Welcome to the ‘house of pain’. You’re looking at the miracle of birth, the moment of creation itself – courtesy of Dr Moreau’s ground breaking work on unraveling the secrets of the human genome – although this rare behind the scenes still scarcely conveys the full horror and intensity of the moment as originally conceived. The mutant mother has just given birth to something entirely new, something that will live in our nightmares…
What does this all mean? Well, Severin’s David Gregory directed a documentary about the arduous journey Richard Stanley embarked on in the ’90s to bring The Island of Dr. Moreau to the screen.
If you’re not familiar with this 1996 film’s background: Stanley spent years of his life developing the project for New Line and just days into photography, he was fired and replaced by John Frankenheimer. The script was changed, cast alterations were made and everything Stanley sought to do with the film turned into the train wreck that made its way to the screen with Marlon Brando, David Thewlis and Val Kilmer.
The doc is playing at FrightFest UK – you can read more about it right here! The film premieres August 24th. Hopefully we’ll see it hitting the U.S. festival circuit soon.
