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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde poster
Directed by
J. Charles Haydon
Genre
horror film, silent film, science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
40 min
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A scientist discovers a potion that turns him into a violent and monstrous version of himself. He struggles to control the evil side of his personality as it takes over his life.

old-fashionedstylizedcreepymelodramaticgothicquietunderstatedclassic

What happens

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a 1920 horror film directed and written by J. Charles Haydon, starring Sheldon Lewis, based on the 1886 novel Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The Sheldon Lewis version was somewhat overshadowed by the 1920 Paramount Pictures version starring John Barrymore, which had been released just the month before. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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