Another version of the Jack the Ripper myth, it's naturally set in Victorian London but was filmed almost entirely in the Czech Republic, where a swathe of Spitalfields, in the city's East End, was reconstructed at the famous Barrandov Studios in Prague.

What was Johnny Depp smoking in from hell?

Johnny Depp stars as Inspector Frederick Abberline, an opium addict whose smoke-fueled dreams produce psychic insights into crime.

Is the movie from hell based on a true story?

From Hell is based on a graphic novel of the same title, by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell. That, in turn, is based largely on the royal conspiracy theory detailed in Stephen Knight's, Jack the Ripper: The Final Solution. Its a good story, but unfortunately it is not an historically accurate one.