 Along with Crain, the film was written by Larry LeBron and Lawrence Woolner with cinematography by Tak Fujimoto.The movie was filmed primarily in Los Angeles and at locations such as the Watts Towers.Along with other blaxploitation films, "Dr. Black, Mr. Hyde" is filled with themes surrounding ideas of race, class and black power, yet it is unique in that the film depicts these themes through the genre of horror.