ISLAND OF LOST SOULS

[shaneu1]

This scene always somehow reminds me of law school. The only salient difference is that law students haven't the fortitude to rise in revolt ("LAW NO MORE!!). They probably think about it, but they'd never do it.

[MStrat1106]

Just released as a Criterion Collection BluRay AWESOME!!!

[Rayarena]

I feel sorry for the cat woman who gives up her life to protect the man that she has fallen in love with.

[fromdaghettowithlove]

I liked it, but it was a rip off of Dr. Moreau

[telephilia]

This one of the greatest horror films just released on Blu Ray by Criterion films just in time for Holloween.

[WeaponXXIV]

There's such brilliance and power in Lugosi's reading

[swlabr21]

Is it possible to watch this entire move sober? As anyone ever done so?

[Applemask]

WE ARE DEVO

[unknowable1968]

the Criterion Colection is finally realeasing the 1932 classic "Island of lost Souls" on dvd/blue ray on Oct 22 2011.

[taqn]

naw,they only got the "are we not men"-line from that flick.

[junkyturd]

This is where the band devo got their name

[dickmysuck13]

Sayer of the Law said "Fart beans.FART MAN!!!FART BEANS!!!"

[dickmysuck13]

Did you he say 'fartman' at 1:44?lmao

[dltanner99]

Horror novel  see video book trailer

[MIchigan4x4]

i love the meteors song so much!

[doglips1958]

This was a Paramount release,NOT a Universal release

[halobro123]

We wonder why the didn't call this movie "The Island of Dr. Moreau"?

Copyright issues?

[jonsilence]

Immortalized by Van Halen in their song of the same name. Their original version circa 1976 (pre record deal) directly referenced this film. The song was lyrically rewritten years later with a sexual theme theme and finally released on the 1984 album. David Lee Roth's original lyrics opined 'This forest stinks of night, by the light of day.'

[cqsteve1]

Not a real good idea to go running into the House of Pain for protection.

[GreyGhostSr]

'What is the law?'

I always wanted to be Pantherman...

[deemilieu]

but why is the end of the clip cut off?

[deemilieu]

super creepy movie. banned in the uk since 1932 due to it's depiction of vivisections.

[namsivad]

I've read the original story by H.G. Wells, and that was really creepy!

[Beatnikzombie]

Do you know what it means to feel like Rob?

[envanje]

Best movies date from before WW2 !

[balrog13571]

Bela Lugosi was, is, and always will be one of the best actors ever. He rocks!

[deemilieu]

this movie was, and may still be, banned in the uk where depiction of vivisection is illegal.

[yossarian9]

This is exactly what's going to happen to American civilization when the cross-eyed, radical right-win rednecks are called out of their hovels by Fox News.

[dcboi95]

the simpsons parody to this (treehouse of horror 13) is purty funny

[envanje]

Probably the law recited to the critters refered mostly to common law for Wells could be quite an anarchist by times.

[ysbaddaden2003]

Watching this movie I've often wondered if the Law being recited to the critters was a goof on the 10 Commandments.

[ysbaddaden2003]

I wouldn't necessarily say supporting roles is where Bela was at his best, but as Ygor, and this critter here it louses up the image that he was a prima dona who totally loathed character make-up.

It also showed he was more than just his Dracula incarnation.

He played Jesus in Hungary you know.

[senorbellaco]

Anyone read the book from which this was made,The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells?So different from each other...for example, there was no Lota in the book, Moreau didn't die that way,etc. but still a good movie.

[4thtroika]

A criminally neglected movie.

[TaraMoriah]

I have not seen this film since 1983 on channel 13 PBS NY NJ.I love Kathleen Burke THE PANTHER WOMAN.Could you show the movie?

[rabsmiff]

needs a pristine print from the UNIVERSAL archives.

[emoviebuff87]

Bela Lugosi should have had his role expanded in this movie! However, he managed to show his magic talent in his small role.

[271tixe]

This film really needs a DVD release. Thanks for posting this! Haven't seen it in years!

[clintbronson5]

Love the pig leg! Bet that freaked people out in 32 :)

[buffoon12345]

I watched this on the big screen in Hollywood. I was struck by its obvious influence on Romero's zombie movies. This is a wonderful movie. It is only too bad that Lugosi's role is terribly small, but when he does appear it is amazing.

[moviesfromtheedge]

A classic. Been a couple different attempts at this again, but never as successful as this eighty year old film. A classic

moviesfromtheedgedotcom

[wheerus]

we bought this film on the internet a couple years ago in VHS format...at about 58 sec, it's Ali Baba the famous wrestler (my husband's cousin)

[realeimperobritannic]

kriitikko , nevermind. wikipedia said it was bannded in the UK in 1933, 1951 and 1957, probably beacuse of cruelty to animals. only passed in 1958, with an X certificate. similar thing happened to Freaks...

[kriitikko]

It's no wonder this film was banned, it's much more gory than typical early 1930's horror film. It also overshadows the two later versions of "The Island of Dr. Moreau".

[realeimperobritannic]

banned? from where???

btw, if i wanna another gory 30's horror film try 'Freaks' :)

[filmaddict818]

Its impossible to see this whole film. TCM doesn't have film rights to it, Universal never released it on DVD or video! ITS MADNESS!

