Island of Lost Souls (1932) (1933)

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7.4	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Erle C. Kenton

Starring (View all)

Charles Laughton
Dr. Moreau

Richard Arlen
Edward Parker

Leila Hyams
Ruth Thomas

Bela Lugosi
Sayer of the Law

Kathleen Burke
The Panther Woman

Arthur Hohl
Montgomery

Stanley Fields
Captain Davies

Paul Hurst
Donahue

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Waldemar Young
(screenplay) and

Philip Wylie
(screenplay)

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1 year, 9 months ago at Apr 17 22:25

fernando

(OK) There were so much 30s classics, that this seems one more. Too quick to contemplate the existential theme of mutants. Laughton puts just a bit of refinement...

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Description: After his ship goes down, Edward Parker is rescued at sea. Parker gets into a fight with Captain Davies of the Apia and the Captain tosses him overboard while making a delivery to the tiny tropical island of Dr. Moreau. Parker discovers that Moreau has good reason to be so secretive on his lonely island. The doctor is a whip-cracking task master to a growing population of his own gruesome human/animal experiments. He does have one prize result, Lota the beautiful panther woman. Parker's fortunes for escape look up after his fiancée Ruth finds him with the help of fearless Captain Donohue. However, when Moreau's tribe of near-hu ... (more)

Release date: 18 December 1933
UPC: 022891979029

Tags: Horror (4), 1932 (3), Based On Novel (3), Adventure (3), Mutant (2), Vivisection (2), Sci-fi (2), Mad Scientist (2), Island (2), Adaptation (2), Romance (2), Shipwreck (1), Psychotronic (1), American Abroad (1), Whip (1), Servant (1), Animal Experiment (1), Oppression (1), Caged Animals (1), Beautiful Woman (1)

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" Date: 12/21/2020 Viewed: Blu-Ray Re-Watch Note: I haven't seen this movie in the last several years and it took me a while to get a copy of this movie. I was going to cover it for my 31 Days of Horror in October, but the movie was out of stock on Amazon and most places were selling it for high prices. I decided to wait for the price to drop on Amazon and I finally got a copy a few weeks ago. After watching this movie again, I still enjoy it. Island of Lost Souls is a solid horror movie from "

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