This film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novel is regarded by horror writer Steven King as a prototype for all horror films, using techniques such as 360-degree pans to show the protagonist’s double-identity mindscape, and innovative lighting during the Jekyll to Hyde transformations. Like Universal’s Frankenstein of the same year, the film is a cautionary tale on the dangers of scientific experimentation. It also equates sexual desire with the less-evolved state of the ape-like Hyde.

(M) Recommended for mature audiences

1.00pm Sun 27 NovSouth Bank Cinemas
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (82 mins)

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