Invisible Man

Pros: Direction, Story, Acting, Special Effects, DVD Extras
Cons: With all the CGI available today, they really haven't topped this

"I meddled in things that man must leave alone." Jack Griffin One of the original Universal Studios classic horror films, directed by James Whale (Frankenstein, Bride of Frankenstein), The Invisible Man (1933) is an ...

Pros: Great acting, special effects, pacing, humor and plot.
Cons: One particularly shrill villager.

I thought I had seen all of the Classic Universal Monsters movies: Dracula, Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, The Mummy…but somehow there was one I kept missing. “The Invisible Man” was directed by James Whale, who also directed “The Bride of ...

Pros: Claude Rains and James Whale rule!
Cons: The negative used for the print is showing it's age

You know, as I plow through the Universal monster movies with my annual Halloween viewings, I start to ponder exactly what is my attraction to these flicks? Moody and occasional creepy as hell, but they're not actually scary - at least to a horror vet ...

Pros: Good effects; great story; equally funny and eerie
Cons: None; this is a great flick

James (FRANKENSTEIN) Whale’s 1933 Universal film THE INVISIBLE MAN is another in the long series of absolutely classic horror films for that studio throughout the 1930s and 40s. The movie is a brilliant realization of H.G. Wells’s classic story about a...

Pros: Fairly decent for an early production
Cons: campy tho, very campy

That is our introduction to the lead character in this Phillip Wylie and R.C. Sherriff adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel by the same name. Covered entirely by overcoat, hat, scarf, gloves, and with his face fully bandaged,...

Pros: Transparent plot (a good thing in this case).
Cons: Weak ending.

If you’re like me, you have a set of rituals you observe around the holidays. What would Halloween be without Trick or Treating, for example? And while I no longer dress up in costumes and go door-to-door demanding candy (I pass it out now instead), I do...

Pros:

Excellently handled, with impressive visual effects, imaginative themes and details, and Claude Rains theatrical performance.

Cons:

A few uneven performances, and some of the eccentric humor may not be for everyone

A man, his head wrapped in bandages, pulls his nose off, plops it upon the table - “There’s a souvenir for you!”; he pulls his shaded glasses away from two holes peering into the hollow dome of his bandaged head; and with the ...

Pros: awesome special effects, even for today
Cons: black and white

James Whale’s The Invisible Man (1933) takes the viewer on an intelligent ride of horror, science fiction, fantasy, and human nature. The special effects compete with those made in Hollywood today, and the acting fell nothing short of my high...

Pros: Special effects are fine for the time, Rains is good.
Cons: Holes in the plot.

It only took me 67 years to catch up with this one. "The Invisible Man" is one of those classic films that everyone should see eventually, and I just got to it. At an hour and 10 minutes, it's certainly worth the time and effort to see.
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Pros: The f/x, directing, acting and overall dark mood and tone
Cons: if there are any cons, they're invisible too

Invisible Men are best served up dark and chilling, and this film is still, countless tv and film variations later, the template to follow. The concept is a very basic "what if" morality tale. What would you do if you became invisible? I'd...

Pros: see review
Cons: see review

The first movie appearance for this H G Wells novel which has since been done to death and also for a then little known actor by the name of Claude Rains, The Invisible Man is a superb movie. Directed by James Whale , you would no doubt expect nothing...

Pros: Good effects for the time
Cons: Sometimes hoaky acting

Many years ago I had read H.G. Wells' story, The Invisible Man. Recently, I thought it would be nice to watch some of the old classic horror movies. I started out with the Invisible Man. Starring Claude Rains as The Invisible One (as seen in the opening...