oscar-35 Review of Terror Is a Man

Terror Is a Man (1959)

Well done, watchable, interesting..Tiny Flaws.

[5 January 2009]

Well done, watchable, interesting..Tiny Flaws. A well done suspenseful film from Eddie Romero and his Phillipine film's background. Much more interesting take on H. G. Wells classic novel The Island of Dr. Moreau than the M. Brando or B. Lancaster starred recent films. It was the first of four "Blood Island" series from Mr. Romero. A sole survivor of a shipwrecked freighter washes ashore onto a strange isolated island. Near death, Dr Charles Girland a scientist researching the secret of evolution between man and beast; heals the shipwreck victim. Evolution Untamed. The doctor transformed a local panther into a human being much to the fear of the natives and his beautiful lonely wife. The tortured beast escapes and attacks many people on the island only to finally find the doctor and get final justice from him. Great casting, acting, production values; but the end of the film leaves too much unanswered after the doctor gets killed by the panther-man. Strange unsatisfying ending, but better than expected effort.