vhs new ISLAND OF LOST SOULS 1932 / 1993 SEALED MCA WATERMARKS Charles Laughton

Description: Ready for IGS or VGA Grading for huge re-sale value. BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED with WATERMARKS. FAST and SAFE DELIVERY, is assured. 1932. Directed by Erle C. Kenton, novel by H G WELLS. TAGLINES : "Beasts Into Men! A Panther Into A Woman!" "Your wildest fancies, your weirdest dreams, never conceived so strange a romance." "A sensational picture from the book that shocked a thrill-saturated world." "Charles Laughton as Dr. Moreau, the half-crazed scientist."- A mad doctor conducts ghastly genetic experiments on a remote island in the South Seas, much to the fear and disgust of the shipwrecked sailor who finds himself trapped there. After his ship goes down, Edward Parker is rescued at sea. Parker gets into a fight with Captain Davies of the Apia and the Captain tosses him overboard while making a delivery to the tiny tropical island of Dr. Moreau. Parker discovers that Moreau has good reason to be so secretive on his lonely island. The doctor is a whip-cracking task master to a growing population of his own gruesome human/animal experiments. He does have one prize result, Lota the beautiful panther woman. Parker's fortunes for escape look up after his fiancée Ruth finds him with the help of fearless Captain Donohue. However, when Moreau's tribe of near-humans rises up to rebel, no one is safe... BEHIND THE SCENES TRIVIA : In response to British censors who claimed the film was "against nature," Charles Laughton's wife, Elsa Lanchester is said to have stated, "Of course it's against nature. So's Mickey Mouse!" Charles Laughton claimed that he based his Dr. Moreau appearance on that of his dentist. Bela Lugosi was cast at the last minute as the Sayer of the Law. Bela Lugosi made the film for a salary of just over $800, which was less than any other actor on the project. Lugosi accepted the fee and the role because he was in the middle of bankruptcy. To create the language of the mutants sound-man Loren L. Ryder recorded a mixture of animal sounds and foreign languages, then played them backwards at alternating speeds. The effect: the sound induced nausea and caused the audiences to vomit in the theaters. A library of 20,000 to 30,000 video items from 1978 forward, including multiples, is being offered for the first time to the eBay community. ALL inventory is OFFSITE from eBay listing center, so singular items may not be described individually, but in general to the collection. Some images may be representative. The quality of playback and visual presentation is GOOD to VERY GOOD to FINE. Some items may be Brand New Factory Sealed, while a few may slip through in a lesser quality. These items are inspected but individual items slip through occasionally, and we apologize for this inconsistency. Please, ask questions before purchase, we will do our best to oblige you.

Price: 36.95 USD

Location: Wake Forest, North Carolina

End Time: 2023-12-22T03:32:09.000Z

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