Docteur Jekyll et les femmes (1981)

User Rating:

5.6/10   

Director:

Walerian Borowczyk

Writer:

Robert Louis Stevenson (novel)

Release Date:

17 June 1981 (France)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

The film takes place before, during and immediately after the engagement party of Dr.Henry Jekyll and Miss Fanny Osborne...

Plot Keywords:

Jekyll | Doctor | Jekyll And Hyde | Transformation | Human Experiment

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Udo Kier	...	Dr.Henry Jekyll
Marina Pierro	...	Miss Fanny Osbourne
Patrick Magee	...	General
Gérard Zalcberg	...	Mr. Hyde
Howard Vernon	...	Dr.Lanyon
Clément Harari	...	Reverend Donald Regan
Jean Mylonas
Eugene Braun Munk
Louis-Michel Colla
Catherine Coste
Rita Maiden
Michèle Maze
Agnès Daems
Magali Noaro
Dominique Andersen

Also Known As:

Bloodlust (video title)
Dr. Jekyll and His Women (USA) (dubbed version)
Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne
The Blood of Doctor Jekyll
The Bloodbath of Doctor Jekyll (UK) (cut version (video title))
The Experiment (UK) (censored version)

Runtime:

France:92 min | UK:90 min

Country:

France | West Germany

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Fujicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-18 (cut) (1981) | UK:18 (distributor recommended)

Company:

Allegro Productions

Trivia:

"Fanny Osbourne" was the name of Robert Louis Stevenson's real life fiancée , who was so shocked by his original draft of The Strange Case of Doctor Jeckyl and Mr Hyde that Stevenson threw the manuscript into the fire and wrote a completely different story.

Quotes:

General: Misfortune follows misfortune. Madame, I have murdered your chauffeur. My humblest apologies.

Movie Connections:

Version of "Nightmare Classics" (1989)

Poor Version

Docteur Jekyll Et Les Femmes (1981)

* 1/2 (out of 4)

Director Walerian Borowczyk's take on the Jekyll and Hyde story has Udo Kier playing Dr. Jekyll who transforms himself into the evil Mr. Hyde. The biggest change here is that Mr. Hyde is a rapist. This thing has gotten some pretty good reviews but sadly I'm not going to give it one. This thing really bored me to tears and I could never really get into the story, which wasn't graphic enough to be interesting and was too slow to get me involved. Another problem is Udo Kier who simply can't carry a movie. The lighting is brilliantly used and the director comes up with some nice atmosphere but that's about it. Even with the low rating this is still much better than the Anthony Perkins film Edge of Sanity, which appears to be a slight remake of this.