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A 1971 Creator/AmicusProductions horror film. Dr. Charles Marlowe (Creator/ChristopherLee) is a renowned psychologist in 1900s England. Spurned by debates between his colleague Dr. Hastie Lanyon (Richard Hurndall) and lawyer Frederick Utterson (Creator/PeterCushing) about whether human beings are born good or evil or made that way through their life's experiences, Marlowe takes it upon himself to [[ForScience experiment]] with the idea.
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A 1971 Creator/AmicusProductions horror film. Dr. Charles Marlowe (Creator/ChristopherLee) is a renowned psychologist in 1900s England. Spurned Spurred by debates between his colleague Dr. Hastie Lanyon (Richard Hurndall) and lawyer Frederick Utterson (Creator/PeterCushing) about whether human beings are born good or evil or made that way through their life's experiences, Marlowe takes it upon himself to [[ForScience experiment]] with the idea.
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If that plot sounds familiar, it's because ''I, Monster'' is an adaptation ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', and [[TruerToTheText rather faithfully]], too... apart from the rampant [[AdaptationNameChange Adaptation Name Changes]] going on. Not to mention a completely new title.
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If that plot sounds familiar, it's because ''I, Monster'' is an adaptation ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', and [[TruerToTheText rather faithfully]], too... apart from the rampant [[AdaptationNameChange Adaptation Name Changes]] going on. Not to mention a completely new title.
title. Both the new title and the name changes were so people going in would not know the, now well-known, plot twist of the original story.
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A 1971 Creator/AmicusProductions horror film. Dr. Christopher Marlowe (Creator/ChristopherLee) is a renowned psychologist in 1900s England. Spurned by debates between his colleague Dr. Hastie Lanyon (Richard Hurndall) and lawyer Frederick Utterson (Creator/PeterCushing) about whether human beings are born good or evil or made that way through their life's experiences, Marlowe takes it upon himself to [[ForScience experiment]] with the idea.
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A 1971 Creator/AmicusProductions horror film. Dr. Christopher Charles Marlowe (Creator/ChristopherLee) is a renowned psychologist in 1900s England. Spurned by debates between his colleague Dr. Hastie Lanyon (Richard Hurndall) and lawyer Frederick Utterson (Creator/PeterCushing) about whether human beings are born good or evil or made that way through their life's experiences, Marlowe takes it upon himself to [[ForScience experiment]] with the idea.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Dr. Henry Jekyll is Dr. Christopher Marlowe, Edward Hyde is Edward Blake and Gabriel John Utterson is Frederick Utterson. Only Dr. Lanyon and Poole the butler keep their full names from the novel.
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* AdaptationNameChange: Dr. Henry Jekyll is Dr. Christopher Charles Marlowe, Edward Hyde is Edward Blake and Gabriel John Utterson is Frederick Utterson. Only Dr. Lanyon and Poole the butler keep their full names from the novel.
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* GratuitousLaboratoryFlasks: Marlowe's laboratory is a treasure trove of Victorian-era lab glassware.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: A retort gripped like a club, but never really used as such. Blake was just wondering what it'd be like to smash it over someone's head. And, of course, Blake is fond of using his cane to bludgeon people with.
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* CollectorOfTheStrange: Dr. Marlowe has a two-headed baby preserved in a block of lucite in his lab.
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* RageAgainstTheReflection: Blake smashes the mirror in Marlowe's lab in the climax.
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* RageAgainstTheReflection: Blake smashes the mirror in Marlowe's lab in the climax.a fit of rage at one point.
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* KindheartedCatLover: Utterson has a pet cat.
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* ThisWasHisTrueForm: [[spoiler:Blake, now hideous beyond belief because EvilMakesYouUgly, takes a fatal tumble down a flight of stairs while fighting with Utterson. In death, his face returns to that of Christopher Marlowe.]]
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* StaircaseTumble: [[spoiler:After [[ManOnFire catching on fire]], Blake falls down the stairs in Utterson's house.]]
