Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde

Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde (1979)

The Fear of the Year is Here!

When a Black doctor develops a serum that is supposed to regenerate dying liver cells and tests it on himself, it accidentally turns him into an albino monster with a lust for murdering prostitutes, pimps and drug dealers.

Date of release
1979-10-12
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 25m
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
Director
William Crain

Casting

Interesting facts

Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde is a 1976 American blaxploitation horror film loosely inspired by the 1886 novella Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The film stars Bernie Casey and Rosalind Cash, and was directed by William Crain. Along with Crain, and it was written by Larry LeBron and Lawrence Woolner with cinematography by Tak Fujimoto. It was filmed primarily in Los Angeles, at locations such as the Watts Towers.

Background

Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde is one of many films which constitute the blaxploitation genre. Specifically, it was part of the blaxploitation horror genre that came about in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the box office success of American International Pictures’ Blacula, which was also directed by William Crain.

Cynthia Erb delves into many different aspects and themes of Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde, while also discussing the blaxploitation horror genre, in her book Tracking King Kong: A Hollywood Icon in World Culture. Erb writes that the blaxploitation genre was plagued with many problems, but did have key points of strength. The same can be said for Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde.

According to Frederick Douglass in the Atlanta Daily World, the film was "for escapism and fun" as "everything is taken in an extreme and comes off as being comical rather than serious."

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