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S16 Ep858: The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)

We Hate Movies

WHM Entertainment

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.75K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

“The idea that you’re gonna put Kilmer and Brando in the same movie and you expect this to go well...” - Steve

This week on WHM, Remake-ril boards a plane to fly to a mysterious destination in the South Pacific as the guys chat about one of the most notorious Hollywood disasters of the 1990s, John Frankenheimer’s The Island of Dr. Moreau!

Who on Earth thought it was a good idea to get Brando involved in this? Does our society really want monkey butlers? What was Kilmer smoking while filming this—no seriously, any strain info? How was this movie only PG-13 with all these horrific mon-stars? Why was mainstream pop culture kinda cool with a little light beastiality in the 1990s? And credit where credit’s due, Stan Winston hit it out of the park with the monster make-up. PLUS: The return of the VHS Trailer Game!

The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) stars David Thewlis, Val Kilmer, Fairuza Balk, Daniel Rigney, Temuera Morrison, Nelson de la Rosa, Mark Dacascos, Ron Perlman, Marco Hofschneider, and Marlon Brando as Dr. Moreau; directed by John Frankenheimer.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

this week on the program

0:01.7

this remake is a total disaster

0:04.2

we're talking the island of Dr.

0:06.0

Moreau

0:06.7

I'm Andrew Jupin

0:07.8

Stephen Sadek

0:10.1

dog dresses a butler

0:11.4

Eric Sisko

0:12.2

Chris Cabin taking over

0:14.2

for Chris Cabin who just did

0:16.0

terrible work with the direction here

0:17.8

and we

0:19.8

hate movies. Hello, everyone, welcome to the program.

0:49.9

Thank you for tuning in, as always.

0:51.5

That's right.

0:51.9

This week, RemakeRil takes us to the creepy island of Dr. Moreau.

0:56.6

It's the 1996 adaptation, which is mostly credited to John Frankenheimer. But yes, disastrous monster Richard Stanley worked for this on a week and then was blissfully fired from it.

1:10.3

Indeed, he looked.

1:11.2

I mean, he was working on it for a long time before things actually went.

1:15.4

But yes, this absolute monster, who kind of good director, but he, he just completely blew it,

1:22.2

completely fucked it.

1:23.6

Everybody fucked it.

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