Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
PARENTS: Be sure your children are sufficiently mature to witness the intimate details of this frank and revealing film.
1971 • 97 min • Horror
Synopsis
In foggy London Dr Jekyll experiments on newly deceased women determined to discover an elixir for immortal life. Success enables his spectacular transformation into the beautiful but psychotic Sister Hyde who stalks the dark alleys of Whitechapel for young, innocent, female victims, ensuring continuation of the bloodstained research. With each transformation Sister Hyde becomes the more dominant personality, determined to eventually suppress the frail, ineffectual Dr Jekyll forever.
Our family guide
Best from age 16- 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 62 Audience · 111 · 49%
In Victorian London, Dr. Jekyll’s quest for eternal life leads to a dangerous transformation into the beautiful yet murderous Sister Hyde. As Hyde becomes more dominant, she stalks victims to fuel Jekyll’s research, threatening to permanently erase his original self.
- Violence & peril
- 7/10
- Language
- 2/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 3/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 5/10
- Scary moments
- 6/10
Heads up
- Frequent murder and implied violence, with some bloody aftermath.
- Sensual themes include seductive behavior and some revealing clothing.
- Characters consume alcohol and use laudanum for medicinal purposes.
Talk about it after
- The dangers of obsession and sacrificing morality for ambition.
- How internal conflicts can lead to destructive behavior.
- The historical context of Victorian London and societal expectations.
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Top billed cast
Director: Roy Ward Baker • Crew: Brian Clemens
Trailers & clips
Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde (1971) - Official Trailer
Joe Dante on DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE
Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers_**What if Dr. Jekyll morphed into an alluring woman rather than a monster?**_ In the late 1880s, murders of prostitutes start piling up in the Whitechapel district of east London where a professor (Gerald Sim) starts to suspect a colleague (Ralph Bates), who’s working on a curious elixir of life that needs female hormones taken from fresh cadavers. Martine Beswick plays Jekyll’s “sister.” "Dr.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersHammer’s Gender Bending of the Robert Louis Stevenson Story Is Deliciously Entertaining. Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde is directed by Roy Ward Baker and written by Brian Clemens. It stars Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick, Gerald Sim, Lewis Fiander, Susan Brodrick and Dorothy Alison. Music is by David Whitaker and cinematography by Norman Warwick. Dr.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.2/10 (111)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- IMDb
- tt0068502
