Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Lawbolisted Powerful

Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

Nigel P After Universal scored such hits with 'Dracula' and 'Frankenstein' in 1931, it was clear that horrifying audiences was big business. Amongst the steady stream of cinematic terrors that followed, a year later Paramount brought us swathes of monstrosities courtesy of HG Wells and his insane Doctor Moreau.The make-up for the 'lost souls' is very impressive on the more subtle mutations, but less so on the more 'advanced' experiments. Which brings us to the most vocal, The Sayer of the Law, played by Bela 'Dracula' Lugosi (as he is billed, just above 'The Panther Woman'). Covered in fur, this is the actor that, a year earlier, had supposedly turned down the Frankenstein Monster for fear the make-up would obscure his matinée looks (which is given as one of a number of reasons he didn't end up playing the role despite being touted for it). The Sayer of the Law would seem to debunk that particular theory.Lota, the Panther Woman herself, is played very appealingly by Kathleen Burke in an outfit that exposes a lot of flesh for the time. Her growing relationship with Richard Arlen as Parker – a hero not quite as overshadowed by the other characters as is usual in horror films from this era – is interesting, but causes problems when his girl Ruth (Leila Hyams) travels all the way to the remote island to look for him.Finally, what an actor Charles Laughton was. Whilst time has rendered the performances of some of the actors around him dated and theatrical, Laughton's Moreau is every bit as convincing and villainous in 2017 as he was 85 years ago. Superbly spoken but dripping with malice, or uncontrolled and snarling like one of his own animalistic experiments, he is compelling at all times. Moreau's ultimate fate is one of the most unpleasant you could imagine, but horribly satisfying too.This is a mighty slice of grim and effective cinema. We could smile at some of the quaint make-up effects of course, but Director Erle C Kenton is at his creative peak here. He would go on to direct future Universal horrors, but never does he imbue them with the sense of unease and danger as is on show here. Strange, leering faces loom of out the jungle, misshapen shapes move in the shadows, revealing deformed limbs – or in one case, a solitary hoof – although we are fairly sure that their animalistic fury is directed only at those responsible for their current predicaments.After all, 'are we not men?'

Antonius Block This movie has great casting: Charles Laughton, playing the cruel genius Dr. Moreau who has been experimenting on animals to create a hairy group of man-beasts, Kathleen Burke as the cat-woman Lota, his only beautiful (and only female) creation, and Bela Lugosi as the 'Sayer of the Law', who intones among other things, "Are we not men?" (the line Devo would use in the title of their first album). The aura of the film is chilling as well, set on a tiny tropical island where Moreau carries out vivisections in the 'House of Pain', and eagerly tries to mate Lota with Edward Parker, a newcomer to the island who has been stranded there. Those scenes aren't incredibly erotic, but add some spice and were scandalous for the time. The special effects in 1932 were somewhat limited, but director Erle Kenton's use of shadows, tight shots on the faces of the troglodytes, and scenes were Moreau uses his whip to enforce his will on his creations create an eerie, claustrophobic effect. It's a little slow in getting started but at 71 minutes is otherwise well-paced. Definitely a classic horror film worth watching, if for nothing else, Laughton's brilliant performance.

Spikeopath 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 the perfect companion piece. Full of haunting imagery, aided no end by cinematographer Karl Struss' stunning photography, it's a film that stays with you long after the end credits have rolled. Berserker science marries up to human chaos to provoke and trouble in equal measure. Laughton gives top villainy, whilst Waldemar Young and and Philip Wylie adapt from the H.G. Wells novel with a cheeky glint in their eyes. The 1930s had some great horror movies, this is up with the best of them. 8/10

mark.waltz Charles Laughton is the original Dr. Moreau, the mad scientist who turns wild beasts into something resembling human beings but still containing their animalistic natures. it is up to new arrival Richard Arlen to stop him, messing around with nature in a way no man should have the power to do such. While Arlen is in love with the pretty Leila Hyams, he becomes the target of Panther woman Kathleen Burke. sultry and beautiful, Burke obviously wants to make Arlen her mate, but even in human form she is very catlike and becomes obsessively jealous of Hyams.Then there is Bela Lugosi, playing a small but consequential role as the wise speaker who stands up against Laughton for messing around with nature and obviously offending God. Unrecognizable under a beard covered face, Lugosi gives a sense of his performance that is touching yes field with anger for what Lawton has done to alter their appearances.the tension builds into a horrific finale where time is of the essence for Arlen to get off the island + 4 the transformed animals to finally get their vengeance against Lawton in the most excruciatingly painful way.One of the great science fiction films of the golden age of Hollywood, Island of Lost souls has been remade several times unsuccessfully. The 1977 version attempted to play it straight, but came off as very dated. even the presence of Burt Lancaster of Dr. Moreau couldn't save it from failure. be even worse we make in the 1990s with Marlon Brando as Dr. Moreau is considered a disaster in every sense of the word. it resembles a cartoon more than a reflection of its original HG Wells story, and it is obvious to me that the story needs to be left alone. Obviously, Hollywood knew how to make these types of films in the 1930s but they appear majorly dated or melodramatic when recreated today.An excellent performance by Charles Laughton in the very same year he won an Oscar for playing Henry the 8this a strong leading character and certainly much more memorable then the unfortunate remix with Lancaster and Brando. Latin could be happy but here, he tones it down when he needs to and brings it up for the more complex moments of his character development. As for Kathleen Burke, she makes a lovely sight as the Panther woman, even wearing Panther's skin as human clothing. barely saying a word, Burke makes the feline aspects of her character obvious, doing more with less then the actors who played this part in the remakes.