

Island of Lost Souls
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $300K
- Box office
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- Language
- English
- exotic island
- based on novel or book
- mad scientist
- man beast
- stranded
- mad doctor
- held captive
- remote island
- pre-code
- genetic engineering
- south sea island
- god complex
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- Theatrical23 Dec 1932
- TheatricalNRNew York City, New York12 Jan 1933
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalRated X9 Jul 1958
- Physical12DVD10 May 1996
- PhysicalPGDVD1 Aug 2011
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Island of Lost Souls was released on 23 December 1932.
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2- J8/10
John Chard
7/24/2016
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 Souls, it makes for …
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
6/13/2022
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 beings. Not for us her…
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