Last Monday we watched the 1996 version of "The Island of Dr. Moreau". Based on the classic H.G. Wells novel (but not adapted well), this film featured David Thewlis (a.k.a. Remus Lupin) stuck on an island of horrible abominations to mankind known as fat Brando and not-fat Val Kilmer. Oh, and some animal-human hybrids. There's some lofty ideas on the natures of humans and animals but mostly you end up walking away with all the gross details: seizure-inducing credits, Brando's ice bucket hat and Mini-Me sentient boil, Fairuza Balk's crazy eyes, a birthing scene that will make anything you watched in biology class seem tame and tasteful, a stuffed rabbit covered in ketchup, and every time Val Kilmer is on screen. Best if watched stone-cold sober so that the potential for hiding or screaming is reduced to stunned confusion.
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