* ThisWasHisTrueForm: [[spoiler:Blake, now hideous beyond belief because EvilMakesYouUgly, takes a [[StaircaseTumble fataltumble tumble]] down a flight of stairs while fighting with Utterson. In death, his face returns to that of Christopher Marlowe.]]
* ThisWasHisTrueForm: [[spoiler:Blake, now hideous beyond belief because EvilMakesYouUgly, takes a [[StaircaseTumble fatal
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* CaneFu: Blake's preferred method of hurting or killing people is to bash them repeatedly with a cane he stole from a shop.
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* EvilIsPetty: Blake goes out of his way to follow and murder a woman who spurned his affections in a pub.
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* ManOnFire: [[spoiler:During his fight with Utterson, Blake's cape goes into the fireplace and sets him ablaze.]]
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* ThisWasHisTrueForm: [[spoiler:Blake, now hideous beyond belief because EvilMakesYouUgly, takes a fatal tumble down a flight of stairs while fighting with Utterson. In death, his face returns to that of Christopher Marlowe.]]
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A 1971 Creator/AmicusProductions horror film. Dr. Christopher Marlowe (Creator/ChristopherLee) is a renowned psychologist.psychologist in 1900s England. Spurned by debates between his colleague Dr. Hastie Lanyon (Richard Hurndall) and lawyer Frederick Utterson (Creator/PeterCushing) about whether human beings are born good or evil or made that way through their life's experiences, Marlowe takes it upon himself to [[ForScience experiment]] with the idea.
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A 1971 Creator/AmicusProductions horror film. Dr. Christopher Marlowe (Creator/ChristopherLee) is a renowned psychologist. Spurned by debates between his colleague Dr. Hastie Lanyon (Richard Hurndall) and lawyer Frederick Utterson (Creator/PeterCushing) about whether human beings are born good or evil or made that way through their life's experiences, Marlowe takes it upon himself to experiment [[ForScience experiment]] with the idea.
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If that plot sounds familiar, it's because ''I, Monster'' is an adaptation ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', and [[TruerToTheText rather faithfully, faithfully]], too... apart from the rampant [[AdaptationNameChange Adaptation Name Changes]] going on. Not to mention a completely new title.
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A 1971 Creator/AmicusProductions horror film. Dr. Christopher Marlowe (Creator/ChristopherLee) is a renowned psychologist. Spurned by debates between his colleague Dr. Hastie Lanyon (Richard Hurndall) and lawyer Frederick Utterson (Creator/PeterCushing) about whether human beings are born good or evil or made that way through their life's experiences, Marlowe takes it upon himself to experiment with the idea, inventing idea.
He invents a [[FantasticDrug serum]] which[[he [[ProfessorGuineaPig he injects himself with]] in the hopes of separating his evil half from his good... but instead it simply changes his personality into that of a completely different individual, the unpredictably volatile and sadistic Edward Blake (Lee again, with minimal makeup). "Blake" begins committing horrible crimes throughout London, and it's up to Utterson to stop him.
He invents a [[FantasticDrug serum]] which
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A 1971 Amicus Creator/AmicusProductions horror film. Dr. Christopher Marlowe (Creator/ChristopherLee) is a renowned psychologist. Spurned by debates between his colleague Dr. Hastie Lanyon (Richard Hurndall) and lawyer Frederick Utterson (Creator/PeterCushing) about whether human beings are born good or evil or made that way through their life's experiences, Marlowe takes it upon himself to experiment with the idea, inventing a [[FantasticDrug serum]] which [[he injects himself with]] in the hopes of separating his evil half from his good... but instead it simply changes his personality into that of a completely different individual, the unpredictably volatile and sadistic Edward Blake (Lee again, with minimal makeup). "Blake" begins committing horrible crimes throughout London, and it's up to Utterson to stop him.
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* ProfessorGuineaPig: Marlowe chooses to test his serum on himself rather than his patients. He ''does'' initially use it on some test subjects besides himself, but quickly realizes it's irresponsible and unethical.
