The Island of Doctor Moreau - Adaptations

Adaptations

The novel has been made into a movie on five occasions:

• Ile d'Epouvante (The Island of Terror) was a 1913 French silent film (also spelled L'Ile d'Epouvante and Isle d'epouvante). The 23-minute two-reeler film was directed by Joe Hamman in 1911 and then released in 1913. By late 1913, the film had been picked up by U.S. distributor George Kleine and renamed The Island of Terror for its release in Chicago.
• Island of Lost Souls (1932), with Charles Laughton and Bela Lugosi.
• Terror Is a Man (1959), with Francis Lederer, Greta Thyssen, and Richard Derr. This Filipino film, directed by Gerardo de Leon, was reissued in the United States in 1964 as Blood Creature. Leon partnered with Eddie Romero to direct and release two follow-up films in 1968: Brides of Blood and Mad Doctor of Blood Island. All three were produced by Lynn-Romero Productions.
• The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977), with Burt Lancaster and Michael York. This film was turned into a novel by Joseph Silva and published by Ace.
• The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996), with Marlon Brando, Val Kilmer, David Thewlis, Fairuza Balk, and Ron Perlman.

An amateur adaptation of Wells' novel, The Island of Doctor Agor, was made in 1971 by a then 13-year-old Tim Burton.

Seattle, Washington's Taproot Theatre Company performed a theatrical adaptation (adapted for stage by Sean Gaffney) of the novel in 1999. The performance was filmed by Globalstage Productions and is available on video.

Moebius Theatre performed an audio adaptation of the story at Chicon 7, the 70th World Science Fiction Convention, on Septermber 2, 2012.