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Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971)

Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde poster
Original title
Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde
Directed by
Roy Ward Baker
Genre
horror film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 108 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A scientist creates a formula that turns him into a beautiful but murderous woman. He struggles to control her violent urges while she begins a killing spree.

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What happens

Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde is a 1971 British horror film directed by Roy Ward Baker and starring Ralph Bates and Martine Beswick. It was based on the 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The film was made by British studio Hammer Film Productions and was their third adaptation of the story after The Ugly Duckling (1959) and The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960). The film is notable for showing Dr. Henry Jekyll transform into the female Edwina Hyde; it also incorporates into the plot aspects of the historical Jack the Ripper and Burke and Hare cases. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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