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Doctor Jekyll focuses on a reclusive Nina Jekyll finding friendship with her newly hired help, Rob, played by rising star Scott Chambers, who must work together to prevent Hyde from destroying her life.
On the topic of Jekyll being a trans woman, director Joe Stephenson was quoted saying: “There’ve been over 100 cinematic adaptations of Stevenson’s novella, but there has never been a trans Dr. Jekyll. There seem to be some assumptions that because Nina is a trans character, we are somehow going to make it about gender. That is not the case; the themes of our film are true to the original work.” And as for what fans can expect from the movie, he added.. “the film’s tone is a (hopefully) surprising mix of dark humor and suspense that spirals into horror. Even in its darkest moments we give a wink to films of a certain era, and flashes of camp within a dark twisted fairytale combine to make a tone I don’t see much of anymore… and wish I did!”
It’s said that the Nina Jekyll character is a trans woman in the film’s narrative.
This is said to be a “modern interpretation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s iconic 1886 novella “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.”
Hammer Films released Doctor Jekyll in UK Cinemas on October 27, 2023.
Hammer Films released Doctor Jekyll on UK Digital Download on March 11, 2024.
Hammer Films released Doctor Jekyll in Theaters and on VOD on August 2, 2024.
Hammer Films released Doctor Jekyll on Blu-ray on August 5, 2024.
LoneStar Media released Doctor Jekyll on DVD on November 19, 2024.
Director: Joe Stephenson
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