Island of Lost Souls

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Island of Lost Souls (1932)

NR 12/24/1932 (US) Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction 1h 11m

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TERROR! Stalked the Brush-Choked Island...Where Men Who Were Animals Sought the Girl Who Was All-Human!

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An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.

Erle C. Kenton

Director
H.G. Wells

Novel
Philip Wylie

Screenplay
Waldemar Young

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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
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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 Souls, it makes for the perfect companion piece. Full of haunting imagery, aided no end by cinematographer Karl Struss' stunning photography, it's a film that stays with you long after the end credits... read the rest.

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