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* ProfessorGuineaPig: Marlowe chooses to test his serum on himself rather than his patients. He ''does'' initially use it on some [[TestedOnHumans test subjects subjects]] besides himself, but quickly realizes it's irresponsible and unethical.
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* TruerToTheText: The name changes aside, it's a lot closer to the source material than most other movies.
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* YouAreWhatYouHate: Marlowe's father used to [[ParentalAbuse beat him]] with his cane when he was a child. One of the first things he does upon becoming Mr. Blake is to steal a cane and start using it as a weapon to hit people with, doing to them what his father did to him.
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* YouAreWhatYouHate: Marlowe's father used to [[ParentalAbuse beat him]] with his cane when he was a child. One of the first things he does upon becoming Mr. Blake is to steal a cane and start using it as a weapon to [[CaneFu hit people with, with]], doing to them what his father did to him.
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* SlasherSmile: Blake. All the time.
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* SlasherSmile: Blake. All the time. To the point where it's a wonder anyone trusts him at all, considering he just ''looks'' like someone who wants to eat your skin.
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* JekyllAndHyde: The names have been changed, but it's very much a story of this type.
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* IAmAMonster: Not necessarily in the story itself, but definitely invoked in the title.
* ParentalAbuse: Marlowe's father used to beat him using a cane.
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* YouAreWhatYouHate: Marlowe's father used to [[ParentalAbuse beat him]] with his cane when he was a child. One of the first things he does upon becoming Mr. Blake is to steal a cane and start using it as a weapon to hit people with, doing to them what his father did to him.
* YouAreWhatYouHate: Marlowe's father used to [[ParentalAbuse beat him]] with his cane when he was a child. One of the first things he does upon becoming Mr. Blake is to steal a cane and start using it as a weapon to hit people with, doing to them what his father did to him.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: A retort gripped like a club, but never really used as such. Blake was just wondering what it'd be like to smash it over someone's head.
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* OldRetainer: Poole, as usual.
* OldRetainer: Poole, as usual.
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* DemotedToExtra: Not as much as in the [[1931 film]] (where poor Utterson had just one scene!), but with JekyllAndHyde adaptations' tendency to focus on the doctor and his alter-ego, Utterson is relegated to a supporting role. An important supporting role, but a supporting role nonetheless.
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* DemotedToExtra: Not as much as in other films, especially the [[1931 [[Film/DrJekyllAndMrHyde1931 1931 film]] (where poor Utterson had just one scene!), but with JekyllAndHyde adaptations' tendency to focus on the doctor and his alter-ego, Utterson is relegated to a supporting role. An important supporting role, but a supporting role nonetheless.
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* HeroAntagonist: Utterson is out to stop the murderous Mr. Blake at any cost.
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If that plot sounds familiar, it's because ''I, Monster'' is an adaptation ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', and rather faithfully, too... apart from the rampant [[AdaptationNameChance [[AdaptationNameChange Adaptation Name Changes]] going on. Not to mention a completely new title.
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A 1971 Amicus horror film. Dr. Christopher Marlowe (Creator/ChristopherLee) is a renowned psychologist. Spurned by debates between his colleague Dr. Hastie Lanyon (Richard Hurndall) and lawyer Frederick Utterson (Creator/PeterCushing) about whether human beings are born good or evil or made that way through their life's experiences, Marlowe takes it upon himself to experiment with the idea, inventing a [[FantasticDrug serum]] which [[he injects himself with]] in the hopes of separating his evil half from his good... but instead it simply changes his personality into that of a completely different individual, the unpredictably volatile and sadistic Edward Blake (Lee again, with minimal makeup). "Blake" begins committing horrible crimes throughout London, and it's up to Utterson to stop him.
If that plot sounds familiar, it's because ''I, Monster'' is an adaptation ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', and rather faithfully, too... apart from the rampant [[AdaptationNameChance Adaptation Name Changes]] going on. Not to mention a completely new title.
