Is Norman Bates alive and well and living in England? PSYCHO's Anthony Perkins, once again capitalizing on his Hitchcock persona of a schizoid homicidal maniac, appears in dual roles as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in EDGE OF SANITY, yet another reworking of Robert Louis Stevenson's Victorian
classic of murder, mayhem, and split personality. Havoc (and crack) is created when a laboratory monkey knocks over a corrosive liquid into cocaine Jekyll had been testing for use as an anaesthesic. The dedicated doctor inhales the fumes and turns into Jack Hyde, a Jack the Ripper type who stalks
and kills prostitutes in 19th-century London. Occasionally attempting high camp, EDGE ...
Released:
1989
Rated:
R
Length:
86 mins