Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde trades Dr. Jekyll’s Victorian London digs for the poverty stricken streets of Watts, where a Free Clinic doubles as a Thrift Store, and a cape wearing pimp named Silky trolls lounges for hookers. This mid-70’s Blaxploitation film stars the charismatic Bernie Casey as Dr. Henry Pride, an award winning doctor that’s developed a serum that might cure liver disease – with side effects. The side effects include, but are not limited to: killing hookers, kidnapping, and climbing the Watts Tower. The situation gets downright “insalubrious” when Mr. Hyde puts “some shit into the game.” William Crain (The Mod Squad, Blacula) directs, with make-up by the legendary Stan Winston.
Marc Edward Heuck discusses Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde on the New Beverly blog.
