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From Hell
2001
FROM HELL is a gory detective film cloaked in Victorian-era mystique. The movie shows how the serial killer Jack the Ripper stalked the dark streets of 1888 London, slaying prostitutes and crudely dissecting their bodies. Based on the graphic novel written by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, this moody chiller is directed by twin .. Read more
| Starring | Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane |
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| Director | Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes |
| Genres | Thriller |
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From Hell
FROM HELL is a gory detective film cloaked in Victorian-era mystique. The movie shows how the serial killer Jack the Ripper stalked the dark streets of 1888 London, slaying prostitutes and crudely dissecting their bodies. Based on the graphic novel written by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, this moody chiller is directed by twin brothers Albert and Allen Hughes (MENACE II SOCIETY, AMERICAN PIMP). Johnny Depp stars as Inspector Frederick Abberline, who smokes heavy doses of opium and drowns himself in absinthe to evoke hallucinatory visions that are his clues to catching the Ripper. Heather Graham costars as the prettiest of the floozies, who wins the muted affections of the inspector.
With plenty of atmosphere and spooky effects, FROM HELL borrows scenery, filming tricks, and sequence construction from a host of popular movies, resulting in a visually interesting--if inconsistent--style. Haunting nighttime shots of the London skyline (actually Prague) bleed into shadowy Tim Burton-like prowls through the damp cobblestone streets; aerial camerawork contrasts with crowded ground-level focuses; and the camera peeks around corners and into foggy windows with stealthy curiosity. What may stand out most in viewers minds after the carnage is through, is the exaggerated use of surround sound, which brings a dreadful sense of reality to the film's gore, making FROM HELL all the juicier.
| Starring | Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm, Robbie Coltrane, Ian Richardson, Jason Flemyng, Susan Lynch, Paul Rhys, Lesley Sharp, Katrin Cartlidge, Terence Harvey |
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| Director | Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 57 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 57 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, French, Spanish |
| Released | Production year: 2001 To Rent: DVD: 16 Aug 2004 Blu-ray: 19 Nov 2007 |
From Hell (2001)
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Lurid melodrama, in which London becomes a city of myth and occult forces; it never quite convinces and much of the narrative will seem familiar to those who saw the 1978 Sherlock Holmes mystery Murder By Decree.
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this film is superb. Jack the Ripper is perhaps one of the most infamous, serial killers ever known. he has become somewhat of a household name, that has ... read more »
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Only for Depp fans
Thank heavens for Johnny Depp - because otherwise we would not have stayed watching. Some good bits of Victoriana but not quite convincing. Opium den scenes not... read more »
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Why 'From Hell'
Worst Alan Moore adaptation ever. Why bother taking a book loved by thousands if not millions of readers if to alter everything which made it original and ... read more »
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A film worth watching
An excellent adaptation of a jack the ripper film which cleverly used several theories and entwined them.
very enjoyable and definitely worth ... read more » - 989781
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FROM HELL is a gory detective film cloaked in Victorian-era mystique. The movie shows how the serial killer Jack the Ripper stalked the dark streets of 1888 London, slaying prostitutes and crudely dissecting their bodies. Based on the graphic novel written by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, this ...
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From Hell
FROM HELL is a gory detective film cloaked in Victorian-era mystique. The movie shows how the serial killer Jack the Ripper stalked the dark streets of 1888 London, slaying prostitutes and crudely dissecting their bodies. Based on the graphic novel written by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, this ...
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