Friday Afternoon Videos: ISLAND OF LOST SOULS

Add comment October 17th, 2008

ISLAND OF LOST SOULS is one of the great horror movies of the 1930s, with a startling starring performance by Charles Laughton and a genuinely creepy premise: the not-so-good doctor is creating his own army of beast men by giving the animals on his island a boost up the evolutionary ladder.

Trouble is, the movie’s not available on DVD, and it only shows up rarely on Turner Classic Movies or Fox Movie Classics. But here, just to whet your appetite, is the original trailer…

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