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Island of Lost Souls

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

6.9(279)19321h 11m3

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.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    7/24/2016

    8/10

    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 …

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    CinemaSerf

    6/13/2022

    7/10

    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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