aka Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. House of Fright. Jekyll's Inferno.Paul Massie plays the two characters more as tortured soul than the malevolent monster that is the usual. With Hyde a handsome and charismatic man toying with the affections of women, as he plots the downfall of a friend who is having an affair with Dr. Jekyll's wife.
The screenplay by Wolf Mankowitz develops a subtle psychological tale with little of the usual Mr Hyde characteristics. You'll not be seeing transformation scenes of man into beast in this film. Though Dr. Jekyll does change, he mearly looses his beard! A lesser known Hammer horror, with little of the Gothicness that usually pervades the screen, but an intriguing, entertaining and well made adaption never the less.
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