"That these man-like creatures were in truth only bestial monsters mere grotesque travesties of men filled me with a vague uncertainty of their possibilities far worse than any definite fear."

Edward Prendick the sole survivor of a shipwreck in the South Pacific is set ashore on an island where he meets the mysterious Doctor Moreau. Horrified by the discovery that Moreau is performing vivisection on animals to form monstrous human hybrids Prendick flees into the jungle. But he soon realises that the island is populated with Moreau's terrible creations and not all are divested of their savage habits . . .