#island of lost souls

[goryhorroor]

“horror movies were reborn in the 1930s. sound revolutionized cinema across the board and had a huge impact on the horror genre— and not just in the form of dialogue. sound effects added an extra dimension to terror, from creaking doors to echoing footsteps to the rumbling of castle thunder. music cues built suspense or signaled the presence of a threat. as screen storytelling moved away from symbolism towards realism, the dreamlike wraiths of silent cinema were replaced by monsters that grunted, groaned and howled.”

[precodesoul]

Kathleen Burke for her role as the panther woman in Island of the Lost Souls (1932)

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[weirdlookindog]

Island of Lost Souls (1932)

[uspiria]

Island of Lost Souls (1932) dir. Erle C. Kenton

[scholarofgloom]

[sinusproblem]

Island of Lost Souls (1932) fan art! One of my favorite movies, put it on your great pumpkin list of movies to watch this slimy sleazon!

[balthazar-sketti]

Kathleen Burke, "Island of Lost Souls", 1932

[aussiehorrific]

Island Of Lost Souls, ca. 1932.

[horrorvillaintourney]

HORROR'S NEXT TOP GENDER, ROUND ONE MATCH FOUR: Lota (Island of Lost Souls) vs. Stretch (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2)

PROPAGANDA FOR LOTA:

"There is definitely a trans narrative in Island of Lost Souls. Lota (and the other animal-men, but she’s actually a main character so I’m focusing on her) is forced to present in a way that feels unnatural to her and follow arbitrary rules made up by an authority figure who only cares about control and his own selfish ideas. She is a panther, but is forced to look and behave like a human woman. This pretty clearly parallels how trans people are socially and legally discouraged from presenting as our true selves, and instead are expected to live as the genders forced upon us by society and conform to ridiculous gender expectations. Also catgirls are inherently transgender"

PROPAGANDA FOR STRETCH:

"im gonna be honest i dont have much "evidence" for this i just really like her. i mean her name is stretch and she runs a radio station and shes just fuckin awesome"

[hektor-world]

Tell me I'm in Ur mind as you are in my mind

[creepynostalgy]

Charles Laughton and Kathleen Burke in Island Of Lost Souls (1932)

[claudettcolbert]

Richard Arlen and Leila Hyams, Island of Lost Souls (dir. Erle C. Kenton, 1932).

[weirdlookindog]

Richard Arlen and Kathleen Burke in Island of Lost Souls (1932)

[uspiria]

Island of Lost Souls (1932) dir. Erle C. Kenton

[professorambrius]

The Universal Studios Monsters Classic Collection: The Non-Monsters

VHS covers for The Universal Studios Monsters Classic Collection Non-Monster movies.

These are the films which were made in-between the monster films and where not part of a series. Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr starred in several and many of the character actors and actress of the monster films starred in them as well'

Like the covers for the monster movies, the VHS cover images were composed from two different photos. One was a portrait image of the main character, usually a promo photo and the background photo was often a scene, or a background shot from the film.