Axel Braun and Wicked Pictures’ thriller/noir The Possession of Mrs. Hyde is a film 30 years in the making, and is finally available on HotMovies! This intense psychological thriller earned several awards and nominations from both AVN and XBIZ, including “Best Movie – Feature” and “Best Director” for Axel Braun. Featuring Avi Love in a stunning performance, Seth Gamble and his sinister ‘stache, and the long-awaited return of Tom Byron, The Possession of Mrs. Hyde is a departure in form for Braun, his first non-parody feature since 2003’s Compulsion. Braun spent the past decade piling up awards and nominations for his parodies of superhero flicks, known for his attention to detail, great costumes, and fantastic scene-pairings that please nerds, mainstream audiences, and critics alike. Braun’s productions are high-end, and made with a craft that appreciates love and attention to detail, as well as the sex. After 30 years of a script passing through three generations of Braun family hands, it’s no wonder the script also took home the AVN Award for “Best Screenplay.”
With the script first conceived by the late Lasse Braun, it was finally finished with the help of Axel’s son, Rikki Braun, an up-and-coming director for Wicked Pictures. Rikki seems to share his father and grandfather’s eye for filmmaking and conceptualizing intense sex scenes on camera for our viewing pleasure. After nearly three decades in the works by three generations of filmmakers, The Possession of Mrs. Hyde is finally here for streaming.
Axel Braun is the son of the groundbreaking Italian filmmaker, Lasse Braun. In 1973, Lasse Braun filmed his first feature film, originally titled Penetration, later changed into French Blue. Rikki Braun started shooting at the age of 24, just like his father, and also attended film school like his father. Like father, like son seems to be a righteous path for the Braun family. With a script started decades ago by the late Lasse Braun, the project was a labor of love, but never a given. Braun says:
“I’ve actually been wanting to shoot an original feature for awhile. Somehow the timing was never right, and when it came to big productions I ended up prioritizing my passion for parodies, but when I realized that the last feature I shot was in 2003, I decided 15 years was such a landmark anniversary that it was now or never!”
The Possession of Mrs. Hyde is sexy, psychological thriller that puts an exciting twist on the famous Robert Louis Stevenson story (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) by expanding its narrative and tweaking some key characters, while keeping the original spirit of the novel alive. The novel is set in Victorian-era London, but the Braun family moves their location to present-day Los Angeles and uses their script to dig further into the story by asking, what if Jekyll wasn’t his own guinea pig, but used his experiments on others? And what if there was a woman in Jekyll’s life? Enter Avi Love, who gives a complex, daring sexual performance while Seth Gamble channels Robert Mitchum’s darkest moments so adroitly that their sex scenes will have you wetting your sheets while having nightmares. According to Axel, it was also Avi Love’s phenomenal audition that really helped pull the trigger to steer this film into production. After working on the script for so many years, Axel wanted to wait until he found the perfect leading lady, and in Avi Love he finally did. Note to performers auditioning for an Axel Braun movie: make sure you give him goosebumps!
Shot entirely in black-and-white CinemaScope 2.35:1, the film looks amazing, the plot is intriguing, and the performances are top-notch thanks to a talented cast that also features Charlotte Stokely, Kenna James, Victoria Voxxx, and Reagan Foxx. Axel Braun pushes himself further and directs with an eye that would make fellow perverts Hitchcock and Fritz Lang damn proud! And we can’t forget the long-awaited return of iconic industry-vet, Tom Byron, who came out of retirement to play Dr. Jekyll!
The Possession of Mrs. Hyde blew past very high expectations and dominated the 2019 AVN Awards, after 30 years in the hands of auteurs Lasse Braun, Axel Braun, and Axel’s son, Rikki Braun. With a compelling script and masterful performances, including the return of Tom Byron, this film will be sure to be an iconic mark on the industry for years to come. The late Lasse Braun has raised the bar of adult filmmaking once again, even years after his passing. And Axel and Rikki Braun have proven themselves more than ready to carry the torch for the late icon. For the Braun family, adult filmmaking truly is a family affair.
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