From Hell is a 2001 American crime drama horror mystery film directed by the Hughes brothers. It is an adaptation of the comic book series of the same name by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell about the Jack the Ripper murders. In 1888, Mary Kelly and her small group of London prostitutes trudge through unrelenting daily misery, their only consolation being that things cannot get any worse. However, the situation of these unfortunate women does get worse when their friend Ann Crook 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, Martha Tabram , and it becomes apparent that they are being hunted down, one by one as various prostitutes are murdered and mutilated post mortem. Sinister even by Whitechapel standards, the murder of Martha and her companions grabs the attention of Police Inspector Frederick Abberline , a brilliant yet troubled man whose police work is often aided by his psychic "visions.
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| Release date: | September 8, 2001 |
| Directed by: | Allen Hughes, Albert Hughes |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 122 Minutes |
| Producer: | Jane Hamsher, Don Murphy |
| Editor: | George Bowers, Dan Lebental |
| Music by: | Trevor Jones |
| Cinematography: | Peter Deming |
| Screenplay by: | Rafael Yglesias, Terry Hayes |
| Estimated budget: | $35,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | From Hell |
| Genre: | Thriller |