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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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
Director
Erle C. Kenton
Screenplay
Waldemar Young
Tagline
"TERROR! Stalked the Brush-Choked Island...Where Men Who Were Animals Sought the Girl Who Was All-Human!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$300,000
Production
Paramount Pictures
John Chard
July 24, 2016
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 ...
CinemaSerf
June 13, 2022
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...
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