Monster of the Day #1885

Updated on February 7, 2019 By Ken Begg 9 Comments

Ugh, Showgirls (a pause), Howard the Duck, Nothing But Trouble and then the Brando Island of Dr. Moreau. Netflix used to have the great documentary Lost Souls on the berserk making of the film. I don’t know who has it now, but try to find it, its fantastic. The film…not so much.

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  • Beckoning Chasm

    If this movie will be remembered for anything, it will be for its influence on South Park.

  • The only Island of Dr. Moreau I’ve ever seen is the 1977 version, and that was quite a few years ago. I’ve been bad mouthing my choice of movies lately, but to be frank I’ve never had a desire to see this one. Nothing calls.

  • BGBear_rnh learntocode

    Must see the Charles Laughton version. I think I have seen them all, but this one only in pieces. Funny thing is, I think the Philippine made “Twilight People” staring John Ashley is the one I saw first.

  • Beckoning Chasm

    The Charles Laughton version is well worth seeing, very creepy.

  • Gamera977

    Laughton was terrific!!! He plays Moreau is cold-blooded and malevolent instead of whatever Brando was doing here. And his assistant was serious not a goofball like Val Kilmer. I just can’t take the ’96 movie seriously mainly due to Brando and Kilmer coming off like clowns.

    The ’77 version didn’t make that much of an impression on me either way.

  • zombiewhacker

    Also the little manimal servant was the direct inspiration for Mini-Me from the Austin Powers movies. I’m not joking here.

  • BGBear_rnh learntocode

    Well if your Gypsy, it has Richard Basehart.

  • The Rev.

    Of the movies in that long, horrid stretch, this one was the least painful one to me. It may have just come off better for having followed Howard the Duck and Nothing But Trouble. It wasn’t good, but I was entertained by various goings-on. And then Val Kilmer would come onscreen and I would just get angry. I’ve enjoyed him in other films, but not here. I think Ken actually dropped an F-bomb at the scene with him sucking on a flower.

  • Eric Hinkle

    I remember liking the ’77 version when I saw it on TV. Not as much as ‘Gargoyles’ or other made-for-TV horror films, but it was competent.