The first installment in an exciting new horror franchise. A young writer believes she has discovered the holly grail of terror, the knives used by Jack the Ripper for his notorious murders. Attending an intensive workshop in a haunted Victorian warehouse, run by the mysterious screen-writing guru Richard Wise she and five colleagues aim to write the ultimate horror film. But when the knives go missing the writers are plunged into a world of terror. Who is the little girl in the Victorian dress who haunts their dreams? and who is killing them one by one? Is it Ruth avenging womankind for the appalling Ripper murders or one of the other students trying to make their story come out on top, or is it the spirit of Jack, slowly re-assembling himself and becoming stronger with each new murder. As the warehouse become transformed through sound and light into the Whitechapel of the 1880's the writers must solve the mystery....or the next death scene they write may be their own.

1888年，在雾都伦敦的白教堂地区，发生了四起骇人听闻的谋杀案。凶手在凌晨时分，趁着夜色谋杀了四名妓女，并残忍地将她们的尸体开膛破腹，”开膛手杰克”便由此而来。120年前，因为技术手段之类的问题，开膛手杰克的身份迟迟未被揭破。那么，这个在伦敦散布恐怖、专杀妓女、手段残忍的连环杀手究竟是谁？120年后，有着丰富刑侦经验的退休警探决定采用现代刑侦技术，并在专家团队的协助下，尝试着揭开开膛手杰克的真实身份。