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Island | Superstition
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Budget 246,000 USD
Rose Hobart was cast in the film, but Boris Karloff became ill and the production had to be shut down until he recovered. By the time he returned, she was already working on another film and was replaced. However, Hobart said in a 1984 interview that she can still recognize herself in long shots.
The 19th century artist Bocklin painted "The Isle of the Dead." It appears in the credits of this film and is recreated in the sets.
A vorvolakas (also vrykolakas) occurs in Greek folklore as an undead creature capable of causing harm to the living. Its characteristics are similar to many other characters of legend, but it is most closely associated with vampires. In Hollywood movies such as Dracula (1931), the word vampire is often translated to Greek as vrykolakas. However, traditional vorvolakas are not noted for blood-drinking.
Sergei Rachmaninoff composed an orchestral piece titled "The Isle of the Dead" in 1908, also inspired by the Bocklin painting.
The statue of the three-headed dog is of Cerberus who guards the gates of Hades to prevent anybody escaping back across the River Styx.
"Thea: Laws can be wrong, and laws can be cruel, and the people who live only by the law are both wrong and cruel."
"Dr. Drossos: I meet my old familiar enemy, Death. I've fought him before. I've won, often. Now he wins. Let him come for me."
