The Island of Dr. Moreau (Ep. 140)

Adapt or Perish

In Episode 140 of Adapt or Perish, we’re taking our life in our hands and journeying to the Island of Dr. Moreau!

In this episode, we discuss:

• The original 1896 novel by H.G. Wells
• Island of Lost Souls, the 1932 movie directed by Erle C. Kenton, written by Waldemar Young and Philip Wylie, and starring Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, Bela Lugosi, and Kathleen Burke
• The Island of Dr. Moreau, the 1977 movie directed by Don Taylor, written by Al Ramrus and John Herman Shaner, and starring Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport, Barbara Carrera, and Richard Basehart
• The Island of Dr. Moreau, the 1996 movie directed by John Frankenheimer (after Richard Stanley), written by Stanley and Ron Hutchinson, and starring Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk, and Ron Perlman

Footnotes:

• “The Limits of Individual Plasticity” (1895)
• 1977’s lost cat lady
• Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau (2014)
• Val (2021)
• “No Spill Blood” by Oingo Boingo
• The Sliders episode “This Slide of Paradise”
• “Jocko Homo” by Devo
• The Batman: The Animated Series episode “Tyger, Tyger”
• The Venture Bros. episode “Venture Libre”
• House of Pain
• The Island of Dr. Moreau two-part comic book adaptation by Ted Adams and Gabriel Rodríguez

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