Island of Lost Souls
After his boat is shipwrecked Edward Parker is left alone at sea with only an upturned lifeboat to keep him afloat. Eventually Parker is picked up by a passing ship and when he wakes up he is greeted by Montgomery a doctor who has been treating him since he was taken aboard. On the advice of the doctor Parker take in some fresh air on deck where he meet the unfriendly Captain Davies a drunk whos ship is hired by Montgomery to deliver various wild life to a nameless island owned by the sinister Dr. Moreau. When relations between Parker and Captain Davis turn sour Parker is dumped over board on Dr. Moreau island. Within minutes of stepping foot on the island Parker realises that something is not quite right. The natives that greet him are strangely disfigured like nothing he has ever seen before.Parker intends to leave the island first thing the next morning but Dr. Moreau has other plans for Mr Parker.
Dr. Moreau invites Parker to his house to meet Lota a beautiful native girl who he hopes will become romantically attached to Parker. Moreau warns Parker not to leave the house but when he hears a sickening pain filled scream he rushes to investigate but nothing can prepare him for what he will find inside the house of pain. When Parker looks inside he sees Moreau experimenting on what appears to me a half human half animal. Parker runs into the forest hoping to find a way off the island but he only finds the results of Moreaus experiments creatures that are half man half beast. Parker is shocked and threaten to expose Dr. Moreau and his sick twisted work to the world once he leaves the island but leaving is easier said than done when Moreau has the only means of leaving destroyed.
Meanwhile back on the mainland Captain Davies has arrived and is confronted by Parkers fiancée Ruth who wants to know why Parker is no longer on his ship. Captain Davis is forced to give the location of the island to the port authorities after Ruth reports the incident. Desperate to find her husband to be Ruth enlists the help of Captain Donohue to take her to search for Parker. When they reach the home of Dr. Moreau they are welcomed and invited to spend the night until sun up when it is safer to make the journey back to the mainland. This is not an act of kindness this is another chance for the Dr to hatch one of his sinister plans. With the presence of fully human woman on the island the natives become restless and when one of then tries to break into Ruths room all hell breaks loose.
Captain Donohue chases him into the forest where he is ambushed and killed. When the natives realise that men can be killed they revolt against the evil Dr. Moreau and they exact their brand of justice by taking him to is very own house of pain.
The Island Of Lost Souls is a film that feels like it was way ahead of its time. The splicing of man and animal must of scared people half to death back in the 30s. Bela Lugosi has a very small role as one of the natives but as usual no matter how big or small his role is he gives it everything and he give a performance here filled with terror and rage. His eyes his face and his screams are pure pain and you can feel everything he has been through and the pain of being stuck halfway between man and beast. Where Lugosi owns the screen time he is given Charles Laughton owns this film he is outstanding as Dr. Moreau he is pure evil and has a constant sinister glint in his eye. He is a man who is constantly plotting and dreaming up new ways to satisfy his thirst to push the boundaries of science and his own. This is a must for horror fans its quite a disturbing film for the time and even now the deeper you think about it after you finish watching it.
9/10
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