The Adult Version of Jekyll & Hide

Dr. Chris Leder (Jack Buddliner, who is ugly enough to make ME feel amazingly good about my body) goes to a bookstore with his fiancé, Cynthia (Jennifer Brooks, better know as "that one girl in that flick where Elvira shows her hoo-haas). He sees a book he wants but waits till he's alone to go get it. The store owner isn't selling, so Chris naturally strangles him. (i hesitate to say kills because he blinks "after death). He then uses the book to turn himself into MISS Hyde. A pre-breast enhancement, pre-hardcore star, Rene Bond (quite easily the only redeeming value of the movie) also stars as secretary of Dr. Chris in this hard soft-core film. This film was hard to sit through & I know that ANY movie released on the "Something Weird" label is for acquired taste. Do yourself a favor and skip this. See Hammer's "Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde" instead, which is miles better.

My Grade: D

DVD Extras: Commentary by David F. Friedman; Theatrical trailer; gallery of exploitation art

Eye candy: all the girls get nude at one point in the film

ANTI-Eye candy: Jack Buddliner gets nude (giving the word cocktail weenie a new meaning, frankly I feel sorry for the guy)

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).

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.

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.

You gotta love '70's porn! Funky music, big mustaches and lots of hair elsewhere, ugly men and women who seemed to be already well over 30 at the time. It seems that in the '70's age and looks were no requirements to enter the porn industry. It's funny to see how much the porn industry has changed. Just compare a '70's movie to a porn movie from this decade. The difference is so enormous, that '70's porn look so soft, friendly and almost innocent as well as simple amateur like looking, that it becomes often hilarious and entertaining to watch.

I think you could consider this movie to be a very soft-core one. Lot's of sexual actions are implied in the movie but very little is actually shown on screen. It makes the sex seem rather more distracting and boring than arousing and exciting. Basically only breasts are shown in this movie, which of course doesn't meet up by todays requirements.

Of course in a movie like this the story always becomes secondary but I do admire how they tried to give the story still a sort of main plot line, even though it makes far form sense all and is way too simple. It's not uncommon for porn movies to mix with well known stories and legends. This time the story of Jekyll and Hyde is the unlucky victim. Of course the movie doesn't follow the story at all and in this movie features a doctor who by an old book written by Mr. Hyde makes the formula to split his evil and good side. Only problem is that instead the good old doctors turn into a woman but hey this doesn't have to mean it's a problem right? Especially not in a simple, amateur like looking, sleazy '70's porn movie. The story doesn't ever really flow well and its totally unclear why Hide (the woman side of the doctor) kills all those innocent people. The movie seems to lack a real point and purpose with it's story but like I said before, I admire the attempt and it distinct this movie from most other '70's genre movies.

The movie is very cheap and amateur like looking with simple camera-work and scene build up. But I bet the actors (who of course are bad) had fun, with the 'real script' and characters they were portraying, rather than being in just another straight-forward porn movie without a storyline in it.

A must-see for the fans of '70's porn movies, which are quite a few.

6/10

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