From Hell is based on Jack the Ripper. From Hell is a 2001 American/British crime, drama, horror, and mystery film directed by the Hughes brothers and based on the comic book series by the name by Alan Moor and Eddie Campbell the Jack the Ripper murders. In 1888, a small group of prostitutes walked through their daily "misery", when their friend is kidnapped. They are drawn into a world with more danger than they could possibly imagine. The kidnapping is soon soon followed by gruesome killings of other women. It gets so bad that Jack the Ripper, murders and then mutilates the prostitutes.