Best movies like The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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Plot Summary:
No overview found.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Sci-Fi, Horror, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, suspense, gothic horror, scary, psychological, bleak, serious, slasher, suspenseful, period drama
Best tv shows and movies like The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968):
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2008)
Plot Summary:
Dr. Henry Jekyll is a well-regarded physician whose evenings are spent researching a rare and sacred Amazonian flower so potent it's said to literally separate the soul, giving life to man's Dark Self. The obsessive experiments to isolate its psychotropic properties happen to coincide with a series of brutal murders gripping the city with fear. Jekyll knows it's no coincidence. While his nights are lost to him, he awakens with bloody mementos and violent memories of the screams of his victims.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2002)
Plot Summary:
Straight to video version of the classic story.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 139
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, tech noir, independent film
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Die! Die! My Darling! (1965)
Plot Summary:
A young woman is terrorized by her fiance's demented mother who blames her for her son's death.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, grindhouse, psychotronic, noir, slasher, gothic horror, classic horror, independent film, scary, psychological
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Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical (2001)
Plot Summary:
Musical version of the Robert Louis Stevenson story about a doctor who conducts an experiment on himself that results in his bringing out the dark, murderous side of his inner self, "Mr. Hyde".
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 670
Genere: Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, stylized, horror musical, realistic
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Hong Kong martial arts version of Jekyll and Hyde, with Hyde as the mythical fighting champion known as the White Tiger battling the Triads, drug trafficking and illegal organ transplants.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Australia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, mythical
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973)
Plot Summary:
Musical version of the story in which Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags:
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Jekyll + Hyde (2006)
Plot Summary:
Henry Jekyll is a young science student who, along with his friend Mary, experiments with various drugs and compounds in order to create a personality-enhancing drug that he believes will turn him into the successful and popular person he so craves to be. But after testing the drug on Mary and himself, Jekyll discovers it has horrific consequences - ones that he might not be able to control.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, slasher, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, suspense
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I, Monster (1971)
Plot Summary:
Christopher Lee stars in this Amicus production of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” where the names have been changed to Dr. Marlowe and Mr. Blake. Lee as Dr. Marlowe experiments with intravenous drugs that are suppose to release inner inhibitions. So comes forth Mr. Blake (also Lee) who gets more monstrous with each transformation. Peter Cushing plays his friend and colleague, Dr. Utterson.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, grindhouse, classic horror, gothic, medical horror, independent film, scary, mind bending, bleak, serious
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (2006)
Plot Summary:
Tony Todd (Clive Barker's Candyman, Final Destination 2) is Dr. Henry Jekyll in this blood-drenched, modern adaptation of the macabre classic. Part crime thriller, part psychological horror, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde takes Robert Louis Stevenson's sinister story to chilling new depths as Mr. Hyde leaves a grisly trail while terrorizing local college co-eds. With the police bearing down on him, Mr. Hyde attacks Henry's fiancee in the demented denouement of this twisted tale that must be seen to be believed!.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 405
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, slasher, psychotronic
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Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
Plot Summary:
This much-requested, made-for-TV adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel stars Michael Sarrazin as the creature given life by Victor Frankenstein (Leonard Whiting), who witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori (James Mason). David McCallum, Jane Seymour, Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud and Tom Baker also star.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 185 min
Plot tags: gothic horror, gothic, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, stylized, classic horror, spooky, psychotronic
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Edge of Sanity (1989)
Plot Summary:
When Henry Jekyll's experiments with cocaine have gotten out of control, he transforms into the hideous Jack Hyde. As Hyde he searches the London streets at night for his prey in whorehouses and opium dens. The police can't catch him, he has nothing to lose but his mind.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Hungary
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, independent film, scary, mind bending, offbeat, bleak, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, weird
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Konga (1961)
Plot Summary:
Dr.Decker comes back from Africa after a year, presumed dead. During that year, he came across a way of growing plants and animals to an enormous size. He brings back a baby chimpanzee to test out his theory. As he has many enemies at home, he decides to use his chimp, 'Konga' to 'get rid of them'. Then Konga grows to gigantic proportions and reaks havoc all over the city of London!!.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: natural horror, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic, independent film, weird
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The Machine (1994)
Plot Summary:
This deftly made French psychological thriller terrifies with its exploration of an experiment gone horribly wrong. Dr. Marc Lacroix, a psychiatrist specializing in brain functions, is obsessed with the link between mind and spirit. To find his link he studies the criminally insane. He builds a secret machine, known only to his mistress Marianne, in which he hopes to exchange minds between humans. He simultaneously wants to help the mentally ill recover, and he wants to experience their madness. He chooses the psychotic killer, Zyto, a man who stabbed at least three women, for his experiment. The initial experiment is successful and the two exchange minds. But trouble ensues when Zyto refuses to reverse the switch. There is little Marc can do when Zyto takes over Marc's life, and more ominously his wife and child whom are unknowingly in mortal danger. Marc, encased in Zyto's body, is returned to the asylum. Will Marc's wife recognize the danger? Will Zyto kill again?.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 729
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, bleak, futuristic, suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller, scary, serious, unusual plot structure
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Acceptable Risk (2001)
Plot Summary:
