The Worst Collection of Theories About The Case

Rating: 3/10 (20 October 2001)

This movie takes every sensational theory about the Whitechapel murders and crams them into one plot. The royal theory, the masonic conspiracy theory, and the two killer theory are all shown here, and none of them are very convincing. A very entertaining and frightening movie could have been made on the facts alone. Hollywood of course is allowed to put their own "dramatic" spin on real life events, but what "From Hell" brings is the biggest fairy tale possible. The movie plot alone without involving "Jack the Ripper" would have been a better idea. The directors also seemed to want to throw in the real facts about the case quickly, so that they could make room for the fictional aspects of the events. As the movie stands it is a sub par effort and one of the most famous murder cases of all time needs a better plot to tell its story.