I, Monster (1971)

01/11/1971 (GB)•Horror, Science Fiction•1h 10m

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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.

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Christopher Lee
Dr. Charles Marlowe / Mr. Edward Blake
Peter Cushing
Frederick Utterson
Mike Raven
Enfield
Richard Hurndall
Lanyon
George Merritt
Poole
Kenneth J. Warren
Deane
Susan Jameson
Diane
Marjie Lawrence
Annie
Aimée Delamain
Landlady

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A review by John Chard

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Written by John Chard on Nov 4, 2013

Charles Marlowe is I, Monster. I, Monster is directed by Stephen Weeks and written by Milton Subotsky. An interpretation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, it stars Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Mike Raven, Richard Hurndall, George Merritt, Kenneth J. Warren, Susan Jameson and Marjie Lawrence. Music is by Carl Davis and cinematography by Moray Grant. Kept By The Power Of God! Stevenson’s age old tale gets another make-over as Dr. Charles Marlowe (Lee) invents a drug that releases his patients’ inhibitions. However, upon trying t...