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The Island of Dr. Moreau

1996 ·1h 36m · ★ 4.9 (554)

A plane crash surviving attorney stumbles upon a mysterious island and is shocked to discover that a brilliant scientist and his lab assistant have found a way to combine human and animal DNA—with horrific results.

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Director

John Frankenheimer John Frankenheimer
3 horror films in catalog
Seconds
Seconds 1966
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Prophecy 1979
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau 1996

Cast

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
57
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
50
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
71
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
0
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
55
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
83
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
33
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
28
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
83
Discover with this DNA
MonsterMutation

Setting

Island

Content Warnings

Taboo ContentBody HorrorDehumanizationMedical Gore
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TMDB Keywords

based on novel or bookcross breedexperimentgenetic engineeringgeneticsgod complexheld captivehuman animal hybridhybridmutantsremakeremote islandsouth sea islandstranded

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