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Some movies are doomed from the start — or even before they start. Quirky, erudite South African director Richard Stanley's unfortunate experience making The Island of Dr. Moreau is still talked about in hushed tones because of the production hell it became. Stanley was a bit of a fixture in indie circles coming off of small films like Hardware and Dust Devil, but what he was about to undertake turned out to be too big of a leap. It's not all Stanley's fault, either.
✕ Remove Ads The fact that Stanley had no experience with such a big studio and big-budgeted film made the project feel like a bridge too far almost immediately. The last thing he needed was a catastrophic act of God that further delayed principal photography. Stanley and New Line Cinema had decided to use the rainforests outside of Cairns, North Queensland, Australia, at a place called Cape Tribulation as the primary backdrop for shooting The Island of Dr. Moreau.
Posts16 ✕ Remove Ads Richard Stanley Seeks Out a Warlock Out of Pure Desperation To Save 'The Island of Dr. Moreau' According to the acclaimed 2016 documentary that was made about the disastrous shoot called Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau, the director was on the brink of a nervous breakdown as each day of shooting was worse than the day before.
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