So I finished The Island of Dr. Moreau a few days ago. I'll obviously wait on any detailed review for the start of the discussion. I will say that I have found most H.G. Wells books entertaining adventures, but found this the most thought provoking.

I would echo The Terminator. I did not find it especially scary or even horrifying. It could be made into quite the horrifying film depending on how graphic the filmmaker wished to go, but neither of the film versions I have seen were at all that. As I said previously, more just silly.