Island of Lost Souls (Criterion Collection)

Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi. Hiding deep in the jungle, a mad scientist creates frighteningly evil, half-human beasts, but quickly suffers consequences for altering nature from what it was intended to be. Directed by Erle C. Kenton. Includes restoration of the uncut theatrical version, audio commentary with film historian Gregory Mank, conversation between filmmaker John Landis, makeup artist Rick Baker and genre expert Bob Burns, new interviews with horror expert David J. Skal, filmmaker Richard Stanley and members of the band Devo, short film by Devo inspired by the film, stills gallery, trailer and booklet with essay by writer Christine Smallwood. 1932/b&w/70 min/NR/fullscreen.