everything you have heard about this movie is true.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Dr. Moreau's House of Pain is set in the 40's where boxer Eric Carson (John Patrick Jordan) is searching for his brother Roy who has mysteriously disappeared, Eric traces Roy last known sighting to a seedy strip bar & is told Roy was last seen with exotic dancer Alliana (Lorielle New) & Eric decides to confront her. However Eric sees Alliana kill a man in an alley & instead decides to follow her along with a newspaper reporters named Mary Anne (Debra Mayer) & Judith (Jessica Lancaster), Alliana drives to a disused sanatorium & while following her Mary Anne is kidnapped by a mutant creature. Eric & Judith try to find Mary Anne but only end up imprisoned themselves by several half human half animal mutants created by the sadistic Dr. Moreau (Jacob Witkin) who has been carrying out gruesome experiments in order to create a perfect half human half animal hybrid & he is always on the look out for fresh victims to experiment on...Directed by legendary low budget film maker Charles Band this has nothing to do with classic novel by H.G. Wells other than call an evil scientist Dr. Moreau & feature some manimals, overall this is a pretty poor effort in terms of plot but it is quite well made although I am not sure if that's much of a trade-off. The script was obviously based around the fact the production had no money & sets 90% of it in a few rooms & corridors with a very small cast too, the story doesn't grab you & there's no real build up to the revelation of the manimals & if you think about it for any length of time it all falls apart. At just over 70 odd minutes in length it's short but I did think it dragged at times & when your film is only 70 odd minutes long the one thing it shouldn't do is drag. The character's are bland & it's unclear what the ultimate purpose of Dr Moreau's experiments are, the dialogue is average & not enough happens really, the house of pain part of the title also might be rather misleading as this is quite tame.The manimal make-up effects are quite poor, it's too obvious that the actor's are wearing cheap face mask's especially the half man half pig manimal. There are one or two moments of gore, a fist is punched through someones head, there's a slashed open stomach, a slit throat & some blood splatter but not much else. There isn't even much nudity as only one woman gets her kit off & even she isn't that attractive. The one thing that does stand out here is the colourful photography by Mac Ahlberg who photographed most of Band's better films during his Empire Pictures days, while most of the scene remains dark people's clothes or light sources are bright neon colours which looks quite cool actually at times. There's a nod to Re-Animator (1985) as bright green liquid is syringes are seen & that fire axe on the back of that door which never gets used looks very much like the one used at the end of Re-Animator...With a supposed budget of about $300,000 effort was obviously put into the look of Dr. Moreau's House of Pain but that sort of effort is sorely lacking in just about every other department & never rises above average. The acting is forgettable, the plodding dialogue doesn't do anyone anyone any favours though.Dr. Moreau's House of Pain looks alright but the film feels padded at even 70 odd minutes as various little things happen to merely fill the time it seems, it looks quite nice I suppose but that's about the best I can say for it. Watch the original The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) again instead.

Brisk/credible script, the small cast give good performances and the prosthetics and photography work well too. I picked this up for a £1, so expectations weren't exactly sky-high and the Full Moon logo can sometimes spell 'AVOID', - I was very pleasantly surprised. Earl Kenton did a great job with the script, and recognised the budget limitations his story would work within. He has created a small, dark and believable realm. All the actors, (particularly Jacob Witkin and Lorielle New) give very watchable interpretations and transcend the usual standard of performance you expect from this type of film. 'House of Pain' reminded me of two other great films - Stuart Gordon's classic 'Dagon', and the recent remake of 'She Creature'. Good stuff.

I cannot imagine how any sane human being could enjoy this film. Its insane crappiness induces vomiting. A man with giant knees would make more sense than the monsters in this film. Don't get me wrong, I like my share of cheesy movies, but this one was just too awful even for me. I watched this movie hoping for a fun and amusing horror flick. What I received was one of the worst moments in my life. At one point during the movie I convinced myself that if the movie did not end in less than 10 minutes, i would jam a fork in my eye. I urge anyone who finds this film on a store shelf to buy it, break it into 1000 tiny pieces, and scatter them across the ocean. If not for me, do it for the children.

This film really moved me. I mean REALLY moved me. Like move to Nebraska and start a pig farm moved me. I don't know how to describe this cinematic majesty without degrading its purity. It is a magical experience. Thrills, chills, laughs,and more will all ensue after the opening scene. It has all the makings of a fabulous film including violence, nudity, and animals. What more could you want- NOTHING thats what. You must see this. I cant believe one would entertain the idea of not adding this quality American film to the home theater collection. Truly this is a film for everyone of all ages. See it see it see it. see it see it see it. See it see it. see it see it see it. See it now!