Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

The soul has two faces.

Directed by Maurice Phillips

Produced by Working Title Films

200396 min5.5 / 10

A dark psychological thriller exploring the duality of human nature through a scientist's descent into monstrous transformation and moral corruption.

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...

Questions people ask

  • Is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Does Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Is Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

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Cinnamon Score

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Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity69

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Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love8

How much audiences actually like it

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