Monster Island

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Monster Island

2024

1h 23m

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Horror

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Based on Malay Folklore and drawing inspiration from Creature From the Black Lagoon, this creature feature is set in World War II. A Japanese ship transporting prisoners of war to occupied territories for slave labor. After being torpedoed by allied submarines, a Japanese soldier and a British POW are stranded on a deserted island and soon discover that they're being hunted by a ferocious mythological creature, the Orang Ikan. Both the soldier and POW realize that they must work together to survive the unknown, despite their differences.

Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

Despite some solid low-budget make-up work and decent central performances, “Monster Island” doesn’t have enough meat on its bones, somehow feeling narratively inert even at just 83 minutes.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 25, 2025

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Jazzmin Crawley

Dread Central

Orang Ikan has a heavy dose of kicking and punching, which is on brand for director Mike Wiluan. Fans of hand-to-hand combat, war movies, and creature features are in for a pleasant surprise.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 11, 2025

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Emily Maesar

MovieJawn

While there’s not a particularly deep message in Monster Island, it’s a solid entry in the “befriending the enemy” trope that often comes along with more intimate war stories that are set outside the bounds of the battlefield.

Aug 19, 2025

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John Serba

Decider

Monster Island is good. Well, at least good enough for the niche it inhabits.

Aug 1, 2025

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Drew Dietsch

Giant Freakin Robot

Monster Island might get accused of being bare bones by other critics, but I prefer to see it as a “meat and potatoes”

Rated: 3/5

Jul 30, 2025

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Erik Childress

Movie Madness Podcast

A cross between Hell in the Pacific and Creature from the Black Lagoon should not be this boring.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jul 26, 2025

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John H.

Great movie! At first for no reason at all I thought it was an origin story for John C Riley's Character from Skull Island. The movie was perfect for what I was looking for on a late Thursday night! Lots of action, lots of fun, good story..

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

10/24/25

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Darren D

"Monster Island", a straightforward World War II creature feature & a tale of survival when enemies must take on a greater foe, a jacked up Creature from the Black Lagoon. Fun monster design & head ripping practical effects made it a good time.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/08/25

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Spawny M

10 words or less movie review: The park outside my bedroom window is scarier.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/28/25

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Casey D

For a low budget, the special effects and location were great. Acting was mediocre and the story line was fairly linear. However, in the end you realize what monster island was about and it is worth the view.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/19/25

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Rich C

Fell asleep 3 times watching this.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/19/25

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David G

I really liked this movie and glad I watched it. I liked how the friendship grew between the two characters and how they stood up for each other. That monster's pretty scary, too. Definitely worth a watch.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

08/15/25

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Mike Wiluan

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Dean Fujioka

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Callum Woodhouse

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Alan Maxson

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Mike Wiluan

Screenwriter

Eric Khoo

Producer

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Synopsis

Based on Malay Folklore and drawing inspiration from Creature From the Black Lagoon, this creature feature is set in World War II. A Japanese ship transporting prisoners of war to occupied territories for slave labor. After being torpedoed by allied submarines, a Japanese soldier and a British POW are stranded on a deserted island and soon discover that they're being hunted by a ferocious mythological creature, the Orang Ikan. Both the soldier and POW realize that they must work together to survive the unknown, despite their differences.

Director: Mike Wiluan
Producer: Eric Khoo, Freddie Yeo, Tan Fong Cheng, Fumie Suzuki Lancaster
Screenwriter: Mike Wiluan
Distributor: Shudder
Production Co: Gorylah Pictures
Genre: Action, Horror
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 25, 2025
Runtime: 1h 23m

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