La vie intime du Dr. Jekyll

Is there anything more pointless than soft-core pornography? It's like giving a record to someone who doesn't own a record player: they can admire the cover artwork, but are unable to enjoy the sweet, sweet music.

The Adult Version of Jekyll & Hide is one such futile exercise: it's full of hot women with big breasts (both natural and obviously augmented) who happily saunter around as naked as the day they were born; the star of the show, John Barnum, is just as obliging, proudly showing off his button mushroom. The sex scenes are frequent, but are about as satisfying as a trip to the zoo when the penguin enclosure is closed for cleaning and all the monkeys are asleep.

Thankfully, there is a modicum of plot that prevents the film from being totally worthless, and which should provide fans of classic horror with some amusement. Barnum plays Dr. Chris Leeder, who likes to fool around with his busty receptionist Debbie (Rene Bond), despite being engaged to sexy Cynthia Carson (Laurie Rose), who is clearly a little slow on the uptake, oblivious to the fact that her fiancé's practise comes equipped with a double-bed and an en-suite shower.

While visiting a second-hand store with Cynthia, Leeder finds an old journal written by the infamous Dr. Jekyll; however, when he tries to buy the book, the shop-keeper (Norman Fields) tells him it isn't for sale. Not one to take no for an answer, Leeder returns that evening, strangles the shop-keeper and steals the journal, which contains details of a formula that allows a person's true nature to come to the fore. In Leeder's case, the potion turns him into a statuesque blonde beauty with big plastic tiddies and an uncontrollable violent streak. With a cop investigating the murder of the shop-keeper hot on his trail, Leeder decides to hide from the law by assuming the identity of the sexy but sadistic Miss Hyde (Jane Tsentas).

In addition to the copious soft-core romping and frequent full frontal nudity, The Adult Version of Jekyll & Hide also delivers a few mean-spirited moments of violence, which help to alleviate the tedium: as Leeder reads the journal, we are treated to a couple of flashbacks to Dr. Jekyll's deviant activities as Mr. Hyde, including a street-walker with a really bad English accent being tied to a bed and having a hot poker shoved between her legs, and another woman being raped and bashed over the head with a bedside ornament. In the film's most memorable scene, Miss Hyde visits a bar, picks up a horny sailor (Bruce Brightman), and accompanies him to an alley for a knee-trembler, where she proceeds to cut off the guy's schlong with a knife. It's laughably executed, but at least the film's heart is in the wrong place.

5/10.

I seem to be one of the few people who actually likes this film. Obviously we are not talking 'class' here but surely one knows pretty much what to expect from the title and if David Friedman was not too 'hands on' with this one it's still well worth a look. Sex and nudity (both sexes) all the way through and some surprisingly sharp violence mixed in. Not a lot of time is spent on the 'changes', which is probably just as well with limited budget and the change into a woman is at least different. It of course also gives us yet another lady to get naked. Pity about the silicone on the two leads but it does mean that the Hide (sic) lady suitably looks a little unreal stroking herself through a man's shirt as if she can't quite believe it. The leading guy, with his stumpy, hairy body, wayward moustache and minuscule penis does well to attract such enthusiastic performances from the ladies and does look fairly menacing in his bad man guise

This movie is not realistic nor shocking in it's violence,example no blood when she cut off the sailor's penis! This movie mainly is about T&A.

Adult Version of Jekyll & Hyde, The (1972)

* 1/2 (out of 4)

The title pretty much tells you all you need to know in this David Friedman produced sexploitation pic. Dr. Leder (Jack Buddliner) is in an antique store when he discovers the notes of Dr. Jekyll. He takes them home, does a few experiments and soon finds himself raping and killing women. Soon the good/bad doctor ends up turning himself into a woman (Jane Louise) who also goes on a sex hunt. Hammer did a similar film the previous year with much better results if you're actually wanting a decent attempt at making a movie. This thing here is clearly not trying to be "good" but instead just trying to keep the viewer interested for 90-minutes while a variety of women get undressed. This film was a major chore to sit through because it runs way too long and there isn't a single original idea to be found here. This is a sexploitation picture so you know there's not going to be too much plot but the direction is quite sluggish and makes the film drag. Lead actor Buddliner is incredibly bad in the part and isn't the least bit interesting or entertaining. What's worse is that the screenplay could have had fun with the male to female thing but the writing never even attempts anything. Instead we get one sex scene after another, which isn't a bad thing in small doses but in this film they just keep coming and getting slower with each new one. The women here are extremely beautiful as we get some natural ones as well as some that prove actresses were getting breast implants in the 70s. Future porn star Rene Bond appears as a secretary here and she's clearly the best thing in terms of nudity and acting (believe it or not).

I can tolerate quite a lot of extreme cinema-types (feel free to check some of my other user comments) and detect something good to tell about them always. But this…this is just weak over the entire line. The adult version of Jekyll and Hide is a David Friedman production. Friedman often cooperated with Hershell Gordon-Lewis who's known in the cult circuit as one of the pioneers of gore cinema. Their films are too silly, but often very imaginative and amusing. This film, unfortunately, is yet another story. Friedman simply produced and left the rest up to people I'm not familiar with. This thing has very little to see with Robert L. Stevenson's classic novel and handles about a dumb, ugly doctor who gets obsessed by Dr. Jekyll's notebook he found in an old bookstore. He fixes the drink and transforms into a hot, long-legged blond nymph. It's supposed to be an X-rated HORROR film, but since they didn't have any budget for horror, they simply focus on the X-rated sequences. A lot… The nudity (male as well as female) is explicit, but never shocking or too perverted. Absolutely nothing happens that's worth mentioning except maybe the castration of a well shaped sailor; the only `ouch' moment in the entire film. Dull, uninteresting and a waste of time. If you do consider watching it, you better keep your finger on the `fast forward' button at all times.