"Don't Look Back" was the phrase that drew the curtain on this fine fright film. Based on 'The Island of Dr. Moreau' by H. G. Wells, it was released as a 1933 talkie and what was truly surprising was that director Erle Kenton totally avoided the use of music to excite the audience's imagination. He was dependent only on dialogue and sounds that seemed to emanate from the island itself, both natural and unnatural. The young and only slightly overweight Charles Laughton was the pivotal performer although he probably had fewer lines and less screen time than other actors. Ably supported by a fine backup cast, he and Kenton turned out a thriller which can still entertain eighty years later.
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