The Adult Version of Jekyll & Hide

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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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.

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 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.

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