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      Dr. Black and Mr. Hyde

      R Released Feb 6, 1976 1h 27m Horror List
      Reviews 13% 500+ Ratings Audience Score A doctor (Bernie Casey) in a Watts clinic takes his own medicine and becomes a monstrous white killer of hookers. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Marking yet another Blaxploitation title off the list, this one being a good amount of fun and paying off that catchy trailer that I'd been familiar with for a couple years now. Worth a rental. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member Genuinely a classic by being a nicely-put blaxploitation flick, but it also acted badly that seems it was intentional like it was getting more pitiful from the beginning to the end while attempted to be at least comedic on the plain bad nature and weird taste in unfitting music. (C-) Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Blacksploitation classic tells the story of Dr. Henry Pryde (Bernie Casey) who is working tirelessly to find a cure for liver disease. He develops a serum that shows potential but, he can't perfect it without human experimentation. After a failed test on a dying woman, Henry decides to test the serum on himself. The result transforms the valiant doctor into a super strong, violent tempered... white man. Directed by Blacula's William Crain, this 70s horror treats it's story with respect despite how silly it is and Crain, as with Blacula, gets good performances out of his cast that also includes Rosalind Cash (The Omega Man) and Marie O'Henry as Pryde's love interest, a local hooker named Linda. Sadly, Larry LeBron's script from an idea by Lawrence Woolner doesn't nearly make as much use of the classic story it's based on as did Blacula, nor is Crain able to give this film the gothic flavor and style he did with that film. It's pretty much a generic monster movie with Mr. Hyde stalking and killing Linda's fellow hookers and their pimps and the police trying to find and stop the killer. The obvious blaxploitation elements are present but, seem a bit forced here as opposed to Blacula where they were just part of the characters and their life at that point in time. Still the film does have that 70s nostalgia and is worth a look for those interested in the blaxploitation era of filmmaking. Also noteworthy as, the Mr. Hyde make-up effects on Bernie Casey are by the legendary Stan Winston. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review douglas g This variation on the Robert Louis Stevenson story had a sympathetic lead that was trying to find a cure for a liver disease and volunteers to work in a Free Clinic. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member The few people who have seen this on Flixster seem a bit disappointed that it's not more camp then it is. Although a little more somber for a blaxploitation/horror of this ink it's still has a funny jive to it & is good enough for me to rank it about 4th in the genre. It has something that Blacula & Sugar Hill don't have & that's a rich R rating. Should actually be called Dr Black & Mr White because when Bernie Casey takes his formula it turns him into an albino fiend. Don't know if that is a comment from the black film makers here but it still is fun even if it isn't funky Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Very low budget, and not really especially good, this movie is made surprisingly entertaining by an excellent cast, especially the always awesome Bernie Casey. For whatever reason, the mix of horror and Blaxploitation never really worked. Like Blacula and others, this is worth watching, but not a particularly good film. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      John Beifuss Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) Intriguing and entertaining, the film suggests -- visually and thematically, if not in so many words -- that being white causes a person to become aggressive, brutal and evil, and that the very state of whiteness is a state of corruption. Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 15, 2011 Full Review John J. Puccio Movie Metropolis Not as good as you'd like but not as bad as you'd think. Rated: 4/10 Mar 18, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A doctor (Bernie Casey) in a Watts clinic takes his own medicine and becomes a monstrous white killer of hookers.
      Director
      William Crain
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Horror
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Feb 6, 1976, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 17, 2020
      Runtime
      1h 27m