10 Unintentionally Hilarious Horror Movies

H.G Wells' phenomenal book The Island of Dr Moreau is a fascinating exploration of playing god. It is a truly fantastic read and has a somewhat decent adaptation that was made in 1977. But the subsequent attempt from 1996 is an entirely different story.

The film starts with good intentions, but an unending barrage of bizarre occurrences make the title not even resemble horror in the end. It feels more akin to a deliberately campy comedy film that has a frightening premise. A lot of this failure comes down to the notoriously troublesome production process.

Originally directed and written by Richard Stanley, it was a passion project for the edgy creator. Studio interference and the strange behaviours of the attached star Marlon Brando, however, began to drive the film in a disastrous direction. This combined with poor weather made the production company oust Stanley as they found a replacement to salvage the project.

The strange demands Brando put on the film, such as needing an ice bucket on his head and insisting on having little person Nelson De La Rosa in every scene with him makes the film utterly nonsensical.

There is a fantastic documentary called Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Doctor Moreau that is just as entertaining as this awful movie.