Product Details

• Actors: Mark Redfield
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Alpha Video
• DVD Release Date: August 31, 2004
• Run Time: 110 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0002HODVI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #143,671 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Platform:  DVD MOVIE Publisher:  ALPHA VIDEO Packaging:  DVD STYLE BOX From London's fog-shrouded back alleys to the palaces of the rich Jekyll's obsessions and Hyde's destructive lusts combine to make a cocktail of mayhem madness and finally murder.This thrilling new blood-drenched adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's chilling classic is a dark fairy-tale with equal parts of mystery horror drama and black comedy. "This rare treat comes recommended!" - Rue Morgue Magazine "Four Stars!" - Joe Bob Briggs United Press International "...His performance ranks up there with the Frederic March Jekyll & Hyde..." - Midnight Marquee Magazine Awards:Winner "Best Actor" (Mark Redfield) - Shockerfest USAWinner "Best Actress" (Elena Torrez) - Shockerfest USAWinner "Best Independent Film" - Festival Of Fantastic Films Manchester UKStarring: Mark Redfield & Elena TorrezProduced by: Stuart Voytilla & Mark RedfieldDirected by: Mark RedfieldWritten by: Stuart Voytilla & Mark RedfieldMusic by: Nalin Taneja DVD Details: Loaded with extra features including director's commentary "Making Of" documentary deleted scenes and more. Run Time: 109 minutesNumber of Discs: 1Originally Released in 2002ColorNo region encoding; For global distribution.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Redfield's Performance, September 20, 2004

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Crypt "thecrypt777" (Arkham) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (DVD)

All I can say is that Redfield plays Jekyll and Hyde like no one has since Fredric March! Brilliant! The interesting spin on his version of the character(s) is that Hyde is possibly the true self and that Jekyll was always a mask. His twisted, wild eyed, dwarfish, satyr-like Hyde is truer to Stevenson's description than the hairy ape/wolf-man that people usually associate with the character. He plays Hyde with an almost comical glee, similar to March's performance. Evil can be humorous in a twisted ironic way. Script-wise it follows the original story closer than any film before it. We don't find out until toward the end that Jekyll and Hyde are the same person. But there were some surprising and unnecessary deviations from the story. For example, Sir Danvers has a son (?!) who Hyde kills instead of him (taking much of the horror away from the story as his son is almost as odious as Hyde. You're glad he gets killed), Hyde kills his mistress' lover instead of her, he reveals his secret to Dr. Lanyon's assistant instead of him, and a gun inexplicably explodes in hyde's hand maiming him (I'm still trying to figure out why this was put in the story) just to name a few. Also this film is one of the lowest budgeted modern indi films I've ever seen. The streets of London are miniatures with the actors cheaply superimposed upon them. It seems all the money went into making Mr. Hyde's excellent makeup, that they had to go and use cheap, $3.00 Halloween beards and moustache's that neither looked remotely real or even matched the actors hair color. It would have been better to leave the actors clean shaven. And Sir Danvers's snobbish son... with a modern gelled crew-cut?! Although the acting is forced at times, and downright bad at others, for the most part it's decent. Redfield's acting however is exceptional. Yes, I recommend sitting through the faker than fake beards, zero budget not-so-special fx, and bad acting just to see this guy play Jekyll & Hyde. It's truly inspired! Enough for me to give the film 4 stars. Plus it's a cheap DVD, so what do you have to lose?

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pleasant Surprise, January 30, 2007

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History Man (Potomac, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (DVD)

Forget the film's low budget; Redfield alone makes this one well-worth the price and the time. He is a very gifted and natural actor who gives new life to Stevenson's two-sided character. The entire cast is way above average, including Elena Torrez, who is mesmerizing as Claire, Kosha Engler as Jekyll's ill-fated fiance and Carl Randolph as his friend and confidant; but it is Redfield's film and he gives us a Jekyll and Hyde we are not likely to forget. Given the mostly lame fare Hollywood is turning out these days, it's encouraging to see professionals of this caliber produce entertaining films like this one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You must make allowances for the poor quality of the production and reproduction, February 5, 2011

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Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913 & 1920 Silent Versions) (DVD)

Like other classic horror stories, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson has been told in film many times. This DVD contains two of the earliest, they are both silent films, the first was made in 1911 and the second in 1920. Modern viewers will find the acting somewhat overdone and the special effects extremely primitive, yet there are lessons to be gleaned. Most notably it can be clearly seen how much the film industry improved in the nine years between the makings of these two films. The organization of the latter is superior and there is much more depth to the story, including a very surprising ending.
The film made in 1911 stars James Cruze and was an early triumph of the art of makeup as the sophisticated Dr. Jekyll had to be physically altered into the hideous Mr. Hyde. Sheldon Lewis stars in the 1920 version and this version is more of a morality play. Dr. Jekyll is depicted as an extremely dedicated physician that spends a great deal of time working with poor children, so his fall is even greater. He is depicted as spending his time at the bedside of a sick child when he could be attending social events with his girlfriend.
Stevenson wrote the original story as a tale of the evils of drug use, for it was written shortly after the time that opiates were introduced into European society. There have been reports that Stevenson himself struggled with cocaine addiction and it is an account of his experiences. In any case, it is an excellent story, in both cases it is well done, provided you give some allowance for the technical capability of the time of production.