Our story begins in the great Pacific Ocean. Three men are floating in a lifeboat. One of
the men dies and the others throw him overboard. In the distance, one of the men, Andrew, spies an
island so he grabs an oar and rows towards it. The boat reaches shore and as Andrew brings
Charlie ashore. He tells him that they made it. Andrew lays Charlie down and searches for water.
Some mysterious shadows hover over Charlie and he is dragged away through the scrub.
Andrew sees that he is being followed and runs back to find his companion but
in his haste he falls into a trap. Andrew regains consciousness in a
bed where a man named Montgomery says good morning to him and tells the mute
manservant named M’Ling to fetch the Doctor. Montgomery tells Andrew that Charlie is dead
and buried, and that he is lucky to have survived. Andrew then reveals
that he has been adrift for seventeen days and nights. His ship sank during a storm.
Montgomery explains to him that they are exactly 1000 miles from nowhere.
Dr Moreau walks in and introduces himself as the man that owns this
establishment - Montgomery manages it on his behalf. He says that he has been there for
eleven years and continues to say that he finds it astonishing how the flesh reasserts itself.
Andrew gets out of bed and puts on a shirt. As he looks down he notices a young woman named Maria
who Montgomery informs him belongs to Dr Moreau. Andrew and Dr Moreau discuss her beauty and
where she came from. Dr Moreau warns him not to leave the compound after dark.
At dinner, Andrew discusses the enormous advances in technology since the others
left civilization. Maria later tells Andrew that there was no-one on the island before Dr
Moreau - he brought everyone here. Maria goes to bed and Andrew hears
a strange creature howling. He goes to investigate and finds himself in a library.
As he looks at a book he is caught by Dr Moreau who shows him a collection of animal embryos.
He explains that at this stage they all look the same but the final creature
is something quite different. He muses how they become slave to a predestined
form - and can we change that destiny? The following day, Andrew is examining
the lifeboat when Maria arrives walking a wild cat. It runs and they chase it
Whilst searching, Andrew finds M’Ling drinking from a pool of water. M’Ling runs when he
realizes that he is being watched. Maria suddenly appears with the cat
having found it. Andrew shows her that he also found her scarf whilst searching.
Later that night, Andrew takes a drink from Montgomery and asks him about how
he saw M’Ling drinking. Montgomery brushes it off as a local custom.
Andrew is awoken the next day by the sound of Dr Moreau and Montgomery bringing a chained
creature indoors. Andrew recognizes it as M’Ling and he asks Dr Moreau what happened
to him. Dr Moreau claims not to know but Andrew demands to know what he has done
to him. Dr Moreau claims to be helping him. Andrew goes to the beach and brings his lifeboat
in to keep it safe from the tide. He spots another creature in the distance and starts
to follow it. There appear to be more and Andrew is chased through the wilderness.
Finally he runs into Dr Moreau and Montgomery. He furiously asks what they were but is
instructed to return to the compound. Upon his return, he enters a room to find
some caged animals. At the end of the room is a laboratory. Another cage is
empty but he finds Maria’s scarf nearby. Under a blanket he finds a creature with
beast-like hands. As he uncovers the head, it growls at him.
Dr Moreau enters and Andrew asks what it is. Dr Moreau tells him it is a bear and explains that
he has discovered a cell particle that controls the shape of life. He is treating this creature
with a serum that can control the biology of any creature. In this case, he should be able
to get it to resemble a human being. As he injects the serum into the bear,
Dr Moreau explains that the possibilities for humankind are endless.
Maria comes to Andrew’s room and tries to seduce him. She is successful. Dr
Moreau is watching from below. The following day, Andrew goes
to see Dr Moreau who tells him that all of the house servants are animals. He takes a bear man
from a cage and stands him in front of a real bear. The bear eyes the bear-man suspiciously
before the bear starts to lick him. Dr Moreau cracks a whip to split them
up and tells Andrew to fetch Montgomery. Dr Moreau yells at the bear man that he is human.
