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Dr. Jekyll et Sister Hyde

Original title: Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde
  • 1971
  • 13
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
4.2K
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Dr. Jekyll et Sister Hyde (1971)
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A Victorian scientist tests a serum that transforms him into a lascivious murderess.A Victorian scientist tests a serum that transforms him into a lascivious murderess.A Victorian scientist tests a serum that transforms him into a lascivious murderess.

  • Director
    • Roy Ward Baker
  • Writers
    • Robert Louis Stevenson
    • Brian Clemens
  • Stars
    • Ralph Bates
    • Martine Beswick
    • Gerald Sim
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    • Director
      • Roy Ward Baker
    • Writers
      • Robert Louis Stevenson
      • Brian Clemens
    • Stars
      • Ralph Bates
      • Martine Beswick
      • Gerald Sim
    • 71User reviews
    • 57Critic reviews
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    Ralph Bates
    Ralph Bates
    • Dr. Henry Jekyll
    Martine Beswick
    Martine Beswick
    • Sister Hyde
    Gerald Sim
    Gerald Sim
    • Prof. Robertson
    Lewis Fiander
    Lewis Fiander
    • Howard Spencer
    Dorothy Alison
    Dorothy Alison
    • Mrs. Spencer
    Neil Wilson
    Neil Wilson
    • Older Policeman
    Ivor Dean
    Ivor Dean
    • William Burke
    Paul Whitsun-Jones
    • Sgt. Danvers
    Philip Madoc
    Philip Madoc
    • Byker
    Tony Calvin
    • William Hare
    Susan Brodrick
    Susan Brodrick
    • Susan Spencer
    Dan Meaden
    • Town Crier
    Virginia Wetherell
    • Betsy
    Geoffrey Kenion
    • First Policeman
    Irene Bradshaw
    Irene Bradshaw
    • Yvonne
    Anna Brett
    • Julie
    Jackie Poole
    • Margie
    Rosemary Lord
    Rosemary Lord
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    • Director
      • Roy Ward Baker
    • Writers
      • Robert Louis Stevenson
      • Brian Clemens
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    6one9eighty

    She's just a devil woman, with evil on her mind. Beware the devil woman, she's gonna get you...

    You probably know of the regular Jekyll and Hide story, well this Hammer film directed Roy Ward Baker film adds an interesting variation to what you may already know. In Victorian London Dr Henry Jekyll creates a magic potion using hormones stolen from female corpses - he believes that women live longer than men so using their hormones would be more advantageous. After drinking the magic potion, he becomes Sister Hyde - a hot but dangerous woman. As she, he must get more female hormones to make sure the potion doesn't wear off, so she sets off on a murderous rampage through London.

    A typical Hammer film where it's as much tongue in cheek as it is horror. Ralph Bates does well as Dr Jekyll, and Martine Bestwick (who you may have seen in the Bond film "From Russia with Love") is excellent. Don't expect a deep delve into feminism or gender struggles, this is a light-hearted horror film through and through. At most if you want to read into it you might perceive sexual repression; Jekyll is married to science while Hyde explores more 'fun' pursuits.

    A decent enough film which twists the original Robert Louis Stevenson story in a way that only the 1970's could. 6 out of 10.
    7paul-bissette

    A new take on an age old tale

    I am looking back on this movie with rose-tinted spectacles. I saw it when it first came out at the movies and it was quite risqué at the time. Nowadays, the levels of nudity and prurience would probably be laughable but I do remember feeling a stirring in my loins at the scene where Dr Jekyll realises he is now a woman and the first thing he does is have a good gander. Probably exactly what I'd have done at the time! Plot-wise it's pretty much the straight Jekyll/Hyde story and apart from the twist of changing sex very little is different.

    Good performances from Ralph Bates and Martine Beswick who in my opinion didn't get the roles she deserved as she was very much Hammer's leading lady and not a mainstream actress. Very much in the mould of a dark haired version of Ingrid Pitt.

    Oh well, I guess a DVD version of this will be available soon if not now and I will watch with relish. However, be warned, I recently bought a DVD of Vampire Lovers and was totally disappointed - obviously my memory of this other movie was tinged with nostalgia for a more innocent time.

    At any rate, a movie to be enjoyed when placed into the context of it being made in the early 70's, Hammer were not making a lot of money and were trying to bring a little sex into their horror movies.
    9The_Void

    Superb variation on the classic tale!

    First of all, the tagline and the claim in the trailer that you will actually see a man transform into a woman before your very eyes isn't exactly true. A man does change into a woman in this film; but the change doesn't take place 'before your very eyes'. That being said; this is still a great horror film. Hammer studios have done some great variations on classic tales, and this one stands up as one of their best. The story follows Dr Jekyll, a scientist that, when trying to find cures to every disease going realises that his efforts to prolong life will, ironically, be beaten by death. This then leads to him trying to 'beat' death with the use of chemicals, but somewhere along the way, as his experiments are oestrogen based, he ends up turning himself into a woman. Oops!

