DR. BLACK AND MR. HYDE (1976)

[The Burgomaster]

Another bad movie I recently purchased and watched.

Bernie Casey plays Dr. Pride, a kind-hearted physician who works at a clinic in Watts.  Of course, he develops an experimental liver drug that turns him into a groaning, screaming, white monster who spends much of the movie throwing people around.  There's really nothing interesting about this movie, but if you're a fan of 1970s blaxploitation you may want to check it out.  I love the Psychotronic review of this movie which accurately states that the monster looks like a black man who sneezed into a bag of flour.

The title of the movie is cut out of the opening credits (the film jumps forward for a couple seconds where the frames are missing).  This may be because the print they used had one of the movie's alternate titles (such as THE WATTS MONSTER) and it wouldn't have matched the box cover.  After about 10 minutes, I don't think anyone would have cared.

[Raffine]

I saw this one way back in the day on Elvira's Movie Macabre.

"Hey, Bernie! Stick your head in this bag of flour and BLOW!"

Gold! Pure gold!

[BoyScoutKevin]

Ah, the '70's. What a time that was. When Blaxploitation met the horror film for a marriage made in movie heaven.

"Dr. Black and Mr. Hyde" was the not the only film to be born of that marriage.

There was the Blaxploitation version of "The Exorcist," which was  "Abby."

The Blaxploitation version of  "Frankenstein," which was "Blackenstein."

And the Blaxploitation version of "Dracula," which was "Blacula" and its sequel "Scream Blacula Scream."

Probably the best of these was "Blacula," starring William Marshall as an African prince, who visits Dracula in the hope of enlisting his aid in ending the slave trade in Africa, but gets turned into a vampire instead. A good film in its own right. With a good performance by William Marshall as both the African prince and the vampire called "Blacula."

[The Burgomaster]

Ah, the '70's. What a time that was. When Blaxploitation met the horror film for a marriage made in movie heaven.

"Dr. Black and Mr. Hyde" was the not the only film to be born of that marriage.

There was the Blaxploitation version of "The Exorcist," which was  "Abby."

The Blaxploitation version of  "Frankenstein," which was "Blackenstein."

And the Blaxploitation version of "Dracula," which was "Blacula" and its sequel "Scream Blacula Scream."

Probably the best of these was "Blacula," starring William Marshall as an African prince, who visits Dracula in the hope of enlisting his aid in ending the slave trade in Africa, but gets turned into a vampire instead. A good film in its own right. With a good performance by William Marshall as both the African prince and the vampire called "Blacula."

I own every one of these plus some others including GANJA & HESS.  You gotta love this stuff.