A twisted treasure from Hollywood's pre-Code horror heyday, Island Of Lost Souls is a cautionary tale of science run amok adapted from H.G. Wells's novel The Island Of Dr. Moreau. In one of his first major movie roles, Charles Laughton (The Private Life Of Henry VIII) is a mad doctor conducting ghastly genetic experiments on a remote island in the South Seas, much to the fear and disgust of the shipwrecked sailor (Richard Arlen) who finds himself trapped there. This touchstone of movie terror, directed by Erle C. Kenton (House Of Frankenstein, is elegantly shot by Karl Strauss (The Great Dictator), features groundbreaking makeup effects that inspired generations of monster-movie artists, and costars Bela Lugosi (Dracula) in one of his most gruesome roles.

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Director	Erle C. Kenton
Actor	Richard Arlen, Bela Lugosi, Charles Laughton
Label	CRITERION

Genre	Adventure Horror Science fiction
Content	DVD
FSK / age rating	from age 16
Publication date	25.10.2011
Edition	Criterion Collection
Audio	English
Length	71 Minutes
Year of production	1932
Original title	Island of Lost Souls
Version	US Version
Region code	1

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