Search - The Island of Dr. Moreau on DVD

MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Brief Nudity, Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1977 DVD Release: 08/28/2001 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 39 mins Studio: MGM Members Wishing: 5 Genres: Science Fiction, Horror, Creature Film, Sci-Fi Horror

In The Island of Dr. Moreau, which is based on a novella by H.G. Wells, Braddock (Michael York) is a decent young Englishman who has unaccountably been saved from being thrown overboard from a ship sailing in a remote area of the Pacific by the mysterious Dr. Montgomery (Nigel Davenport). Dr. Montgomery is accompanying a cargo of animals destined for a tropical island. At first an "honored guest" (prisoner) on that island, he is finds his contacts with the natives increasingly disturbing, for they are not like any men he has ever seen. Eventually it transpires that these "men" are experimental reconstructions from wild animals made by a particularly sinister scientist, Dr. Moreau (Burt Lancaster). He feels that he is in danger from the animal/men and from Dr. Moreau himself and does not know where to turn. This story was also filmed in 1933 as The Island of Lost Souls, starring Charles Laughton as the monomaniacal Dr. Moreau and was remade yet again in 1996 with Marlon Brando in the title role. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Burt Lancaster - Dr. Moreau
Michael York - Braddock
Nigel Davenport - Montgomery
Barbara Carrera - Maria
Richard Basehart - Sayer Of The Law

While not a great movie by any stretch of the imagination, this MGM DVD release of The Island of Dr. Moreau shows that it's much more fun than the over-baked 1996 remake. The anamorphic widescreen transfer is pristine and the Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono audio track is clear and well balanced. This is a budget-priced release and except for the theatrical trailer, there aren't any extras included on the disc. Fans of horror classics may want to check out the original screen version of this H.G. Wells story, the honestly chilling Island of Lost Souls. ~ Nick Dedina, All Movie Guide