
It is 1888 in London, and the unfortunate poor lead horrifying lives in the city's deadliest slum, Whitechapel. Harassed by gangs and forced to walk the streets for a living, Mary Kelly and her small group of companions trudge on through this daily misery, their only consolation being that things can't get any worse. Yet things somehow do when their friend Ann is kidnapped and they are drawn into a conspiracy with links higher up than they could possibly imagine. The kidnappi... (Full plot summary below)
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It is 1888 in London, and the unfortunate poor lead horrifying lives in the city's deadliest slum, Whitechapel. Harassed by gangs and forced to walk the streets for a living, Mary Kelly and her small group of companions trudge on through this daily misery, their only consolation being that things can't get any worse. Yet things somehow do when their friend Ann is kidnapped and they are drawn into a conspiracy with links higher up than they could possibly imagine. The kidnapping is soon followed by the gruesome murder of another woman, Polly, and it becomes apparent that they are being hunted down, one by one. Sinister even by Whitechapel standards, the murder grabs the attention of Inspector Fred Abberline, a brilliant yet troubled man whose police work is often aided by his psychic abilities. Abberline becomes deeply involved with the case, which takes on personal meaning to him when he and Mary begin to fall in love. But as he gets closer to the truth, Whitechapel becomes more and more dangerous for Abberline, Mary, and the other girls. Whoever is responsible for the grisly acts is not going to give up his secret without a fight. Will they be able to survive the avenging force that has been sent after them from Hell?
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| Cinemaphile.orgDavid Keyes...an astoundingly structured and well-paced endeavor that is seldom overwhelming and almost always plausible... |
| Q Network Film DeskJames Kendricka powerful horror thriller, visually evocative and full of dread and foreboding |
| Baseline.Hollywood.comTed MurphyPart detective story, part thriller, part romance, From Hell manages to juggle each aspect with aplomb. |
| Film ScoutsJason GorberThis is a film that should probably go back where it came from. |
| Looking CloserJeffrey OverstreetThey want it to feel like one really bad dream ... and by the film's end we're too dizzy to think, to see if it all lines up. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe movie works well as a straight-out horror yarn, proving that the Hughes Brothers are more versatile than their previous "ghetto pictures" suggest. |
| Film Journal InternationalDaniel EaganLiterate and entertaining, From Hell should help erase the memory of the more dismal slasher movies of the past. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonJack the Ripper has proven a far more durable movie baddie than Freddy, Jason and Hannibal combined. |
| Big Picture Big SoundJoe LozitoWithout a script on which to hang their vision, the brothers can only technically succeed. And, for better or worse, they do. |
| VarietyDerek ElleySurprisingly conventional Olde London Towne gaslight mystery, gussied up with some doctored visuals, and an eccentric performance by Johnny Depp. |