# Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)

> A celebrated physician unleashes a brutal alter ego when an experiment turns his fascination with human duality into an uncontrollable double life.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/1978

## Facts

- Runtime: 79 min
- Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Drama
- Director: John S. Robertson
- Cast: John Barrymore, Brandon Hurst, Martha Mansfield, Charles Lane, Cecil Clovelly, Nita Naldi, Louis Wolheim, Alma Aiken
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0011130/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: brooding, eerie, foreboding, classic horror night, silent cinema viewing

## Movies like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

- [Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)](https://ember.film/movie/1996)
- [House of Dracula (1945)](https://ember.film/movie/19144)
- [Son of Frankenstein (1939)](https://ember.film/movie/2029)
- [Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931)](https://ember.film/movie/1980)
- [The Body Snatcher (1945)](https://ember.film/movie/18814)
- [Mary Reilly (1996)](https://ember.film/movie/4444)
- [Bride of Frankenstein (1935)](https://ember.film/movie/190)
- [Island of Lost Souls (1932)](https://ember.film/movie/1991)
- [Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot (1979)](https://ember.film/movie/27545)
- [Werewolf of London (1935)](https://ember.film/movie/16988)

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