LONELY ISLANDS
Step ashore these sparse cinematic landmasses
THE ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU
(1996)
Mad scientist Dr. Moreau (Marlon Brando) has come up with a novel solution for staving off island loneliness: creating grotesque beast-human hybrids to keep him company. “I have almost achieved perfection,” Moreau says in the film; critics at the time sadly disagreed.