An ambitious medical researcher discovers a mold that he believes could be the foundation of a miracle cure for degenerative disease.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 459
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, mystical, scary, mind bending, cult film
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Victor Frankenstein (2015)
Plot Summary:
Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, light, stylized, serious, suspenseful, touching, psychotronic, freeze frame, fairy tale
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Without Warning (1980)
Plot Summary:
An alien creature stalks human prey.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, classic horror, retro, bloody, mysterious, gothic horror, grindhouse, independent film, scary, exciting
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Jekyll (2007)
Plot Summary:
London, 2007. Tom Jackman is the only living descendent of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. He has made a deal with his dark side: a body share. What Mr. Hyde doesn't know is that Tom has a family. There is a wife and two children that he'll do anything to protect from his dark side. With all the resources of modern technology, and the best surveillance hardware, he's determined to keep his dark side in line. He's done a deal with his own devil. What neither of them knows is that an ancient organisation, with limitless wealth and power, is monitoring their every move, and a plan over a century in the making is coming to fruition.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 334 min
Plot tags: psychological, dark, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, scary, dramatic, thought provoking, spooky, queer horror
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Terror of Frankenstein (1977)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Sweden, Ireland
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Frankenstein (1992)
Plot Summary:
In the early 19th century, Dr. Frankenstein (Patrick Bergin, Sleeping with the Enemy) discovers the secret of life – how to create a perfect man – powerful, intelligent and immune to disease. But something goes wrong in the laboratory and the doctor’s hideous creation (Randy Quaid, National Lampoon’s Vacation) disappears into the night. At first, Frankenstein hoped that the horrible monster would perish in the wilderness, but now he senses that it’s alive and sets out for him. Dr. Frankenstein tracks the creature to the Arctic, where the two must battle to decide who will become the master of the other’s life…or death. “Nobody’s ever done a Frankenstein like this one and nobody’s ever done a better one” (Houston Chronicle).
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 642
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min
Plot tags: fairy tale, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, gothic horror
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Frankenstein (2004)
Plot Summary:
Frankenstein is a 2004 U.S. television miniseries (edited into a film) based on the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. It follows the original book more closely than other adaptions. The story is of a scientist who brings life to a creature fashioned from corpses and various body parts.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 177 min
Plot tags: scary, serious, suspenseful, captivating, epic, suspense
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Dracula (1974)
Plot Summary:
Dracula is searching for a woman who looks like his long dead wife.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, spooky, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic
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Nobody Loves Alice (2008)
Plot Summary:
Nobody Loves Alice is about Alice, a sad and lonely woman who always dreamed of finding the right person to be with.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 511
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, serious, rough, disturbing, scary, psychological, realistic, suspenseful
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The Creeping Flesh (1973)
Plot Summary:
A scientist comes to believe that evil is a disease of the blood and that the flesh of a skeleton he has brought back from New Guinea contains it in a pure form. Convinced that his wife, a Folies Bergere dancer who went insane, manifested this evil he is terrified that it will be passed on to their daughter. He tries to use the skeleton's blood to immunise her against this eventuality, but his attempt has anything but the desired result.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, suspense, cult classic, scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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They Crawl (2001)
Plot Summary:
A computer whiz named 'Bean' is among several people found dead with strange striations, odd puncture wounds and missing internal organs. Bean's brother Ted teams up with detective Gina to get to the bottom of it. With the help of a computer hacker, they find a blueprint that reveals the killer who has been terrorizing the city...a rampaging posse of genetically mutated cockroaches!.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 792
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, scary, detective, natural horror
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The 13th Unit (2014)
Plot Summary:
Seven strangers find themselves trapped in an underground storage facility, struggling to survive while being hunted by a supernatural beast that resides inside the mysterious 13th unit.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 487
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense, scary, serious
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The Hand (1981)
Plot Summary:
Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, cult classic, psychotronic, christmas horror, psychological thriller, horror comedy
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Dracula (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Romanian count known as Dracula is summoned to London by Arthur Holmwood, a young Lord who is one the verge of being wed. Unknown to Arthur's future bride Lucy, her future husband is infected with syphilis and therefore cannot consummate their marriage. Arthur has laid his hopes of being cured on the enigmatic count; as it is said that Dracula has extraordinary powers. But these supernatural powers have sinister origins. The Count is a vampire. Soon Arthur realizes his serious mistake as all hell breaks loose and the Count infects others with his ancient curse. But Dracula has not counted on the young Lord acquiring the assistance of the Dutch Vampire expert Prof. Abraham Van Helsing.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: gothic, gothic horror, scary, serious, suspenseful, dark, spooky, psychotronic, period drama
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Mary Reilly (1996)
Plot Summary:
A housemaid falls in love with Dr. Jekyll and his darkly mysterious counterpart, Mr. Hyde.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspense, atmospheric, scary, gothic horror, stylized, suspenseful, costume drama, psychological, cult classic
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Dead of Winter (1987)
Plot Summary:
A fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological, slasher, suspenseful, scary, neo noir, christmas horror, twisted, serious, realistic
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The Kindred (1987)
Plot Summary:
Amanda's deathbed request to her son, John, was for him to destroy all the lab notes etc. from her last experiment. She also blurts out he had a brother. At the funeral John meets Melissa, who claims to be his mothers biggest fan. Together with some of John's friends they go to Amanda's house, but none are prepared for what they find there.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, dark, suspenseful, intense, exciting, retro, lovecraft, funny, psychotronic