Andrew grabs a rifle and leaves the compound to search for more of the creatures.
He enters a cave to find several of the creatures. They advance on him. One old
man speaks and tells the others that he is a man like them - but like them he must learn the law.
The old man recites the law to Andrew: You must not walk on all fours
You must not eat flesh You must not shed blood.
Andrew is attacked by a creature and is about to use the rifle to retaliate when Dr Moreau arrives
and restores order. He tells them that the law has been broken and the offending creature must
return to the house of pain. Dr Moreau tells the other creatures
that Andrew is in charge of them - the same as Dr Moreau himself.
Back in the compound, Andrew tells Dr Moreau that these creatures are human enough as to
have feelings and he wants no part of this. Dr Moreau tells him that a supply ship will
arrive in two years time so he will have to remain with them if he wishes to survive. He
goes on to tell him that the creatures almost always revert back to their primal forms. But
he believes that one day he will succeed. When they return to their primal form,
the creatures regain the memory of the pain that they felt in the compound. They will fear the
place and become vengeful killers of humankind. Dr Moreau is called by Montgomery and he takes
Andrew to see the creature that attacked him in the cave. It is returned to the
cave having been returned to its human form. Andrew is working on the lifeboat and tells
Maria that it is almost repaired. They can soon leave together and look for a
ship to return them to England. Maria says that she cannot live anywhere else but the
island as it is the only place she knows. Out in the wild, a bull-man attacks and kills
a tiger. As Andrew returns, Dr Moreau tells him to come with them and they search for the bull-man.
Andrew finds the injured bull-man in so much pain that he begs to be killed. Andrew gets
out his gun and shoots him dead. Dr Moreau, Montgomery and the rest
of the creatures arrive and see Andrew with the gun in his hand.
The body is taken to the beach and floated out to sea on a burning funeral pyre.
The creatures then return to the compound to demonstrate their anger
towards Andrew who has broken the law. Andrew prepares to leave the island but
Dr Moreau suddenly appears in his room and injects him with a serum. Dr Moreau
tells Maria that she cannot understand but she begs him not to let Andrew suffer.
Andrew has been tied up and Dr Moreau explains that the serum he injected
will make him become an animal and he can describe that experience to Dr Moreau.
The following day, Andrew awakes and sees that he is starting to change. His screams wake Montgomery
who demands that he be released but Dr Moreau shoots him. The creatures watch from outside.
Dr Moreau puts Montgomery’s body into a cage but that night his body is put outside and
taken away by the creatures. They are confused that Dr Moreau tells them to kill others.
After two days, Dr Moreau delivers a cage of rats for Andrew to eat but Andrew cannot bring himself
to do so. He refuses to forget his humanity. The creatures head toward the compound and Dr
Moreau rides out to see them. He cracks his whip but is unable to
hold them off. The creatures surround and attack him claiming that there is no law.
Maria has helped Andrew to escape from his cage and although he tries to tell
the creatures that he is the same as them, he is forced to shoot at them to make them retreat.
Maria closes the gate as Andrew stands over Dr Moreau’s body. Dr
Moreau calls him an animal before he dies. Andrew addresses the creatures - telling
them that Dr Moreau is not dead and they should obey his law.
Nevertheless, the creatures attack the compound and release the caged animals. Andrew, Maria,
M’Ling watch as the animals attack the creatures and many are killed.
Seizing their opportunity to escape, the three try to leave but are pursued by a
lion. M’ling turns back and decides to buy others some time to escape.
Andrew and Maria run to the lifeboat and push it out. They are followed by one of the
creatures who pulls Andrew into the water. They fight but eventually Andrew is able to
overcome the creature using the boat paddle. The compound burns and the structure collapses
as Andrew and Maria leave the island. The lifeboat is floating again in the middle
of the ocean. The effects of the serum have worn off and Andrew has returned to normal.
In the distance a ship comes into view and Andrew calls out for rescue. Maria watches
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