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!!Tropes used in this novel:
* AdaptationNameChange: Dr. Henry Jekyll is Dr. Christopher Marlowe, Edward Hyde is Edward Blake and Gabriel John Utterson is Frederick Utterson. Only Dr. Lanyon and Poole the butler keep their full names from the novel.
* DemotedToExtra: Not as much as in the [[1931 film]] (where poor Utterson had just one scene!), but with JekyllAndHyde adaptations' tendency to focus on the doctor and his alter-ego, Utterson is relegated to a supporting role. An important supporting role, but a supporting role nonetheless.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Considering how [[ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin tweaked]] Blake seems to be after injecting himself with the FantasticDrug, much of the story plays like a metaphor for extreme drug addiction driving the addict to become a different person and commit harmful acts.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: One of the first things Blake does upon coming into existence is to grab a chemistry retort, hold it by the neck like a club, and mime hitting someone with it while [[SlasherSmile grinning insanely]].
* EvilMakesYouUgly: Blake starts out looking exactly like Marlowe, just with a different name and personality. However, as the film progresses, and the more evil acts he commits, the more physically repugnant Blake becomes.
* HairTriggerTemper: It sure is easy to set Mr. Blake off.
* ImprovisedWeapon: A retort gripped like a club, but never really used as such. Blake was just wondering what it'd be like to smash it over someone's head.
* PlayingWithSyringes: Unlike most JekyllAndHyde adaptations which follow the book's example of having the doctor drink his concoction, Marlowe injects it into himself. A shot of a crazed Blake holding a hypodermic needle was used prominently in advertising, including on the DVD cover seen above.
* ProfessorGuineaPig: Marlowe chooses to test his serum on himself rather than his patients. He ''does'' initial use it on some test subjects besides himself, but quickly realizes it's irresponsible and unethical.
* SlasherSmile: Blake. All the time.
If that plot sounds familiar, it's because ''I, Monster'' is an adaptation ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', and rather faithfully, too... apart from the rampant [[AdaptationNameChance Adaptation Name Changes]] going on. Not to mention a completely new title.
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!!Tropes used in this novel:
* AdaptationNameChange: Dr. Henry Jekyll is Dr. Christopher Marlowe, Edward Hyde is Edward Blake and Gabriel John Utterson is Frederick Utterson. Only Dr. Lanyon and Poole the butler keep their full names from the novel.
* DemotedToExtra: Not as much as in the [[1931 film]] (where poor Utterson had just one scene!), but with JekyllAndHyde adaptations' tendency to focus on the doctor and his alter-ego, Utterson is relegated to a supporting role. An important supporting role, but a supporting role nonetheless.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Considering how [[ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin tweaked]] Blake seems to be after injecting himself with the FantasticDrug, much of the story plays like a metaphor for extreme drug addiction driving the addict to become a different person and commit harmful acts.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: One of the first things Blake does upon coming into existence is to grab a chemistry retort, hold it by the neck like a club, and mime hitting someone with it while [[SlasherSmile grinning insanely]].
* EvilMakesYouUgly: Blake starts out looking exactly like Marlowe, just with a different name and personality. However, as the film progresses, and the more evil acts he commits, the more physically repugnant Blake becomes.
* HairTriggerTemper: It sure is easy to set Mr. Blake off.
* ImprovisedWeapon: A retort gripped like a club, but never really used as such. Blake was just wondering what it'd be like to smash it over someone's head.
* PlayingWithSyringes: Unlike most JekyllAndHyde adaptations which follow the book's example of having the doctor drink his concoction, Marlowe injects it into himself. A shot of a crazed Blake holding a hypodermic needle was used prominently in advertising, including on the DVD cover seen above.
* ProfessorGuineaPig: Marlowe chooses to test his serum on himself rather than his patients. He ''does'' initial use it on some test subjects besides himself, but quickly realizes it's irresponsible and unethical.
* SlasherSmile: Blake. All the time.
