History YMMV / FromHell

* BaseBreaker: William Gull's [[spoiler:visions of the future and the past]] towards the end of the story. Up until that point the comic maintains a realistic tone, and Gull's various speeches on London's occult history and geography can simply be interpreted as something the character believes in. But [[spoiler:the visions]] add an supernatural element to the story that can't be explained away. While this sort supernatural stuff is in accordance with Alan Moore's own occult beliefs, some readers felt that it adds a needlessly distracting element to a story that otherwise tries to portray the Jack the Ripper murders and Victorian London as realistically as possible.

* BaseBreaker: William Gull's [[spoiler:visions of the future and the past]] towards the end of the story. Up until that point the comic maintains a realistic tone, and Gull's various speeches on London's occult history and geography can simply be interpreted as something the character believes in. But [[spoiler:the visions]] add an supernatural element to the story that can't be explained away. While this sort supernatural stuff is in accordance with Alan Moore's own occult beliefs, some readers felt that it adds a needlessly distracting element to a story that otherwise tries to portray the Jack the Ripper murders and Victorian London as faithfully as possible.

* BaseBreaker: William Gull's [[spoiler:visions of the future and the past]] towards the end of the story. Up until that point the comic maintains a realistic tone, and Gull's various speeches on London's occult history and geography can simply be interpreted as something the character believes in. But [[spoiler:the visions]] add an supernatural element to the story that can't be explained away. While this sort supernatural stuff is in accordance with Alan Moore's own occult beliefs, many readers felt that it's a distracting element in a story that otherwise tries to portray the Jack the Ripper murders and Victorian London as faithfully as possible.

** NeilGaiman once [[https://youtu.be/337-ycZz6IM related an anecdote at a con]] in which Moore described such a scene to him. While he was eating. ''[[{{Squick}} Halfway through the meal]]''. Gaiman had to step outside not once but ''twice'' during the conversation to get some air, which led to Moore nicknaming him [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Neil "Scary Trousers" Gaiman, Master of Modern Horror]].

** NeilGaiman once [[https://youtu.be/337-ycZz6IM related an anecdote at a con]] in which Moore described such a scene to him. While he was eating. ''[[Squick Halfway through the meal]]''. Gaiman had to step outside not once but ''twice'' during the conversation to get some air, which led to Moore nicknaming him [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Neil "Scary Trousers" Gaiman, Master of Modern Horror]].

* NauseaFuel: Some sections are hard to get through, due to the intense combination of Eddie Campbell's artwork and Moore's disturbing subject matter. An entire chapter is devoted to a graphically detailed dissection of a corpse.

** All of the prostitutes and victims are this. They are forced into their line of work because of abject poverty and are subject to rape, violence and can't turn to the church or the police for help because they are looked down upon as less than human. It says something that it took Jack the Ripper's killings to bring attention to their appalling living conditions and exploitation.

* AdaptationDecay: The film's story was changed into a genuine mystery, rather than the comic where the Ripper's identity is known from the beginning. Naturally, making a mystery out of a story that wasn't intended to be one results in some weird plotting.

* AdaptationDisplacement: Most people had never heard of the comics before the movie was released.
** Averted though, since the movie was regarded as SoOkayItsAverage. Today when writers and artists refer to ''From Hell'' they mean Moore's book and not the movie which is regarded as a very weak adaptation.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In the end, is [[spoiler: Abberline's death from opium overdose just an accident or does he kill himself because he can't ever see Mary again.]]

* TearJerker: "[[MadnessMantra I'm a queen! A queen!]]"

* NightmareFuel: By the truckload. Every murder is shown and described in graphic detail. Gull himself becomes an in-universe NightmareFuelStationAttendant, inspiring both ''Literature/DrJekyllAndMrHyde'' and Creator/WilliamBlake's ''The Ghost of a Flea''

* AdaptationDecay: Mary Kelly who is kind of like the leader of the prostitutes in the original, sharing equal screentime and billing with Gull and Abberline in the book is a more conventional movie heroine and far less complex.

* NauseaFuel: Some sections are hard to get through, due to the intense combination of Eddie Campbell's artwork and Moore's disturbing subject matter. It even made [[NeilGaiman Neil "Scary Trousers" Gaiman (Master of Modern Horror)]] feel a little queasy.[[note]]To elaborate - Alan Moore once gleefully detailed the method of murder and organ removal to Neil Gaiman -- during dinner, no less -- who had to step outside to get some air so he wouldn't vomit. Twice.[[/note]]
** An entire chapter is dedicated to the murder of Mary Kelly [[spoiler:we think]] which in RealLife was the one where the murderer ''obsessively dismembered half the poor victim''.

* TheWoobie: The chapter isn't called ''The Unfortunate Mr Druitt'' for nothing.

* NauseaFuel: Some sections are hard to get through, due to the intense combination of Eddie Campbell's artwork and Moore's disturbing subject matter. It even made [[NeilGaiman Neil "Scary Trousers" Gaiman (Master of Modern Horror)]] feel a little queasy.[[hottip:*:To elaborate - Alan Moore once gleefully detailed the method of murder and organ removal to Neil Gaiman -- during dinner, no less -- who had to step outside to get some air so he wouldn't vomit. Twice.]]

** Also, the movie is a fairly straightforward whodunnit film, whereas in the comic, the Ripper's identity is known throughout (though considering [[HeyItsThatVoice Ian Holm's very recognisable voice]], this holds for the film too), and concerns itself with the "why" rather than the "who."

** Also, the movie is a fairly straightforward whodunnit film, whereas the in the comic, the Ripper's identity is known throughout (though considering [[HeyItsThatVoice Ian Holm's very recognisable voice]], this holds for the film too), and concerns itself with the "why" rather than the "who."

* NauseaFuel: Some sections are hard to get through, due to the intense combination of Eddie Campbell's artwork and Moore's disturbing subject matter. It even made [[NeilGaiman Neil "Scary Trousers" Gaiman (Master of Modern Horror)]] feel a little queasy.[[hottip:*:To elaborate - Alan Moore once gleefully detailed the method of murder and organ removal to Neil Gaiman, who had to step outside to get some air so he wouldn't vomit. Twice.]]

* NightmareFuel: By the truckload. Every murder is shown and described in graphic detail. Gull himself becomes an in-universe NightmareFuelStationAttendant, inspiring both ''[[DrJekyllAndMrHyde Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'' and WilliamBlake's ''The Ghost of a Flea''

* NauseaFuel: Some sections are hard to get through, due to the intense combination of Eddie Campbell's artwork and Moore's disturbing subject matter. It even made [[NeilGaiman Neil "Scary Trousers" Gaiman (Master of Modern Horror)]] feel a little queasy.

** Also, the movie is a fairly straightforward whodunnit film, whereas the in the comic, the Ripper's identity is known throughout, and concerns itself with the "why" rather than the "who."

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: In the end, is [[spoiler: Abberlines death from opium overdose just an accident or does he kill himself because he can't ever see Mary again.]]