The Strange Game of Hyde and Seek

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The Strange Game of Hyde and Seek
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Directed by Nathan Hill
Produced byNathan Hill
Screenplay byNathan Hill
Story byRobert Louis Stevenson
StarringCarter Doyle
Andy Delves
Benjamin Purdie
Fabian Lapham
Michael Burkett
Lauren O’Callaghan
Music byMichael Bell
CinematographyMichael Schoell
Edited byFabian Peters
Production
company
NHP
Distributed byShock
Release date
  • 14 March 2006 (2006-03-14)(Australia)
Running time
30 min
CountryAustralia
United States
LanguageEnglish
BudgetUnknown
Box officeUnknown

The Strange Game of Hyde and Seek is a 2006 Australian thriller film directed by Nathan Hill. [1] [2]

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Plot

The Strange Game of Hyde and Seek is modern day adaptation of classic novel Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde written by Robert Louis Stevenson. [3] The story follows Dr. Jekyll and his friend and lawyer Mr Utterson, who believes that something has gone wrong with Jekyll. Jekyll plans to kill his friend Dr Lanyon one night at his mansion during a party where all of their friends have gathered, because he found out about his diabolical experiments. In the middle of the night Jekyll hides himself in his bedroom after transforming into his alter ego Mr. Hyde and locks the door. Utterson decides to investigate the issue for himself and manages to find the dead body of Dr Lanyon in the basement and gathers his friends to then axe the bedroom door down, where Jekyll has been hiding and ultimately end the suspicions and the case about their tormented friend once and for all. . [4]

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<i>Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Or a Mis-Spent Life</i> play

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Or a Mis-Spent Life is a four-act play written in 1897 by Luella Forepaugh and George F. Fish. It is an adaptation of Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, an 1886 novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson. The story focuses on Henry Jekyll, a respected London doctor, and his involvement with Edward Hyde, a loathsome criminal. After Hyde murders a vicar, Jekyll's friends suspect he is helping the killer, but the truth is that Jekyll and Hyde are the same person. Jekyll has developed a potion that allows him to transform himself into Hyde and back again. When he runs out of the potion, he is trapped in his Hyde form and commits suicide.

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a British film adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's novella, directed by Maurice Phillips and starring John Hannah. Set in Victorian England, it was filmed in 2002 and released in Britain in that year. As the result of its release in the US in 2003, that date is sometimes attached to it.

References

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  5. "Shriekfest Awards for Horror Films (2005)". IMDb. September 15, 2005. Retrieved September 22, 2017.

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Category:Australian thriller films Category:2006 films Category:Australian films