Episode 649: The Island of Lost Souls (1932)

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The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2023

⏱️ 134 minutes

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Summary

Ian Brownell and Tim Luz join Mike to kick off spooktacular coverage with Erie C. Kenton’s 1932 adaptation of H.G. Wells’s 1896 book, The Island of Doctor Moreau. Here it’s called Island of Lost Souls and stars Charles Laughton as Moreau, a mad scientist who works to bend the will of nature to suit his needs. He works to create a race of human/animal hybrids on his mysterious island which is disturbed by Edward Parker and Ruth Thomas.

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0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks.
0:06.8	It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.0	Shut it off.
0:25.5	Turn it off.
0:27.6	Turn it off.
0:31.6	Hey, The
0:40.3	The You're convinced that the thing on this table isn't human.
1:08.0	It's cries, human.
1:10.0	Do you know what it is, what I began with?
1:12.1	No.
1:13.5	An animal.
1:15.0	Well, we may as well discuss this, frankly, now that you know the fact.
1:18.7	I wanted to prove how completely she was a woman.
1:26.1	Ah!
1:26.3	Ah!
1:26.6	Get it out! I'm not beaten.
1:36.3	I'm not beaten.
1:41.3	Get everything ready.
1:42.3	For what? This time I'll burn out all the animal and I'll.
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