Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908)
- Directed by
- Otis Turner
- Genre
- horror film, silent film, science fiction film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 16 min
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A doctor creates a potion that turns him into a violent alter ego. Based on the classic story, this is the first film version of the tale.
atmosphericshadowysilent-eradramaticmoodypioneeringgothic
What happens
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1908 silent horror film starring Hobart Bosworth, and Betty Harte in her film debut. Directed by Otis Turner and produced by William N. Selig, this was the first film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's 1886 novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The screenplay was actually adapted by George F. Fish and Luella Forepaugh from their own 1897 four act stage play derived from the novel, causing a number of plot differences with the original source. Despite Stevenson's protests, this film became the model which influenced all the later film adaptations that were to come. Roy Kinnard states it is also considered to be the first American horror film. There are no known extant copies of the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912)
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913)
- Pharmaceutical Hallucinations (1908)
Browse movies and series
press Enter to search by title, your filters still apply · for something by mood, tap Discover
Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers
Loading movies…