A mad scientist injects himself with cancer cells to turn into a tumor-monster so he can kill women and use their glands to repair the face of a disfigured stripper. While it sounds like cheesy fun rom the title, this is actually one of the sleazier films on the list. Jekyll the famous werewolf".ĭo I need to say anymore? Oh, and it was directed by my old pal, Edgar G. I'm just going to quote a sypnopsis I read online: "Gloria Talbott stars as the Daughter of Dr. While it seems to be just one of the many entries in the ''Son of a famous monster/killer carries on the family business " genre at first, it isn't, and is actually quite clever in it's denouement. Only problem? It isn't very good. This isn't so much a sequel to the previous films, but a sequel to the actual novel, utilizing several characters and plot holes to use as clues.
This is an interesting one, although it will really only appeal to hardcore fans of the book. Oh well, at least Boris Karloff makes for a wonderfully sinister Dr. I liked the part where the fat one sees something scary and the skinny one doesn't believe him. The film is frequently trashed by fans because Bela Lugosi gets top billing and is wasted in a minor role, but who really cares? This is still a fascinating variation on J&H and worth seeing.Ħ) Abbott & Costello meet Dr. Of the horror subgenre about executed/dead criminals(innocent or guilty) who come back to kill the gangsters who framed/killed them, such as The Walking Dead, Indestructable Man, The Monster and the Girl, Maniac Cop, etc, this is my favorite. Ridges is so good in the role that you really won't believe you are watching the same actor when he swithes personas back and forth, even though the only physical difference between Kingsley and Cannon is that Cannon slicks his hair back and glares. If you are going to do a version of J&H where there's no makeup used to signify the transformation, like the Spencer Tracy version, then this is the way to go. Kingsley soon finds himself being posessed by Cannon's brain and going on rampages against his former gang members who betrayed him. Boris Karloff is a doctor who partially transplants the brain of a gangster named "Red Cannon" into the head of college teacher friend George Kingsley (Stanley Ridges). In this version, the doctor and Jekyll/Hyde figures are seperated into two distinct characters. Worth seeing though, as a curio.įinally, a version that has a different title! This isn't really a version of J & H to be honest. It's been considered everything from a loose adaption of Donovan's Brain(it's script was written by the same guy) to a precursor to the Hammer Frankenstein movies because of it's emphasis on brain transplants. The acting is comparable to the kind you see in most high school plays. Film as a medium was still developing, but come on. The first Universal horror movie, and believe it or not, it still exists. There's some versions which deserve to walk among respectable victorian society, and some which deserve to be flogged to death with a cane.
No in-depth commentary as per my style, just quick and to-the-point.
Although the book is quite different from the film adaptations, I don't really think the plot needs to be described in any great detail, do you? So here's a run-down of every version I've seen. As a tribute, here's my recap of the many different film versions. Today happens to be the birthday of Robert Louis Stevenson, who penned the greatest of all stories about the duality of man The Strange Case of Dr. I love 'em all.īut I think the one single concept that fascinates me the most is the concept of The Monster From Within. There are tons of horror concepts that I find fascinating vampires, werewolves, mad scientists, old dark houses with crazy families, average people willing to make a stand against a society that can dish it but can't take it, cosmic horror, demonic posession, crafty murderers.
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