Edge of Sanity (1989)

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Release Date: Jan 1, 1989 Wide

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This demented fusion of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with the legend of Jack the Ripper marks one of the final roles for Anthony Perkins, and certainly one of the weirdest performances of his career. Perkins plays Dr. Jekyll as more of a dedicated 19th-century man of medicine than an obsessed eccentric -- whose research into a safe form of anaesthetic leads to the accidental discovery of cocaine! Jekyll's inadvertent freebasing of the vapors from a cocaine/ether mixture triggers his transformation

R, 1 hr. 25 min.

Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Anthony Perkins , Ben Cole

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1989 Wide

On DVD: Aug 27, 2002

Cast

Anthony Perkins
Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde
Glynis Barber
Elisabeth Jekyll
Sarah Maur-Thorp
Susannah
David Lodge
Underwood
Ben Cole
Johnny the Pimp
Ray Jewers
Newcomen
Jill Melford
Flora
Lisa Davis
Maria
Noel Coleman
Egglestone
Briony McRoberts
Ann Underwood
Claudia Udy
Liza
Ruth Burnett
Margo
Basil Hoskins
Mr. Bottingham
Harry Landis
Coroner
Cathy Murphy
Cockney Prostitute
Jill Pearson
Mrs. Egglestone
Mark Elliot
Lanyon
Carolyn Cortez
Maggie
Sarah Maur Thorp

Critic Reviews for Edge of Sanity

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Gorgeous production design. Not so gorgeous any other way

August 21, 2002 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Perkins sleepwalks through a grimy and unpleasant affair.

July 25, 2002 Comment

Scott Weinberg

eFilmCritic.com

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I love Perkins, but this movie was really average. It could have been so much better.

September 25, 2010

AJ Verser

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Anthony Perkins is no doubt quite a sinister person in films, but I?m not sure this film gave us anything unexpected other than, a few sexually explicit (considering this is a 1988) scenes and they all felt a little too seedy. There was no big thing made out of discovering the potion and the transformation that took

June 22, 2007