
Movies that feel likeIsland of Lost Souls (1932)
If you loved Island of Lost Souls, the closest films we have are Son of Frankenstein (1939), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and The Invisible Man (1933). All three share Island of Lost Souls' cerebral and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is White Zombie (1932).
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If Island of Lost Souls hit the spot, these will too

Both land ideas and dread at once

Both are built on the same subject: pre-code
The difference: Sits closer to drama than Island of Lost Souls does

The same preoccupation in both: mad scientist

One thread runs through both: pre-code
The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than Island of Lost Souls does

Both lean on unease more than on science fiction

Horror with a pulse of ideas, in both cases
The difference: Made in the 1950s, in a different era of the craft

Dread-soaked science fiction in both cases
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair


Cerebral science fiction, and it commits to that

Both keep coming back to the same thing: held captive

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

The same two preoccupations: stranded, and remote island
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