Island of Lost Souls
TERROR! Stalked the Brush-Choked Island...Where Men Who Were Animals Sought the Girl Who Was All-Human!
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
- 6.9
- 1932
- Released
- 1h 11m
Charles Laughton
Dr. Moreau
Richard Arlen
Edward Parker
Leila Hyams
Ruth Thomas
Bela Lugosi
The Sayer of the Law
Kathleen Burke
Lota the Panther Woman
Arthur Hohl
Montgomery
Stanley Fields
Capt. Davies
Paul Hurst
Capt. Donahue
Hans Steinke
Ouran
Tetsu Komai
M`ling
George Irving
ConsulJack Bardette
Undetermined Role (uncredited)Evangelus Berbas
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Joe Bonomo
Beast (uncredited)
Buster Brodie
Pig Man - a Little Beast (uncredited)Jacob Dance
Beast (uncredited)
James Dime
Seaman (uncredited)Harry Ekezian
Gola (uncredited)
Charles Gemora
Gorilla on Pier (uncredited)
John George
Beast (uncredited)Rosemary Grimes
Samoan Girl (uncredited)
Robert P. Kerr
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Bob Kortman
Mr. Hogan (uncredited)
Robert Milasch
Beast (uncredited)
Constantine Romanoff
Beast (uncredited)Schlitzie
Furry Manimal (uncredited)Jack Walters
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Duke York
Beast (uncredited)
Released
en
$300,000.00
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- #based on novel or book
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- #man beast
- #stranded
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- #held captive
- #remote island
- #pre-code
- #genetic engineering
- #south sea island
- #god complex
- #cross breed
- #lost island
- #monster island
- #human animal hybrid
- #mutants
- #human experiment
- #shipwreck survivors
- #turned into animal
- #genetic experiment
- #animal transformation
- #genetically modified creature
- #beastmen
- #missing
- #abomination
- #sex transformation
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There is something almost "Hitler-esque" about Charles Laughton's performance in this stunningly eerie adaptation of HG Wells' novel "The Island of Dr. Moreau". I have to admit to a certain bewilderment as to the name change - if anything, it rather detracts from the original - but hey, I'm nitpicking. Laughton is perfect as the charismatic genius who is experimenting to turn animals into human be
We are Devo! There's an island somewhere out there in the goddamn foggy laden deep blue sea. Here resides Dr. Moreau (Charles Laughton), he has a God complex and he is conducting experiments, turning animals into humans. Unsurprisingly and terrifyingly the results are not exactly a success! Tod Browning's Freaks was released this same year, and when watching Erle C. Kenton's Island of Lost