Edge of Sanity [1989]

Country of Origin: UK / France / Hungary / USA
Year of Production: 1989
Running Times: 85 mins
Format: Eastmancolor
Ratio:
Sound: Dolby

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Allied Cine Group Pic II / Allied Vision Ltd / Hungarofilm
Executive Producer: Peter A. McRae
Producers: Harry Alan Towers, Edward Simons
Associate Producers: James Swann, Maria Rohm
Production Manager: Péter Miskolczi
2nd Unit Production Manager: Derek Whitehurst
Unit Managers: Gabriel Angi-Dobos, Imre Bodo, László Szücs

SCRIPT
Script: J.P. Félix, Ron Raley, Edward Simons
Novel: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson [uncredited]

DIRECTION
Director: Gérard Kikoïne
1st Assistant Director: Dominique Combe
1st Assistant Director [Hungary]: Gábor Váradi

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Tony Spratling
Camera Operator: Gérard Loubeau
2nd Unit Camera Operator: Dennis Kington
2nd Unit Clapper Loader: Richard Tindall
Focus Puller: Michael Brierley
Focus Puller [Hungary]: Gusztáv Mészfalvy
Gaffer: Frank Heeney
Gaffer [Hungary]: Tibor Krautwurst
Electrician Services: Lee Electrics
Key Grip [Hungary]: Janos Toth
Grip: Martin Palmer
Stills: Frank Connor

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Malcolm Cooke
1st Assistant Editor: Kerry Kohler
2nd Assistant Editor: Melanie Ryder

MUSIC
Music / Orchestrator / Conductor: Frederic Talgorn
Music Mixer: Philippe Laffont
Music Editor: Kerry Kohler

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Paul Sharkey
Boom Operator [Hungary]: Tamás Keresztes
Sound Editor: Leslie Hodgson
Dubbing Mixers: Brian Paxton, Paul Carr
Dialogue Editor: Martin Evans

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up Supervisor: Gordon Kaye
Costume Designer: Valerie L'Annee

SPECIAL EFFECTS
2nd Unit Special Effects Supervisor [UK]: Ian Wingrove

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Jean Charles Dedieu
Art Directors: Tivadar Bertalan, Fred Carter
Property Masters: Derek Ixer, Brian Lofthouse
Carpenter: Tommy Westbrook
Painter: Ken Hawkey

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: Daphne Carr
Continuity [Hungary]: Gyrgy Solymosi
Production Assistant: Catherine Peak
2nd Unit Nurse: Caroline Quilter

LOCATIONS
Locations: Budapest, Hungary
2nd Unit Location Manager: Terry Pearce

CASTING
Casting: Maggie Sanguin

CAST
Anthony Perkins [Dr Henry Jekyll / Jack 'The Ripper' Hyde]
Glynis Barber [Elisabeth Jekyll]
Sarah Maur Thorp [Susannah]
David Lodge [Underwood]
Ben Cole [Johnny]
Ray Jewers [Newcomen]
Jill Melford [Flora]
Lisa Davis [Maria]
Noel Coleman [Egglestone]
Briony McRoberts [Ann Underwood]
Mark Elliot [Lanyon]
Harry Landis [coroner]
Jill Pearson [Mrs Egglestone]
Basil Hoskins [Mr Bottingham]
Ruth Burnett [Margot]
Carolyn Cortez [Maggie]
Cathy Murphy [Cockney prostitute]
Claudia Udy [Liza]

SUMMARY

Henry Jekyll's experiments with cocaine transform him into the the murderous Jack Hyde who scours the streets of East London in search of drugs to take and prostitutes to murder.

AVAILABILITY

France
Theatrical Distributors: Cipa

Germany
Video Distributors: VPS Film-Entertainment GmbH

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Millimeter Films
Video Distributors: MGM Home Entertainment
Laserdisc Distributors: Image Entertainment Inc
DVD Distributors: MGM Home Entertainment [1003673]

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Australia
Rating: R

France
Rating: -12

UK
Rating: 18

USA
Rating: R [for strong perverse sexuality / violence / gore and drug use]

West Germany
Rating: 18

TIMELINE

1989
April
14: USA - theatrical release

July
19: France - theatrical release

1991
April
Day Unknown: UK - television broadcast [on Sky Movies]

2002
October
23: USA - DVD release [MGM Home Entertainment [1003673]]

POSTER TAGS

Double the terror, double the fun

Anthony Perkins hasn't been himself lately!

'Psycho' is over the edge...

Psychopathic. Perverted. Pure Evil.

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Dr Jekyll et Mr Hyde - French title

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

City Limits 20 April 1989 p.22 [UK]
review

Hollywood Reporter 18 April 1989 pp.4, 121 [USA]
credits, review

Monthly Film Bulletin September 1990 p.261 [UK]
credits, synopsis, review

Variety 12 April 1989 pp.24, 26 [USA]
credits, review

BOOKS

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.117
credits, review

KEYWORDS

book into film, gore, insanity, jack the ripper, jekyll and hyde, prostitutes, psychopaths, sado-masochism, scalpels, slashers, twist endings

Last Updated: 6 March, 2007