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The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) Revisited – Horror Movie Review

Posted 2 years ago

The Black Sheep series looks back at the 1996 version of The Island of Dr. Moreau, the result of a very troubled production

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Ronin: Celebrate Robert De Niro’s 80th birthday with a classic!

Posted 3 years ago

Chris Robert De Niro is 80 years old, and what better way to celebrate his birthday than with a look back at one of his most underrated classics: Ronin. John Frankenheimer’s career seemed to reach its nadir when he directed...

The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996) – WTF Happened to This Horror Movie?!

Posted 5 years ago

A new episode of our video series WTF Happened to this Horror Movie?! has been released – check it out in the embed above! – and this time we're digging into one of the most fascinating "doomed productions" ever, the...

Moreau: H.G. Wells classic to become series from Gunpowder & Sky

Posted 6 years ago

I hope you're up for taking an island vacation in the near future because Gunpowder & Sky's sci-fi label, DUST, just announced that they're developing Moreau, a twisted TV series that puts a modern spin on the classic novel, The...

Michael Lonsdale, Moonraker villain Hugo Drax, passes away at 89

Posted 6 years ago

Paris-born actor Michael Lonsdale, who starred as the villain Hugo Drax in the James Bond film Moonraker and appeared in a variety of foreign-language features has passed away at 89. Word of his death was shared by his agent, Olivier Loiseau, who...

Awfully Good: The Island of Dr. Moreau

Posted 6 years ago

I was tempted to do a column on the historic badness of CATS, but I feel enough has been written about that abomination. Instead, let’s look at another cinematic disaster featuring terrifying animal-human hybrids…   The Island of Dr. Moreau...

Fired Island of Dr. Moreau director might get a chance to direct a reboot

Posted 9 years ago

1996's would-be blockbuster ISLAND OF DR. MOREAU is notorious as one of the most troubled productions in history. The first director, Richard Stanley, was fired just a few days into production (after over four years in pre-production) and replaced by...

The F*ckin Black Sheep: The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)

Posted 11 years ago

THE BLACK SHEEP is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATH. We’re hoping this column will...

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