 Pride is a successful black doctor who has achieved great wealth and standing within the medical community – he is a likable and idyllic character.However, some like Benshoff argue that "Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde" is different from other blaxploitation horror films in that it examines how the “good-black, bad-white dichotomy” is played in society, as Dr.Pride is considered to be a black man who has ‘sold’ himself out to white America to be a part of the black middle class.