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About Barbara L. Baker
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I am a professor of communication at a midwest university, with expertise in film. I can answer most questions on the original "Star Wars" trilogy, and some on the newer trilogy. I also have expertise in general science-fiction film (both history and theory), especially in the United States. I can probably answer questions related to genres, mythic implications of science-fiction films, as well as questions on hybrids (especially comic science fiction) and cult science fiction films (such as "Repo Man" and "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai," etc.). For movie titles, noting significant plot details and characters are better than minor plot events, and it is even better if you can recall the time period when the film was made, an actor or director's name, and if it is a film or TV movie. I am less able to answer the following, although I will do my best to track down an answer for you--recent SF films, episodes of TV shows, and horror/SF hybrids. I cannot answer questions about anime/manga or about film collectables. Nor will I answer obvious homework (although I will point you to resources to help answer the question, if asked). I also can't help you find movie stars, movie memorabilia, or tell you how to break into the business.
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Expert: Barbara L. Baker
Date: 5/16/2008
Subject: TV Movies SciFi
Question
I am trying to find out the name of this movie and if there is a DVD or a VHS
for it. I seen a movie in the late 70's or early 80’s in color on TV, (it
could of been one of
those Sci-Fi station that ran on Saturdays) which was about a mad scientist who
kept a woman in a cage. He impregnated her by some obscure method with various
animals and creates a Dog Man and a Cat Woman which he pets at one point in the
movie, and a Bat Boy that flew away at the end of the movie.
There was a couple that accidentally gets on the on the island. The movie is
base on them finding out the terrible truth of the island. Towards the end of
the movie it all starts on fire. The couple gets away. The title
was Island something I think Thanks
Answer
Well, Donna, this is probably one of two possibilities, both of which are versions of the H.G. Welles story, "The Island of Dr. Moreau."
The more likely candidate is the very low-budget, poorly done 1973 film "The Twilight People" also known as "Island of the Twilight People." A skindiver is kidnapped and brought to an island where a made scientist is doing experiments that have created some half-human, half animal creations. There is a panther woman, an antelope man, an ape man, and a wolf woman, plus a bat man who can fly. There is also a romance between the scientist's daughter and the kidnapped man. While not exactly the same plot you describe, this came the closest.
The other possibility is the much better made 1977 version of "The Island of Dr. Moreau," with Burt Lancaster as the mad scientist, and Michael York as a man shipwrecked on the island. Although no woman is with him, he finds himself attracted to the doctor's wife. However, the half-human/half-animal creatures are all men, with no bat man or boy mentioned. That is why I think it is less likely to be the film you recall. These were the only two films of the time period that had this basic plot (and both also had "Island" in the title).
Both of these are available on DVD--I would suggest reading the plot descriptions on the Internet Movie Data Base to see if either of these is the film you are looking for (it can link you to Amazon.com if you wish to order a DVD of either). If neither of these is the film you are looking for, then I'm sorry. I would need more information to track it down.
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