18A20 Oct 2001
AustriaAT
- Theatrical1 Mar 2002
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical18+3 Jan 2002
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1511 Jan 2002
FinlandFI
- Theatrical (limited)K-188 Feb 2001
FranceFR
- Theatrical1230 Jan 2002
- Digital / OTTDisney+23 Feb 2021
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1627 Feb 2002
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1628 Mar 2002
IrelandIE
- Theatrical188 Feb 2001
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From Hell was released on 8 February 2001.
Audience reviews
4- D7/10
Dark Jedi
10/14/2014
I cannot say that I am an outright fan of old era British crime stories but I do fancy them now and then. This one is a rather dark, grim and gloomy story perfectly suitable as a evening movie at this time of the year when darkness already starts to come quickly and matches the candlelight mood of Victorian London. I found this a quite nice movie. Well up to its very end which I have to admit is way too tragic for…
- T8/10
talisencrw
8/16/2016
I went into this having only seen 'The Book of Eli' by these directors, The Hughes Brothers. I quite liked that film, although I did feel their vivacious stylizations interfered with the telling of the story. Seeing this earlier film of theirs confirmed that suspicion, though it's still a fine film. Though Johnny Depp (the brothers' 5th choice for the lead) does a fine job as the film's protagonist (I haven't read Al…
- W7/10
Wuchak
5/15/2018
From Alan Moore, the Hughes brothers and Johnny Depp RELEASED IN 2001 and directed by the Hughes brothers, "From Hell" details the Jack the Ripper slayings in the slummy Whitechapel district of London in autumn, 1888. Johnny Depp plays an opium-addicted detective while Robbie Coltrane appears as his colleague. Heather Graham is on hand as a prostitute that captures the Detective’s interest. The film was based o…
- K8/10
Kamurai
2/9/2021
Great watch, would watch again, and can recommend. If you're accepting or even intrigued by the case of Jack the Ripper, then this should be a great murder mystery for you. Johnny Depp, opinions aside, does confused, drug-addicted, and detective all well. Heather Graham is able to emote and elevate her role wonderfully, despite it basically being a damsel role. Almost everyone else is old British guy, and i…
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