What could have been a wonderfully sinister adaptation of the famous story 'Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde' is no more than an excuse for wall-to-wall filth, sleaze and pornography. Don't be fooled into thinking this is a serious attempt to adapt the novel - the Jekyll & Hyde element has just been tacked on to help the film sell.
Dr Jekyll (who might as well be Doc Holiday for what it has to do with the film) is experimenting with drugs which bring out the more savage emotions in animals. But after he inhales the vapour in an accident in his lab he is transformed into what looks like a predecessor of Barbara Cartland. From then on it's all just one obscenity after another, the plot terminally dull and slow-moving, the climax (if you can call it that) utterly feeble. Anthony Perkins is at his best but he's just wasted here. Some of the other characters from the Jekyll Hyde novel are included, but blink and you'd miss them.
If you want to see a screen adaptation of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde then you'd be much better off watching the Michael Caine version, or any other version for that matter. This one isn't worth the tape it's printed on.
Dr Jekyll (who might as well be Doc Holiday for what it has to do with the film) is experimenting with drugs which bring out the more savage emotions in animals. But after he inhales the vapour in an accident in his lab he is transformed into what looks like a predecessor of Barbara Cartland. From then on it's all just one obscenity after another, the plot terminally dull and slow-moving, the climax (if you can call it that) utterly feeble. Anthony Perkins is at his best but he's just wasted here. Some of the other characters from the Jekyll Hyde novel are included, but blink and you'd miss them.
If you want to see a screen adaptation of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde then you'd be much better off watching the Michael Caine version, or any other version for that matter. This one isn't worth the tape it's printed on.