It is 1888 in London, and the unfortunate poor lead horrifying lives in the city's deadliest slum, Whitechapel. Harassed by gangs and forced to walk the streets for a living, Mary Kelly and her small group of companions trudge on through this daily misery, their only consolation being that things can't get any worse. Yet things somehow do when their friend Ann is kidnapped and they are drawn into a conspiracy with links higher up than they could possibly imagine. The kidnapping is soon followed by the gruesome murder of another woman, Polly, and it becomes apparent that they are being hunted down, one by one. Sinister even by Whitechapel standards, the murder grabs the attention of Inspector Fred Abberline, a brilliant yet troubled man whose police work is often aided by his psychic abilities. Abberline becomes deeply involved with the case, which takes on personal meaning to him when he and Mary begin to fall in love...
Written by Anonymous
The first person who signed on to the film was composer Trevor Jones, who stuck with the project since its conception in 1998 and finally composed and recorded his score for the film in early 2001.
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Goofs
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers):
The surgeon Ferral is called "Doctor". In England, surgeons are not (and were not) called "doctor", but "mister".
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Quotes
Constable Withers:
You could be dead... right now. But then there would be too many bloody questions. See more »
"The Nobodies (Wormwood Remix)"
Written by Marilyn Manson and John 5 (as John Lowery) Performed by Marilyn Manson Courtesy of Interscope Records Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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