The sad thing about Anthony Perkins career is after he did Psycho, he got type cast playing crazy characters. So someone decided that we didn't have nearly enough adaptations of "Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" and did one with Anthony playing both roles.
Unfortunately, it has about ten minutes of story and 80 minutes of filler involving Hyde slashing up prostitutes . It is sort of implied that Jeckyll's mysterious formula was some form of cocaine, because, hey, it was the 1980's and Nancy Reagan was all over that.
It's actually fairly sloppy in its reproduction of 1880's London, with costumes that are anachronistic.
Gotta talk about the transformation... When he's doing the Hyde-caine, Perkins gets some pasty makeup, they give him some red eyeliner and muss up his hair. Again, the guy was a pretty good actor who got typecast into these kind of roles, which is sad.
Unfortunately, it has about ten minutes of story and 80 minutes of filler involving Hyde slashing up prostitutes . It is sort of implied that Jeckyll's mysterious formula was some form of cocaine, because, hey, it was the 1980's and Nancy Reagan was all over that.
It's actually fairly sloppy in its reproduction of 1880's London, with costumes that are anachronistic.
Gotta talk about the transformation... When he's doing the Hyde-caine, Perkins gets some pasty makeup, they give him some red eyeliner and muss up his hair. Again, the guy was a pretty good actor who got typecast into these kind of roles, which is sad.