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That's NordVPN.com slash evolution of horror. In 1931, Paramount produced one of the boldest and most transgressive horrors of the 1930s

with their pre-code film, Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Nearly 30 years later, in 1960, Hammer attempted their own.

Bold, transgressive adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel with The Two Faces of Dr.

Jekyll, which contained explicit sexual imagery for the time, much of which was cut and censored.

If you cannot bear to see a man change before your eyes, then shop them for just a few seconds,

if you can.

A decade on, when censorship had relaxed and Hammer had moved into more titillating and

exploitative movies, they adapted the story again, but with a twist.

Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde dabbled in themes of gender fluidity

and sexuality, whilst also throwing in plenty of explicit nudity, and, with its Jack the Ripper B-plot, plenty of blood-drenched violence.

Male. Male. Mail. Mail. Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of man-made monsters, and we discuss two hammer adaptations of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Welcome back to the evolution of horror.

My name is Mike Munser, and as ever I am your host.

In this podcast, we explore and dissect the history and the evolution of the horror genre, one subgenre at a time.

We are currently in the midst of our 11th season exploring the evolution of man-made monsters.

And this is part 11.

In this week's episode, as that intro suggested, we are going to be looking at two more adaptations of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, this time from the Hammer era. So that's the two

faces of Dr. Jekyll from 1960 and Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde from 1971. Both films are,

I think, a hell of a lot of fun. Both are worth a watch before you listen to our discussion.

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