Island of Lost Souls 1932 123movies

Watch: Island of Lost Souls 1932 123movies, Full Movie Online – After his ship goes down, Edward Parker is rescued at sea. Parker gets into a fight with Captain Davies of the Apia and the Captain tosses him overboard while making a delivery to the tiny tropical island of Dr. Moreau. Parker discovers that Moreau has good reason to be so secretive on his lonely island. The doctor is a whip-cracking task master to a growing population of his own gruesome human/animal experiments. He does have one prize result, Lota the beautiful panther woman. Parker’s fortunes for escape look up after his fiancée Ruth finds him with the help of fearless Captain Donohue. However, when Moreau’s tribe of near-humans rises up to rebel, no one is safe….
Plot: An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
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	7.4/10 Votes: 9,704
	88% | RottenTomatoes
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	N/A Votes: 176 Popularity: 9.105 | TMDB

Reviews:

We are Devo!

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

There is something almost “Hitler-esque” about Charles Laughton’s performance in this stunningly eerie adaptation of HG Wells’ novel “The Island of Dr. Moreau”. I have to admit to a certain bewilderment as to the name change – if anything, it rather detracts from the original – but hey, I’m nitpicking. Laughton is perfect as the charismatic genius who is experimenting to turn animals into human beings. Not for us here, is that typically maniacal lunatic-scientist style of characterisation; our protagonist here is cold, calculating and evil – but he also has a structured – if entirely flawed – scientific theory with a goal that aims to facilitate his return to London to prove those previously sceptical of his claims that he was right. Were it not for the arrival of “Edward Parker” (Richard Arlen) who had been unceremoniously dumped from a passing freighter; and whom he introduces to his most promising subject “The Panther Woman” he might well have succeeded. This external intervention, however, changes all the dynamics on the island and we head to the ultimate clash of personalities. Bela Lugosi features sparingly, and – to be honest – his part could have been played by any tall man in a beard (real, or otherwise) and Arthur Hohl as his rather too acquiescent sidekick “Montgomery” lacked any sort of screen presence. The lighting contributes hugely to the spookily haunting imagery; more than making up for the, well, make up! It’s all about Laughton – his menacing, almost megalomanic performance is captivating.

A Chilling Classic!
This chilling adaptation of the H.G.Well’s novella, “The Island of Dr Moreau” remains unsurpassed, despite two later wretched attempts to improve upon it. Banned in England upon release! An exotic, but sinister atmosphere pervading Moreau’s privately-owned island is enhanced by filming in Black & White, whose shadowy contrasts imbue the setting which a dark, suspenseful tone. Moreau amorally attempts to “play God” by creating “manimals” – hybrid humans and animals – via surgical vivasection and blood transfusion in his laboratory, The House of Pain. Charles Laughton has never been more campily devilish as when playing Moreau – an exquisite performance by a great actor.

Bela Lugosi plays a small, but effective part as “The Sayer of the Law”: “Are we not men?” Kathleen Burke as the beautiful, erotic “Panther Woman” who develops an ill-fated romance with the protagonist, Edward Parker (played by Richard Arlen). Crisp direction by Erle Kenton, with nice make-up effects by Wally Westmore. The cutaway from the grisly ending when Moreau is about to be subjected to “surgery of the most fatal kind” in The House of Pain is most appreciated and is what I consider to be an exercise in directorial restraint and finesse. My imagination more than filled in the horrific details. Kudos to Mr. Kenton!

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 10 min (70 min)
Budget 300000
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Film-Noir, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director Erle C. Kenton
Writer Waldemar Young, Philip Wylie, H.G. Wells
Actors Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen
Country United States
Awards 1 win
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length (8 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm