the island of dr. moreau and a retelling of the h. g. well classic and play like a 70 tv movie . it isn not awful and but neither be it very convince or scary . certain element be fine while the dialogue be literate and the performance by burt lancaster and michael york and barbara carrera and and nigel davenport be all good . the island location be beautiful . but the essential creepiness of well story be miss completely . one mistake be very apparent far too many of the scene take place during the day when they obviously cry out to be shoot at night . the make up of the humanoid be too neat and tidy as well while they mostly look like variation of lon chaney jr. wolf man or the alien in star trek and animal face and perfectly coiffed hair . whenever they go on a rampage and you feel like youre watch some half as and low budget zombie flick . lancaster might not seem like the perfect choice to play the eccentric and mad dr. moreau but he do an admirable job and at time lift the film above it pedestrian level to something close to what well intend and and york portrayal of the stranded seaman braddock be fine too . ( behind the make up of the sayer of the law be none other than richard basehart and of all people . you know and admiral nelson from voyage to the bottom of the sea . talk about cast against type . ) here and there and the island of dr. moreau threaten to become genuinely frighten but it never manage to adequately bring to life the horrific idea of well novel and which be monstrously disturb and a anyone who read it can attest . the living nightmare the creature must endure and not know who or what they be and be barely hint at and represent in a way that resemble more a saturday morning kid show like land of the lost or one of irwin allen numerous tv show and such a voyage to the bottom of the sea . ( hmm . ) moreau attempt to reverse his experiment by turn braddock from man to animal be promise while it too little and too late though and the idea be never fully explore . some of the final shot of moreau camp burn to the ground while the now dead doctor himself hang from a railing in the foreground be impressive too and but the movie hasn not really earn them . the brutal truth be that the island of dr. moreau isn not gruesome enough . it hard to imagine h. g. well be please with this take on his brilliant novel .