| NOTE: This article is only about the Van Helsing film incarnations of Mr. Hyde, as he is the only version of Mr. Hyde to be voted Pure Evil. Therefore, only his Van Helsing film versions' info and crimes should be listed here. |
| “ | You're a big one. You'll be hard to digest. | „ |
| ~ Mr. Hyde to Van Helsing. |
Dr. Henry Jekyll, better known as Edward Hyde or Mr. Hyde, is a minor antagonist in the 2004 dark fantasy horror action film Van Helsing and the main antagonist of its animated prequel film, Van Helsing: The London Assignment. Once a scientist, Dr. Jekyll was turned into the monster known as Mr. Hyde, upon a series of experiments and potions he created.
He was portrayed by Shuler Hensley, who stood in as a body double for the CG Mr. Hyde and voiced by the late Robbie Coltrane in both films, while Dr. Jekyll was portrayed by Stephen Fisher in Van Helsing and voiced by Dwight Schultz in Van Helsing: The London Assignment, the latter also voices Deathshead in Wolfenstein: The New Order, Wyrm in the 2012 TMNT series and Aloysius Animo in Ben 10.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
In General[]
- Unlike most adaptations of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde book, Hyde is not a split personality made of Jekyll's negative traits that went out of control and tried to dominate Jekyll's psyche and body; instead, like in the original novella, he is only an alias used by Jekyll so he may get away with his crimes, meaning he has clear moral agency.
- It should also be noted that unlike in the original novella, Jekyll never displays any remorse for the crimes he committed as Hyde.
- Hyde's demise was only mourned by the Vatican because they feel a moral obligation to help others no matter how evil-believing anyone can be brought back to their good side, a philosophy Van Helsing rightfully declares is flawed.
- His comedic moments such as his death do not distract from his heinousness as he is still taken seriously throughout.
- According to Van Helsing, in addition to the murders of at least six young women, he was also responsible for the deaths of 12 men, 4 children, 3 goats, and a number of poultry.
- While these acts may be offscreen villainy, his murders of the women are at least shown in gruesome detail, therefore signifying a pattern.
- He easily meets the heinous standard for his brutal murder methods, perverted motives, manipulation tactics towards Queen Victoria, lesser resources, and destroying as many souls as he could while lacking Count Dracula's vampire powers.
Van Helsing: The London Assignment[]
- As Mr. Hyde, he brutally murdered at least 6 young women with sadistic glee, all so he could drain their souls to create a potion that would keep Queen Victoria young and amnestic.
- As Dr. Jekyll, he would manipulate Queen Victoria into believing that she needed medicine from him everyday due to suffering from the delusion that she was an old woman. In order to keep her young and beautiful, he would need to give her the potion everyday, meaning he'd continue to kill more women.
- What makes this even more deprived is that the women's souls cannot wonder into the afterlife due to being consumed by Queen Victoria-therefore completely erasing them from existence.
- Tries to kill Van Helsing multiple times, even after the latter saves him from falling off a building with the hope of bringing him to redemption.
- Tried to kill Carl when he disguised himself as a woman to bait him, even after he found out he was a man.
- While he shielded Queen Victoria from burning wood, there's no proof to suggest this was out of legitimate love as opposed to his obsession with her. Had he truly loved her, he would have loved her for who she was as an elderly woman, rather than make her youthful and gaslight her to satisfy his perverted desires. What doesn't help his case is when he was approaching her as Hyde once she distracted him from killing Van Helsing, he laughed sadistically at her which indicated vile intentions.
- This also makes his apology to her for turning into Hyde infront of her moot, considering his treatment of her prior.
Van Helsing[]
- At the start of the film, Van Helsing finds him when he murders an innocent woman for no reason.
- When Van Helsing follows him to Notre Dame, Hyde expresses a desire to eat him before trying to kill him.
Trivia[]
- Hyde cannot count in the novelization nor the video game adaptation of Van Helsing, due to the fact that The London Assignment was never adapted into either form, which means Hyde suffers too much from offscreen villainy and fails the heinous standard.
External Links[]
- Mr. Hyde on the Villains Wiki
