The guy playing Parker SUCKS as an actor The rest of this movie is top notch

this film showcases everything that made the early 30s so exciting and awesome. charles laughton's dr moreau has to be one of the most unique and menacing villains in the history of cinema.

Definitive version of the Wells novel, with Laughton really chowing down on his very juicy role. Leila Hyams is fascinating as the cat girl, Lugosi excellent, all the settings and backgrounds are smashingly atmospheric. Accused of being tasteless in its time, which is probably fair enough -- the final scene is as chilling as anything ever put onscream (as Forry Ackerman might say!).

What is the law?? What is the law???

Good classic horror/sci-fi movie with a creepy performance from Charles Laughton. It was a little dull at time, which is surprising considering the short runtime, but well worth a watch.

In this movie Bela Lugosi is the Brooklyn Gorilla.

This movie is so filled with subtext that it's oozing out through all the cracks in the film reel.

This is one of the best of the early Hollywood horror film's I've seen.Charles Laughton gives a incredibly twisted performance as the "mad" scientist Dr. Moreau and really seemed to relish his role.The final 15 minutes is one of the great endings to any movie I've seen.

So much greatness is found in this horror flick. The cast is uniformly excellent with Laughton being the obvious standout, the lighting and camera work is spooky and exciting, the makeup effects are really cool, and the climactic moments made my hair stand on end.

Like FREAKS, the film preys on the unsettling implications of Darwinism, that we're just a genetic mistake away from beasts. In this sense, it's compelling viewing with a number of eccentric, disturbing angles to it. However, Arlen is a stiff leading man, and his character is erratic and undefined. Laughton has a little fun with the role, but I wouldn't rank it among his best work. At times it's all a little too campy. But it doesn't waste much time, and occasionally drew me into its odd world.

Charles Laughton gives a chilling performance; the kind that reminds me why the sideshow psychos they throw in modern movie just don't do it for me.

So full of ideas that it%u2019s something of a miracle it clocks in at a mere 70 minutes, especially since it isn't particularly fast-moving. It is clearly a pre-Code film. Dr. Moreau is played by Charles Laughton in a manner that makes us laugh until we understand what he%u2019s up to. And yes, this is where %u201CAre we not men?%u201D got started. Much of this seems tame to modern audiences, but the creepiness remains.

An excellent adaptation of H.G. Well's "Island of Dr. Moreau", although at just over an hour long, the plot feels a bit rushed at times. Still, this is extremely atmospheric and, at times, downright chilling. Charles Laughton, in particular, does an incredibly creepy job of portraying the sadistic and power-hungry Dr. Moreau.

Ah yes, the violent, unperceptive, handsome young hero whose daft bullheadedness is constantly rewarded; the evil scientist - an utterly irrational "genius"; the swooning, fawning, whimpering, screaming women; the chorus of single-minded and eventually rebellious male savages. Thank you Wells, thank you Kenton and Young for nurturing American culture's most obnoxious paradigms and prejudices. Better luck next time Laughton.

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What is the law? NO SPILL BLOOD

A great horror movie from the 30s that still manages to be creepy and unsettling today. It starts quick and has a short run time that doesn't allow a minute to be wasted. The acting ranged from very good (Laughton and Lugosi) to good enough (Burke and Arlen). Horror fans really shouldn't miss this as it's one of the first great ones.

Lugosi steals the show.

I'm so surprised this movie isn't more famous than it is. In terms of quality it's right up there alongside the well-known horror films of the early 1930s. The atmosphere is adequately creepy, the makeup effects are top notch, and Charles Laughton is entertaining and effective. Lugosi is good too in his small role. There are some issues - Arlen's acting, for one, and I also felt the pacing wasn't perfect - but overall this is a quality horror film and a worthy adaptation of the novel.

The lead actor is pretty bad, but Laughton is excellent as the insane yet refined Dr. Moreau, and Lugosi has a great, memorable scene. Some of the creatures are very well designed, as are the sets. I found the pacing, tension, and atmosphere to be better than most early horror, it just needs a better soundtrack.

same old kitsch in the same vein as white zombie. both of them kind of suck, but you can see how it might have been scary in the 30's, this one is a little less laughable, but it's still wholly yawn worthy.

Old school creepiness! The make-up is excellent. The animal men managed to look so natural in their unearthly costumes and not nearly as cheesy as such creatures often do in movies. The other thing that stands out is Charles Laughton as the eccentric doctor who manipulates evolution by making animals into humans. The aura is kind of simmering grotesqueness. Relaxed horror only broken by ghastly screams and freaks walking around. Even more so for the finish.

Laughton's facial hair makes the film. There, I said it.

Like The Invisible Man and Frankenstein, Island of Lost Souls is a seminal work of '30s horror whose mooted mistrust of medical science, while somewhat dated, makes for many of the most memorable moments gifted upon an entire genre. Worthy of Whale and (while we're at it) a great Simpsons recreation, it's a film of dual vitality and historical worth.

very fun, bela lugosi is ridiculously awesome in a small role

A great concept hindered by talented but inconsistent execution. Laughton is great and the tension is well built thanks to the makeup work and some good shot choices, but the rest of the acting isn't up to par and the ending is a bit lacking.

Bloodchilling. One of the best horror films of the 1930s (or any other era). It beats the crap out of both the remakes

The script is a welcome, subversive assault on all things righteous, and only becomes more disturbing when chewed through the brooding, sensual megalomania that Laughton embodies here. The animalistic crying of "Knives!" is ridiculously spooky - having the symbolic reverberations to back up the visual. And the screaming.