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From Hell

From Hell

Horror · Mystery · Thriller · 2001

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.

Movie details

From Hell

“More than the legend will survive.”

2001 Horror · Mystery · Thriller 2h 2m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.7 / 10

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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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What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Albert Hughes · Allen Hughes

Written by

Terry Hayes · Rafael Yglesias

Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp

Fred Abberline

Heather Graham

Heather Graham

Mary Kelly

Ian Holm

Ian Holm

Sir William Gull

Robbie Coltrane

Robbie Coltrane

Peter Godley

Ian Richardson

Ian Richardson

Sir Charles Warren

Jason Flemyng

Jason Flemyng

Netley

Katrin Cartlidge

Katrin Cartlidge

Dark Annie Chapman

Court is in session

Put From Hell on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.