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Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1976)

Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde poster
Directed by
William Crain
Genre
horror film, blaxploitation film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
R
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A respected doctor in Los Angeles experiments with a formula that transforms him into a violent alter ego. His monstrous side threatens the people around him as he struggles to control the change.

tensesombergrittysuspensefulatmosphericmoodysocially-consciousslow-burn

What happens

Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde is a 1976 American blaxploitation horror film loosely inspired by the 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The film stars Bernie Casey and Rosalind Cash, and was directed by William Crain. Along with Crain, and it was written by Larry LeBron and Lawrence Woolner with cinematography by Tak Fujimoto. It was filmed primarily in Los Angeles, at locations such as the Watts Towers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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