DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE (DOUBLE FEATURE) (1932)
ROUBEN MAMOULIANVICTOR FLEMING
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Plot
A double helping of transmogrification with two classic versions of Robert Louis Stevenson's tale of science run amok, in which an ambitious doctor's experiments on himself turn him into a raving homicidal beast. The 1932 expressionistic spine-tingler, which influenced generations of creature-features, with a more obvious Freudian interpretation of the doctor's schizophrenia is the better of the two. The 1941 star-studded epic helmed by the legendary Victor Fleming (Gone with the Wind' and The Wizard of Oz') is glossy but pales in comparison. Modern day fear-makers could learn a lot from these atmospheric chillers.