![]() ![]() Shipwreck survivor Andrew Braddock (a solid and engaging performance by Michael York) washes ashore on a remote island run by determined, obsessive, and remorseless scientist Dr. Moreau's ultimate fate is truly nightmarish, even for a cruel being like him. The costumes and make-up effects aren't particularly menacing (the guinea pigs actually look like ancestors of the Ewoks) but the last half hour is exhilaratingly violent and Dr. The tropical island setting is magnificent and the production definitely benefices from sublime camera-work and enchanting music. Braddock disapproves of his work and when he also shows a romantic interest in Moreau's gorgeous wife Maria, he becomes next in line for a whole new different and risky type of experiment. The wild animals he attempts to turn into people are subjected to human laws and whoever breaks the rules will be punished harshly. Convinced that the basic DNA of whatever living species can be altered into any other species of preference, Moreau's island runs full of guinea pigs. Moreau lives isolated because his genetic research and experiments aren't exactly easy to justify. Burt Lancaster this time depicts, impressively I may add, the titular "mad" scientist, Nigel Davenport stars as his unaware accomplice Montgomery and the intruding castaway Adrew Braddock is no less than Michael York a personal favorite of mine. The 70's way of film-making (gritty special effects, cheap atmosphere of sleaze, violence ) fits the story very well because it basically is a very grotesque, far-fetched and strangely unsettling political allegory. This 70's version is the most obscure of the bunch, but it certainly should appeal to horror fanatics as well as to admirers of Wells' writings. Wells' famous tale, including a very old one starring Charles Laughton & Bela Lugosi, and the much more known and hyped 90's version starring Marlon Brando. Kenton with Charles Laughton, Kathleen Burke, Bela Lugosi and Richard Arlen and remade in 1996, retelling by John Frankenheimer with Marlon Brando -who hams it up a bit-, David Twellis ,Ron Perlman, Fauriza Balk, William Hootkins and Temuera Morrison Wells' known novel are the following : The classic of 1933 titled ¨The island of lost souls¨ by Erle C. The movie will appeal to Burt Lancaster devotees who will want to check out his excessive performance. Acceptable and passable fantasy-terror fare although better viewed in big screen. Moreau¨, ¨Escape from Planet of Apes¨, and ¨The final of countdown¨. Taylor was an expert filmmaker on adventures genre as ¨Adventures of Tom Sawyer¨, Terror as ¨Damien : Omen 2¨ and science fiction as ¨Island of Dr. ![]() Don met his wife Hazel Court when he directed her in a 1958 episode of "Alfred Hitchcock presents" (1955). In later years Taylor became a film and TV director, being nominated for an Emmy for his direction of an episode of "Night Gallery" (1969). Returning to civilian life, Taylor resumed his work in pictures with a top role in the trend-setting crime drama ¨The naked city (1948)¨ and played successful films as ¨Destination Gobi, Battleground and Stalag 17¨. ![]() He was an actor and director as TV as cinema, he played one of the leads in the Army-Air Force production of Hart's play, "Winged Victory¨. The motion picture is well directed by Don Taylor. Colorful cinematography by the classic cameraman Gerry Fisher and thrilling musical score by Laurence Rosenthal. Watchable by excellent makeup by the late John Chambers. Lancaster's sturdy acting and good secondary casting as Richard Bashehart displaying a magnificent portrayal of one of the beasts ,the law-sayer, Nigel Davenport and a gorgeous Barbara Carrera. Wells' novel about an isolated scientific who has spent several years creating half-animals turning beasts into half-human. It results to be a strong rendition of H.G. Passable horror-fantasy chiller that is developed up and down with some grotesque moments and in other side contains eerie and thrilling scenes. It starts when Michael York is shipwrecked at sea and arrives in a strange island where he's terrified to discover the terrible genetic experiments realized by Dr. Through experimentation Moreau-Burt has upset the balance of nature. It's an excitingly produced remake of 1933's ¨Island of the lost souls¨ with Lancaster heading a solid casting as a nutty doctor who develops a process of transforming animals into half-humans at an desolated tropical island. Wells' novel realized by and with remarkable makeup by John Chambers. The mad doctor isolated on the remote island has spent years creating half-men, half-animals, some real abominations. On a desolate island a man (Michael York) discovers that its inhabitants are experimental animals being turned into strange looking humans, all of it the work of a visionary doctor (Burt Lancaster), as he's horrified to uncover experiment transforming beasts into humans, Humanimals.
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