# Island of Lost Souls (1932)

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**Runtime**: 71 min
**Genres**: Science Fiction, Horror
**Directed by**: Erle C. Kenton
**Written by**: Waldemar Young, Philip Wylie
**Starring**: Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Bela Lugosi, Kathleen Burke, Arthur Hohl

> *TERROR! Stalked the Brush-Choked Island...Where Men Who Were Animals Sought the Girl Who Was All-Human!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Tropical heat bakes a jungle lab. A voice murmurs over animal whimpers.

An unhinged academic carves new life from flesh, christening himself god to his creations.

Erle C. Kenton’s pre-code nightmare skulks just below the surface where science loses its skin.

**Mood tags**: body-horror, dread, surreal

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