From Hell was one hell of a movie. It did'nt need more gore(either though that would of been nice too) because Jack the Ripper was a secondary character in the movie. The film was mostly based around the investigation rather then grope over the murders for 2 hours. People who watched Zodiac had the same issue. Zodiac was more based on the actual case & thats why these two movies are considered dramas & not horror films. The Hughes Brothers are some great filmmakers & along with Johnny Depp did a great job IMO. For the record this movie is hella old. I seen it in theaters back in 2001. I think it does'nt get enough props. The case was not solved prior to the movie being filmed & what the Hughes Brothers did was give u their own theory of who they think the killer might of been who was a supect in the case(Samething with Zodiac). Those 2 movies are for people who have followed the case(like myself) & wanna watch a good movie & actually know something about filmmaking (also like myself).