Island of Lost Souls

Island of Lost Souls

1932 · 70 min · EN · NR · 6.9 (206 votes)
Dir. Erle C. Kenton · Starring Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Bela Lugosi, Kathleen Burke, Arthur Hohl

TERROR! Stalked the Brush-Choked Island...Where Men Who Were Animals Sought the Girl Who Was All-Human!

AdventureHorrorScience Fiction

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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A chilling pre-code nightmare. This film drips with a grotesque, unsettling atmosphere, exploring the dark side of scientific ambition and the blurred lines of humanity. It's a haunting, atmospheric descent into madness on a remote island.

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