Camera trick of changing a central figure from the handsome Fredric March into the bestial, ape-like monster Hyde, carries a terrific punch, but in each successive use of the device -- and it is repeated four times -- it weakens in hair-raising effort.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The soul has two faces.
2003 · 1h 36m · N/A
Thriller
Directed by
Maurice Phillips
Overview
Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde is Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of horror, the duality of mankind and the darker side of late Victorian society. Dr Henry Jekyll (John Hannah), a great scientist, handsome, and renowned throughout the scientific community, is developing a formula that will revolutionise human nature by isolating criminal elements. He experiments on himself and intoxicated by the drug he undergoes a monstrous transformation. He is released from conventions of the social order and his own moral code into euphoric, remorseless wickedness - the villainous Mr Hyde. What follows is the gripping and terrifying stuggle of two opposing personalities battling for the soul of one man...
Director and cast
- Maurice Phillips Director
- John Hannah as Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
- David Warner as Sir Danvers Carew
- Gerard Horan as John Utterson
- Kellie Shirley as Mabel Mercer
- Jack Blumenau as Ned Chandler
- Brian Pettifer as Poole
- Ellie Haddington as Florrie Bradley
- Mel Martin as Rachel Carew
- Tilly Vosburgh as Mabel's mother
- Elodie Kendall as Sarah Carew
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Dr Jekyll combines gothic horror, aristocratic romance and madcap Freudian psychodrama into a dizzying, exhilarating brew.
A remarkable achievement that deserves to be much better known.
Fredric March is the stellar performer in this blood-curdling shadow venture.
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