Horror ·Science Fiction · United States of America · 1932 · 1h 11m

Island of Lost Souls

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Director
Erle C. Kenton
Cast
Charles Laughton as Dr. Moreau Richard Arlen as Edward Parker Leila Hyams as Ruth Thomas Bela Lugosi as The Sayer of the Law Kathleen Burke as Lota the Panther Woman Arthur Hohl as Montgomery
Crew
Karl Struss — Director of Photography Philip Wylie — Screenplay Waldemar Young — Screenplay H. G. Wells — Novel Erle C. Kenton — Producer
Tagline

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

Synopsis

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

Trailer Island of Lost Souls — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
exotic islandbased on novel or bookmad scientistman beaststrandedmad doctorheld captiveremote islandpre-codegenetic engineeringsouth sea islandgod complex
Key Collaborators
Erle C. Kenton Director Karl Struss Director of Photography Philip Wylie Screenplay Waldemar Young Screenplay H. G. Wells Novel Erle C. Kenton Producer
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