If you need help falling asleep this might be just the mode of entertainment you want to watch. What you get is a super-slow moving English version of the story of DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE except they changed the names to Dr. Marlowe and Mr. Blake, which I don't think is nearly as catchy. Christopher Lee stars as the transforming doctor and Peter Cushing is a fellow scientist who gets to have the big final fight/shoving match with Mr. Lee. You also get an early scene of a kooky killer cat. This was originally shot to be shown in 3-D but from what I've read they dropped that idea halfway through filming. I don't really think that woulda helped me enjoy it much more anyway. Probably only of interest to fans of slow-as-molasses, talky English horror flicks or anyone really into the JEKYLL AND HYDE story. Amicus, the company that put this out, went on to do some cool anthology type films throughout the 70's that are worth checking out.
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