
The Island of Dr. Moreau(1996)
A plane crash surviving attorney stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA—with horrific results.


“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.

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
Island of Lost Souls is a horror, science fiction film released in 1932 exploring themes of exotic island, based on novel or book, mad scientist, man beast, stranded, mad doctor. Directed by Erle C. Kenton, it stars Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams. An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
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