Island of Lost Souls

Director Erle C. Kenton
Year 1932
Country USA
Runtime 1h 10m
Language English
Format 35mm
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Synopsis

The first film adaptation of H.G. Wells’ “Island Of Doctor Moreau” is still nerve-rattling today. Starring the great Charles Laughton as the doctor, who toils away on his private island trying to achieve true human-animal synthesis. When a rough-and-ready adventurer, a shipwreck survivor, is dropped off at Moreau’s port, trouble starts brewing between the man and the doctor, who lords over his creations like a demigod. Truly chilling and surprisingly vivid. If you think old horror movies are not scary, try this one on for size.

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