    As you might expect, this isn't an entirely serious horror film. However, there are more than enough moments of horror: the scenes where Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde battle for 'control' of their body is a brilliant piece of psychological horror, and the parts where Sister Hyde goes out to kill women in order to get more oestrogen are gratuitously bloody and should delight any horror fan. The film is also very atmospheric; the scenes on the streets are filled with smoke and are very gloomy in the way that they are filmed, which makes for a delicious setting. The cast is also brilliant; Ralph Bates is sublime as Dr Jekyll; he creates just the right mood for his character and is very believable, particularly during the split personality scenes. Martine Beswick, whom you might remember as the Bond girl in "From Russia With Love" is both sexy and sadistic as the evil Sister Hyde. She is the stand out of the movie for me. And most other men. Also in the cast is the lovely Susan Broderick, and the competent Lewis Fiander as brother and sister duo; Howard and Susan, who make for an interesting sub-plot when they both fall for Dr Jekyll. If you haven't realized already; Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde is a great horror film, and therefore comes with the highest recommendation that I can muster.
    Infofreak

    The stunning Martine Beswick helps make this one of Hammer's very best. Wonderfully entertaining, I give it my highest recommendation.

    Hammer's Dracula and Frankenstein movies starring Christopher Lee and/or Peter Cushing are probably their best known, but dig deeper and you'll find some even more original and inventive movies from the studio. Like 'Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde', one of the very best. Ralph Bates had appeared in a couple of not very good Hammer movies prior to this, but he's perfectly cast as Dr. Jekyll and the choice of the stunning Martine Beswick as his alter ego makes this really something to see! Beswick had already been a Bond girl and co-starred with Raquel Welch in Hammer's unforgettable trash classic 'One Million Years B.C.' before this. She later appeared in cult favourites like Oliver Stone's 'Seizure' and 'The Happy Hooker Goes To Hollywood', but this to me is the definitive Beswick role. She is so sexy and evil in this movie, you'll never forget her once you see it. Gerald Sim plays Jekyll's horny colleague Professor Robertson, and Jekyll and Hyde's lives are complicated by their respective love interests (sister and brother) Susan (Susan Broderick) and Howard (Lewis Fiander). Broderick is really lovely. She seemed familiar but it wasn't until I looked her up that I realized where I had seen her before. David Hemmings buys something from her antique store towards the beginning of 'Blowup'. Fiander incidentally appeared with Gerard Sim in 'Dr.Phibes Rises Again' the year after this, but did very little subsequent horror work. As well as the great cast, the movie is helped enormously by a fresh script from Brian Clemens, and the solid direction from Roy Ward Baker, who had both previously worked on 'The Avengers'. It's funny, most fans immediately name Terence Fisher as Hammer's best director, but Baker directed three out of my Top Five Hammer movies (the others being 'The Vampire Lovers' and 'Quatermass And The Pit'), so I'd choose him instead. 'Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde' is wonderfully entertaining, and I give it my highest recommendation. If you've ever enjoyed a Hammer movie but haven't seen this one you're in for a real treat!
    8bygard

    Things most foul to do while in foggy old London

    The stiff upper lip and jaw of Ralph Bates finally come into their own in this nice variation of Jekyll and Hyde, which also mixes in good quantities of Jack the Ripper myth and the famous 17th century grave robbers Burke and Hare. Considerably less stiff is Martine Beswick as the doctor's female alter ego. She is absolutely too loose in her ways, but I am certainly not complaining! Both are just the right persons for their clashing roles and superbly so. The actual physical change between the two supreme parts in one person is shown in subtle manners and without great special effects, which not only was cheaper to do, but also leaves a lot for a viewer to imagine and so makes it in a way easier to accept. A wise decision from the makers.

    The plot idea of unifying the two main story lines of such classic origins is nothing short of brilliant. The invention of elixir of human life using female hormones and how to get it by "uncanny goings in late hours" really does the trick. So does the fascinating and at the same time foul results of the experiment, the mixing of selves and struggle for dominance. Of course much more could have been built in and deepened in the script making the story more intriguing and disturbing. Some needed romantic and freshening humor aspect comes from the continuously snooping neighbors with their funnily pretentious "it doesn't concern us" attitude.

    In all, this is once again a fun and stylish horror movie from Hammer studios. The bolder style of company's early seventies film is very much present with some slight gore and nudity added in the proceedings. So, now everyone hurry up and see it.

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    • Trivia
      Husband and wife Ralph Bates and Virginia Wetherell first met in this film as they prepared to shoot the scene in it in which Bates (as Dr. Jekyll) kills a prostitute (played by Wetherell).
    • Goofs
      Viruses were not identified until 1892, several years after the Ripper murders of 1888.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Jekyll: I walked the streets, brooding on the bitter irony that all I wanted to do for humanity, for life, would be cheated by death... unless I could cheat death.

    • Connections
      Featured in Movie Macabre: Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1982)
    • Soundtracks
      He'll Be There
      Music & Lyrics by Brian Clemens

      Performed by Julia Wright (uncredited) (dubbed by Jackie Lee (uncredited))

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    • Release date
      • June 11, 1975 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dr. Jekyll y su hermana Hyde
    • Filming locations
      • Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Hammer Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $202,800
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1(original & negative ratio)

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