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Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde *** (1971, Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick, Gerald Sim) – Classic Movie Review 2891

Director Roy Ward Baker’s 1971 Hammer horror movie is the third of three Hammer Films adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, following The Ugly Duckling (1959) […]

Sep, 08

Mary Reilly * (1996, Julia Roberts, John Malkovich, George Cole, Michael Gambon, Kathy Staff, Michael Sheen, Glenn Close, Ciarân Hinds) – Classic Movie Review 2787

Much was expected from this strongly cast film of Valerie Martin’s popular novel, but director Stephen Frears’s 1996 British drama is one of his failures. The idea of seeing the old Victorian horror story through […]

Aug, 07

The Son of Dr Jekyll *** (1951, Louis Hayward, Alexander Knox, Jody Lawrance, Lester Matthews, Paul Cavanagh, Gavin Muir, Rhys Williams) – Classic Movie Review 2765

Producer-director Seymour Friedman’s forgotten 1951 chiller tries for an interesting expansion and continuation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde story with the bad doctor’s son Edward Jekyll (Louis Hayward) going through a […]

Aug, 01

Van Helsing *** (2004, Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham) – Classic Movie Review 2108

Having successfully resurrected The Mummy, writer-director Stephen Sommers now turns his hand in 2004 to the other Universal horror icons. So, this time, Dracula meets the Frankenstein’s Monster (Shuler Hensley) and the Wolf Man, as […]

Jan, 24

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde **** (1920, John Barrymore, Martha Mansfield, Brandon Hurst, Nita Naldi) – Classic Movie Review 781

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1920): The first part of Dr Jekyll’s initial transformation into Mr Hyde is achieved without makeup, relying solely on John Barrymore’s uncanny ability to contort his face and body.  Director […]

Feb, 01

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde ***** (1931, Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins, Rose Hobart) – Classic Movie Review 779

The 1931 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the first horror movie to win an Academy Award and the first film to be screened at the world’s first film festival. Fredric March won the 1932 […]

Jan, 31

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