Jekyll is one of the most original and underrated adaptations of robert louis stevensons classic the strange case of dr. Tho very much a middle tier offering from the house of hammer, this version of the often told tale puts a different slant on things to make it. Jekyll,yet watching this again i have seen its weak points yes,but it has so many strong points,great period costumes,strong sexual undertones,and a great performance by christopher lee make this in my opinion a small classic,give it a go and enjoy. Jekyll 1961 having plumbed the universal studios classic monster back catalogue to reboot dracula, frankenstein, and the mummy with greater lashings of sexuality and violence, britains hammer film productions turned to other sources to satisfy a demand for gothic shocks. After a series of scientific experiments directed towards freeing the inner man and controlling human personalities, the kindly, generous dr henry jekyll succeeds in freeing his own alter ego, edward hyde, a sadistic, evil creature whose pleasure is murder.
Hear from the cast and filmmakers of downhill at the imdb studio at acura festival village at the 2020 sundance film festival. As a result he becomes young and handsome edward hyde, who soon begins his mission of not only to destroy kitty and paul, but jekyll as well. In hammers most straightforward take on the classic robert louis stevenson tale, wolf mankowitzs screenplay nonetheless springs several surprises. Its directed by terence fisher and is adapted by wolf mankowitz from the famous story of dr. I was a bit disappointed, not by the film but by the dvd mastering of the print. Strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde is a novella written by the scottish author robert louis stevenson and first published in 1886. Casting complet du film les deux visages du dr jekyll. The original trailer in high definition of the two faces of dr. It was made at riverside studios by hammer film productions.
It is about a london lawyer who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, dr. Jekyll 1960, call me genius 1961 and orders to kill 1958. Catharines, ontario, canada as arthur dickinson masse. Charles haydon, starring sheldon lewis, based on the 1886 novel the strange case of dr. This is the film version of robert louis stevensons the strange case of dr. Il mostro di londra trailer terence fisher youtube.
The day of the owl 1968 claudia cardinale full movie with subtitles in english. Jekyll 1961 an elderly researchers experiments transform him into a youthful rogue with a penchant for violence. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. Jekyll 1960 this feature is not available right now. More costume drama than horror film, victor flemings dr. Like many hammer films that were poohpoohed at the time of their release as exploitational, the two faces of dr. Hyde, in i, monster 1971, another adaptation of robert louis stevensons novella the strange case of dr. Based on robert louis stevensons the strange case of dr.
Jekyll has been almost impossible to see uncut, and sonys version on disc appears to be fulllength and uncensored at 88 minutes. Jekyll directed by terence fisher and starring paul massie, dawn addams, christopher lee and david kossoff. Jekyll, 1961, directed by terence fisher, with paul massie, dawn addams, christopher lee, at turner classic movies. Hyde, it takes many tropes common in adaptations of the work and turns them insideout. Norma marla performs snake dance in a scene from the film the two faces of dr. Jekyll featuring paul massie and dawn addams is streaming with subscription on prime video. Unfortunately, its opulence of production design does not translate into anything truly riveting in terms of narrative. The two faces of dr jekyll 12 1960 horror film sub eng. It was directed by terence fisher, and stars paul massie as dr. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. So i dont know what went wrong in the mastering process, but obviously something did. Predstavlja adaptaciju znamenite pripovjetke strange case of dr jekyll and mr. Notorious in its day as the movie where jekyll becomes hyde by turning his back and quick.
Jekyll speaking of his theory that each person has an. Jekyll is as silly and nasty a piece as hammer and terence fisher have turned out which is saying something. It was written by wolf mankowitz, based on the 1886 novella strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde by robert louis stevenson. Jekyll is short on actual horror content, but reaches for a level of cruel sexuality that the censors would never allow anyway.
An elderly researchers experiments transform him into a youthful rogue with a penchant for violence. This very interesting and original premise for this movie lied in hammer producer michael carrerass fears that hammer horror films were becoming too formulaic and predictable the mummy and the brides of dracula come to mind. Speaking of jeckyll, i was surprised at how gorgeous the film was. This is a very imaginative hammer studios version of the jekyll and hyde story originally written by robert louis stevenson. Jekyll, and costars dawn addams, christopher lee and david kossoff. Jekyll, 1961, directed by terence fisher, with paul massie, dawn addams, christopher lee, belongs at turner classic movies. Jekyl, terence morgan the curse of the mummy, peter cushing the gorgon, susan strasberg scream of fear, the two faces of dr. Jekyll is much better than its reputation would have you think, and its surprisingly frank in its depictions of adultery and sexuality. He died on june 8, 2011 in liverpool, nova scotia, canada. The shadow of the cat 1961 79 min horror, mystery, thriller a house cat sees her mistress murdered by two servants under orders from her husband. Hyde and handles it not just with complete seriousness. Jekyll brings an interesting twist to a very simple tale. Jekyll, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 1960.
An often forgotten hammer masterpiece, the two faces of dr. With paul massie, dawn addams, christopher lee, david kossoff. Its easy to see why the movie would need cutting for american release, as hammer seems to be reaching for salacious sex to replace censorforbidden sadism and violence. Jekyll is a 1960 horror film by hammer film productions. Jekyll, its first stab at robert louis stevensons classic tale of mans dual nature and how its a bad idea to encourage his baser instincts, hammer films turned to its most reliable director, terence fisher, and screenwriter wolf mankowitz, who added a twist to the story by making their dr.
Henry jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself. You have christopher lee in an atypical role, a great philosophical argument, and a film that makes an overdone story seem brand new again. Jekyll, hammer showed a more thoughtful aspect to its productions. Its a horror and romance movie with a high rotten tomatoes critics score of 80% and an average. The sheldon lewis version was somewhat overshadowed by the 1920 paramount pictures version starring john barrymore, which had been. Some of these pictures and descriptions may give away plot details that you might not want to know before watching the film. Hammer films the curse of the mummys tomb scream of fear the two faces of dr. Hyde in which hyde is the handsome, cleanshaven one. Hyde is a 1920 horror film directed and written by j.