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 Island Of Lost Souls (VHS)
 Island Of Lost Souls (VHS) ... Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams / VHS Tape released 1996-07-22 / Features of the VHS Tape: Black & White, PALNewest Review: ... the main character's name incorrectly; I think the emphasis should be on the second syllable, not the first.) Wells himself ... more ... was displeased, though the film was banned in Britain anyway. But it remains the best adaptation to date, with neither the dull 70s version starring Burt Lancaster nor the monumentally silly Marlon Brando version capturing any of the perversity of the book.
Because although this was made more than seven decades ago, it still has an uncanny frisson that most horrors of its age lack. Moreau's creations lurk in the background or at the edge of the frame, and have an unsettling, slack-jawed stillness about them. The ...more |
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Island Of Lost Souls [1932] [VHS]
Release Date: 1996 - 07 - 22, Rating Suitable for 12 years and over, Last Update 25.12.2009 05:45
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Read Reviews for Island Of Lost Souls (VHS)
Island Of Lost Souls (VHS): "Not to spill blood, that is the law. Are we not men?" (946 words)
by - written on 06/07/09 (Very useful, 71 readings)
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A review of just the film. This has become something of a lost classic. There was a region 2 DVD release, in a double bill with The Mystery of the Wax Museum. Expect to pay through the nose for a copy, at least until the rumoured region 1 release next year. In the meantime, you can probably pick up a VHS copy through amazon or ebay. It's bizarre that a film of its era that's so well thought of should be so difficult to see. The early 30s was the golden age of American horror films, and Island of Lost Souls (1932) has the reputation of being one of the most impressive. Not only is it based on a classic of horror literature (The Island of Dr Moreau by HG Wells) ... Read the complete review
Best of the Moreau's... (341 words)
by - written on 05/09/00 (Very useful, 55 readings)
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The Island of Lost Souls, loosely based on HG Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreau is one of those 30's horror films that stands miles above the low level cack which characterises the genre then and now. Charles Laughton is a disturbing and unperturbable Moreau, presiding with English insouciance over his island paradise in hell. When a stranger arrives Moreau seizes on the chance to take his genetic experiments that one step further - with predictably catastrophic results. The imagery is genuinely disturbing. Moreau's victims look like extras from Nazi propaganda films on sub-human untermench, and Moreau himself wanders his domain dressed in ... Read the complete review
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