Official Score = 3 Devils[/caption]You know what folks, besides the fact that I do enjoy writing these blogs and reviews for Hellinspace, I also feel that I have a duty almost as an archivist of the Horror and Science Fiction genre, to try and give you guys the most complete encylopedia (so to speak) of those two genres, and not give only a partiail representation (i,e... Not just doing modern movies, or books from the 80s and the like.)
No in this case I mean trying get a review up for the earliest Horror and Science Fiction movies to have come out, or the earliest heavy duty song that created the ancestry to heavy metal and the like...
That is just part of the reason why enjoyed, Dr. Jeykll & Mr. Hyde (1912)!
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A surprisingly fun silent film![/caption]Written by: Thomas Russell Sullivan & Directed by: Lucius Henderson (The Scarlet Mask). Starring: James Cruze (The Great Gabbo), Florence La Badie (The Return Of Draw Egan) & Marie Eline (Uncle Tom's Cabin).
This is the classic tale of Dr. Jeykll (James Cruze), who has a theory... That theory is that there is a specific drug cocktail that will specifically bring out the good and the bad in a person...
Well after he tries it out, he brings out, 'Mr. Hyde', his truly evil side out to play...
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One of the earliest Mr. Hyde's to grace the big screen![/caption]Now during this time he ends up taking it a lot and after awhile he can't control the transformations... And what is worse, he finds the woman of his dreams (played by: Florence La Badie)!
So Doctor Jekyll is going have to figure out a way to stop the transformations from occurring before Mr. Hyde kills him and the woman he loves, as well as everyone else in the village!
In the end, I found this movie to be a lot of fun... I found it interesting in another aspect... Well there was definitely a horror angle to it... But this one was definitely set up more for the drama of it, and I imagine that women going to the theater in 1912 to see this movie probably cried a fair amount!
The only problem with this one is that it is dated, and unless you are a fan of Silent films (which I am quickly becoming,) then this movie probably is not the movie for you...
http://youtu.be/UqkeemU7fyk
