Jonathan Rigby on The Strange Case of Dr.Jekyll and Miss Osbourne.
"Sadly, Borowczyk's trademark fetishisation of antiquarian bric-Ã*-brac, lingering fascinatedly over phonographs and Label equipment and such, did not translate into an interest in actors. Indeed, it quickly becomes clear that, once he'd assembled a set of suitably quirky faces, Borowczyk felt his task was complete. As a result even horror veterans like Patrick Magee and Howard Vernon, together with the baby faced Udo Kier, are made to seem rudderless and fatally unsure of what they're doing."
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