Piero De Bernardi, an Italian writer active in the 1970s, contributed significantly to the realm of cult cinema with his distinctive narratives. He penned The Flower in His Mouth (1975), a film that delves into the complexities of desire and existential dread. His work continued with Strange Occasion (1976), showcasing his knack for blending the bizarre with the erotic. De Bernardi's writing culminated in Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot (1979), where he explored themes of duality and temptation, cementing his place in the annals of exploitation cinema.
Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot
A lusty young woman decides to use her sexual powers to “tame” the evil and murderous Dr. Jekyll. Actress Edwige Fenech and the Italians made A LOT of screwball sex comedies in the 70’s. Generally though, they were more successful(internationally, at least) at bedroom farce-type stuff as opposed to parodies like this. To be fair though, the English-language version of this is saddled with bad dubbing, horrid music (which may or may not have been in the Italian-language version), and an inappropriate English-title, “Dr.Jeckyl Likes ’em Hot”, which suggests a much more sex-saturated movie. Still, as European horror movie parodies go this is not as good as Lucio Fulci’s “Young Dracula”, it’s about the same as Armando Crispino’s “Frankenstein All”Italia”, but it’s significantly better than “Dracula Blows his Cool”.