[271tixe]

@filmaddict818 I have the movie on VHS. It's out there, just hard to find.

[anton1990]

This scene clearly proves that Bela is one of the greatest actors who ever lived!

[cha5]

Yeah whenever anyone says that Bela couldn't act or only think of Dracula and Ed Wood when it comes to Bela Lugosi I'll always point to

'The Island Of Lost Souls'

'The Black Cat'

and 'The Body Snatcher' to prove them wrong.

[anton1990]

Dont forget his crying scene in "Murders in the Rue Morgue", or his wonderfully funny role in "Ninotchka".

[Netanehka]

Ninotchka is a great movie.

[artbychristine]

He was quite good in Son of Frankensten as well. I think he did his best work when in supportng roles... I have a few ideas about why that may have been so. For example, he may have had better scripts in those films... simply a matter of superior productions

[cha5]

I also think that Lugosi and Karloff really had a chemistry when they performed in films together especially when each man would play different but memorable opposing characters who had their own distinct goals and motivations such as in The Black Cat

(IMHO one of his best roles)

and also in The Body Snatcher.

[Agriculteur66]

"what is the law?"

[piasillo]

Come see/hear HORROR ACTOR PETER IASILLO as the voice of Mungo, The Sayer of the Law and The Captain in the RADIOTHEATRE HG WELLS FESTIVAL in New York City. Go to radiotheatrenyc dot com for ticket information. This movie is AWESOME!! ~ Peter Iasillo

[greekstreak1951]

This story, written by H.G.Wells, was produced in 1934 when the Nazis were beginning their quest for the perfect man/master race. It's a cult movie for myself and my friends.

[cha5]

Actually it came out in 1933,

This was a pre Hays code film that probably wouldn't have been released as it came out

especially with that unforgettable ending,

If it had been released in 1934 or later.

[cha5]

This is probably my favorite Bela film,

I like Dracula but I'll always remember him as 'The Sayer Of The Law'

"Little knives"

THAT scene and Bela's expression when he says that is right up there with the ending of Freaks as being unforgettable and stomach churning IMHO.

[poppunkprince]

What's up with it not having a DVD release?

[taqn]

i think it was released on dvd some years ago(u.s.only),but it`s very hard to find.

[cha5]

I think it came out on Laserdisk maybe 10 or 11 years ago along with 'Murders In The Rue Morgue'

as a double feature,

Are you sure you aren't thinking of that?

It was released in the U.K. on DVD some years back, I don't think it's ever been released in the U.S. on DVD, I could be wrong, I'm always checking amazon for any DVD release.

[cha5]

Oh I was wrong about the U.S. DVD release,

Amazon says it was released on DVD in the U.S. in the 1960s, LMAO!

Good old amazon.

[mendoncacorreia]

I've just bought at "eBay" three Bela Lugosi gems in one DVD: "Island Of Lost Souls", "Murders In The Rue Morgue" and "White Zombie", a compilation copyrighted in 2005 by Thistlehillmedia.

[1000merf]

@poppunkprince i have it

[TacoJack]

@poppunkprince It's coming out as a Criterion Collection disc soon.

[jamesoverend]

@poppunkprince

UK DVD coming out 24th October 2011



[geolakat]

@jamesoverend Also being released this week on blue ray & dvd here.

[rabsmiff]

----a riveting, APOCALYPTIC NIGHTMARE that dredges from our very psyche the inherent, twisted nature of 'human' depravity.

[s4mth16ngstr24nge]

today most of the invention behind film is gone. whats mostly amped up is publicity hype, but truly new ideas are becoming extinct and quick. which is an unMysterious and saddening state of affairs for cinema and society, culture, period. today its mostly brainwash em w/ (expensive but blank) unoriginality

[s4mth16ngstr24nge]

in recent years the horror genre's so out of concepts they remake anything and everything, classic or not. just the tired rubbish of the last decade and a 1/2's devolving hollywood of played-out homogenized no longer groundbreaking pro-mediocre material (usu. bad on most to every level/s, directing, writing, acting, design, costumes, music, soundeffects etc).

[s4mth16ngstr24nge]

is lugosi the one protesting "you made us part-men part-things"? ron perlman as the hunchback salvatore in "the name of the rose" has a similar accent. i like the weird mix of slave revolt/zombie/werewolf images/ideas - though i never saw a scary werewolf. but the lines are classic, there's something about it. i want to see the whole thing (the original, not remake).

[LesbianVampireLover]

Great moments in horror film history! Scared me to death as a kid, watching it in the darkness, alone, late into the night!

[sumfamousperson17]

this sad exuse of a remake doesn't even compare to the book.

[professorgreibowitz]

man, he's wearin em out with that whip. HEHEHEHEHEH wha POW! wha POW! hehehehehe

[creamofcardstv]

Your video clip is great and I've rated it as awesome. I've done another clip on some old cigarette cards of 1930's actors and actresses: Charles Laughton, Gracie Fields, Florence Desmond, Boris Karloff from The Mummy, Charles Laughton, Laurence Olivier and many more.

[criceto]

the 1996 remake looks like Sesame Street in comparision.

In Europe is not available.

[criceto]

more!

[Vittikins]

This is the most frightening film I have ever seen! Thanks for posting. Imagine Ouran looking in your bedroom window???