Movie

Edge of Sanity

1989 · 91 min

A lurid, sweaty descent into Victorian vice, watching a mind unravel with theatrical menace and sleazy dread.

Tagline: Beware the beast within!
Overview: When his experiments into a powerful new anesthetic go hideously awry, respected physician Dr. Jekyll transforms into the hideous Jack Hyde. As his wife Elisabeth passes her time in charitable work, rehabilitating the district's fallen women, Hyde is drawn into an escalating cycle of lust and murder that seems to know no bounds.
How it feels: Dark, eerie, tense and campy. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Madness, obsession, addiction, violence
Content: Strong violence, gore and sexual content. Mild language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: madness
obsession
addiction
violence
betrayal
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong