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

Italian stinker with a misleading title that tries to make you think it's a horror movie when it's not. The plot's about the kidnapping of a government agent's daughter. Of note only for the appearance of Boris Karloff. Unfortunately he is dubbed by someone else so we don't even get to enjoy that distinctive voice of his. Not that it would have mattered much. Despite the dubbing, using mostly actors with monotone deliveries, the biggest problem is the movie is just unbearably dull. Worth watching for a few laughs at the awful dubbing for the little girl, I guess. Otherwise avoid unless you are a Karloff completist.

This movie I liked "ok" it's really not worth watching except to watch Boris Karloff as the quietly wicked character Don Gaetano. Boris, like always, is good but the story and some of other actors are not all that grand.This film really is for die-hard Karloff fans... but maybe not so much so for fans of the older crime-dramas. If you do decide to watch this one just know the story and most of the actors are lame but Karloff is great! It's really one of those movies to watch if you can't find anything else better to watch or if you are really in the mood for something different to view from Boris Karloff.4/10

The title is very misleading if you are in a quick search for a horror flick; and especially when you see it starring Boris Karloff. This appears to be a low budget project made in Italy. Mr. Karloff appears on screen maybe less than ten minutes of the 87 minute running time. Film is very grainy and English translation out of sync. An idyllic island is not the vacation spot off the coast of Italy it claims to be. Actually it is a hot spot for drug running. A government agent is sent to find the actual location of where the drugs are being transported and possibly infiltrate the ring responsible. Karloff, the drug lord, so to speak is referred to as 'The Island Monster'. The list of players include: Franca Marzi, Renato Vicario, Clara Gamberini and Giullo Battiferri.

Boris Karloff and the title "Island Monster" does not a horror movie make, as is evidenced in this tepid crime-drama concerning a government investigator sent to break a drug ring, until things go awry when his young daughter is kidnapped. Local benefactor (Karloff) seems a kindly old gentleman, whose hospice for ill children paints him as the town's saint, but there's something distinctly unsavoury about the milk he imports.Karloff is wasted as the benevolent Samaritan above suspicion while local mule Franca Marzi has a decent role as a nightclub singer whose drug addiction has brought her into the criminal arena, with a sad past and an opportunity for atonement ahead. Fierro is okay as the frantic mother whose child is abducted, and Vicario, playing essentially the leading man, a debonair, ladies' man loyal to the uniform, is consistently monotone.The Napoli locations are picturesque and there's a hint of the continental lifestyle that's hard to ignore, but the film is otherwise bland and unimaginative, lacking suspense, and hopelessly clichéd - right down to the faithful mutt who does a pretty good substitute for Lassie.