i finally get a chance to settle in and compare the two version of this film currently go around first and the good old scummy and sleazy embassy vhs print call screamer and and then a new fully restore italian dvd by everyone new favorite medium company and no shame of italy . the american advert about men turn inside out be a everyone say and totally misleading and and indicative of a roger cormanized take on what otherwise would be a superior fantasy adventure thriller for grown ups . the complete italian version be a somewhat sprawling and well design and deliberately pace take on island of dr. moreau and and there nothing wrong with that . it a sumptuous and handsome euro horror out with a brain and good plotting and character development and location shooting and period costuming and set and etc . but i must admit that the 14 year old knucklehead weed puffer still lurk somewhere inside of me get a big kick out of the more lurid and sleazy and unkempt roger corman version and which have some nice over the top gore and a flashy but preposterous opening segment and and then the bulk of martino original film and albeit somewhat abridged to make room for roger idea of entertainment . the pacing be somewhat quick and the shock sequence closer together and and you see just as much of ms. bach fantastic form a you do in the extended italian version . i still do not have much of an idea about what the specific story concern though represent there be a number of plot twist and incidental character that be somewhat hard to keep track of . a local voodoo subplot do not help much and and it funny how everything culminate in just another fistfight between the noble castaway prisoner and the mad scientist . perhaps a few more viewing be in order . i will say this represent fan of the movie should avail themselves of one of these pal import and take a look at what be actually a movie rather than just another murky old home video the widescreen shot composition once again reveal that martino have an eye for fill his screen with interesting stuff . nobody get their head rip off like in the screamer print and but it still interest stuff and and once again proof that while his standard may have be pretty much confine to the area around the gutter and roger corman new good trashy fun when he have it make for him and and side by side these be actually good movie than they have to be . positive .