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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Horror, Science Fiction
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.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy atmospheric gothic horror centered on psychological transformation, moral corruption, and the terrifying consequences of forbidden experimentation.
- Tone
- eerie, bleak, tense
- Payoff
- unease, scares
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- duality, repression, morality, scientific hubris, violence
- Setting
- late nineteenth century, Victorian London laboratories and nightclubs