改编自H.G.威尔斯的科幻名著《莫洛博士之岛》,描述喜冒险的青年轮机长安德鲁因遭遇海难,漂流至莫洛博士统治的太平洋孤岛上。莫洛博士因其过分前卫的学说遭同侪排斥而避世独居,进行将野兽变成人类的实验。他果然成功地创造了一些具人形和会讲人话的兽人,但却无法消除他们深藏体内的兽性。莫洛本人的科学研究逐渐走火入魔,想将安德鲁变成野兽,结果玩火自焚A ship-wrecked man floats ashore on an island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is inhabited by a scientist, Dr. Moreau, who in an experiment has turned beasts into human beings.