The shiver isn’t acting.
The cast drove three hours to shoot the finale and arrived to unexpected snow. Between takes they wore coats. On camera, it was T-shirts and jeans.
- Director
- Matthew Winstead
- Starring
- David Draper Jr.
- Genre
- Drama / Horror
- Released
- Nov 1, 2025
- Award
- People’s Choice
The Story
A man becomes a monster from the inside out.
A modern retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, without the scientist or the potion. Edward Hyde is a successful defense attorney and devoted family man with a promotion on the way, until his son Dylan is killed.
As grief hardens into rage, Edward shuts out his wife Sarah and everyone trying to reach him, and he starts to spiral into darkness and addiction. What begins as a family drama turns into something far more dangerous, while Detective Johanna Utterson closes in.
Shot across Maryland’s Eastern Shore and Virginia with a cast of local actors, friends and family, HYDE premiered at the Island of Horror Film Festival on November 1, 2025, and won the People’s Choice Award.
People’s ChoiceIsland of Horror 2025
People’s
Choice AwardIsland of Horror Film Festival · 2025
Choice AwardIsland of Horror Film Festival · 2025
At its world premiere, the audience voted HYDE their favorite film of the festival. Matt took the stage to talk about the film. It was a fitting finish for a movie made by a community.
Cast & Crew
The Company
Cast through a Facebook casting call and a lot of local goodwill. As Matt puts it, “This is our movie; it’s definitely a group effort.”
David Draper Jr.
Edward Hyde
Also producerAvra Sullivan
Sarah Hyde
Holly Justice
Det. Johanna Utterson
Conner Parker
Dylan Hyde
Jonathan Paul Yttesen
Jack
Mallory B. Winstead
The Priest
In loving memoryMatthew Winstead
Cameo
- Written & Directed by
- Matthew Winstead
- Camera, Editing & Music
- Mitch Winstead
- Producer
- David Draper Jr.
- Sound Mixing & Mastering
- Eric Karge
Behind the Scenes
Watch the interview
From the Set
A grandfather’s goodbye.
Matt’s grandfather, Mallory B. Winstead, plays the priest in a funeral scene shot in Ridgely Cemetery. Asked to read from the Bible, he improvised a full eulogy instead. After his passing in September 2024, part of it was kept in the film as a tribute.
Two movies in one.
Matt wanted the film to open as a family drama and become a different movie entirely. The first fight between Edward and Sarah is the turning point, and it’s his favorite scene.
Made on the Shore.
Ridgely, Queen Anne, Preston, Easton, St. Michaels and Salisbury were stitched together into one fictional town. The opening and final scenes were shot in Virginia.
Every sound, rebuilt.
Apart from dialogue, every sound in HYDE was recreated after filming: footsteps, doors, rustling coats, even the punches.
An opening with a nod.
The opening credits pay homage to two of Matt’s favorites, The Shining and Beetlejuice. The film also draws on the ’90s thrillers he grew up on.
Gallery
Behind the camera
Where to Watch
Stream it tonight.
HYDE is free to watch on Tubi and streaming on Relay, with more platforms on the way.
Now Streaming
Watch Hyde.
Free on Tubi, and streaming on Relay.
In loving memory of Mallory B. Winstead,
and all those we lost along the way.