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Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype (1980)
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October 1980 (USA)
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An ugly, misshapen podiatrist ingests a formula made by a colleague and turns into a handsome, devil-may-care (but violent) ladies' man. | add synopsis
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apologies to Robert Louis Stevenson, indeed!
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Oliver Reed | ... | Dr. Henry Heckyl / Mr. Hype |
 | Sunny Johnson | ... | Coral Careen |
 | Maia Danziger | ... | Miss Finebum |
| Virgil Frye | ... | Lt. Mack Druck - 'Il Topo' |
| Mel Welles | ... | Dr. Vince Hinkle |
| Kedrick Wolf | ... | Dr. Lew Hoo (as Kedric Wolfe) |
| Jackie Coogan | ... | Sergeant Fleacollar |
| Corinne Calvet | ... | Pizelle Puree |
| Sharon Compton | ... | Mrs. Quivel |
| Denise Hayes | ... | Liza Rowne |
 | Charles Howerton | ... | Clutch Cooger |
| Dick Miller | ... | Irsil / Orson |
| Jack Warford | ... | Herringbone Flynn |
| Lucretia Love | ... | Debra Kate |
| Ben Frommer | ... | Sgt. Gurnisht Hilfn |
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Dr. Heckyl & Mr. Hype (USA) (alternative spelling)
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99 min
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Follows Up from the Depths (1979)
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Pretty unappealing comedy/horror movie. More of a comedy, with horror elements that don't mix well. It has comedy sound effects, and sped-up footage and other pretty low comedy elements.
Oliver Reed is horrible-looking podiatrist Dr. Heckyl, with whom we're evidently expected to sympathize. However, he's pretty unappealing, even appearance aside. He turns into Mr. Hype, supposedly a very handsome man, but without compassion. However, as Mr. Hype, he looks like...Oliver Reed - who's hardly good-looking by anyone's standards, but we're expected to believe he is. Women see something "tacky" in Mr. Hype's eyes, and he invariably kills them in ways that don't really work in such a silly comedy, they belong in a real horror movie (albeit a bad one).
This title is out of print, and relatively hard to find. With any luck, it will stay that way.