For a 72 year old film, The Invisible Man has rather faultless special effects and still seem impressive in this age of CGI. The story is quite simple but it's wonderfully directed by James Whale and has a rather cool atmosphere and enough menace about it to make it a rather good thriller.
Just like the more recent Hollow Man, the story is of a mad doctor (Claude Raines) who creates a serum that can turn a man see-through. As all mad doctors do, he experiments on himself and discovers the hard way that with transparent molecules comes insanity and a murderous streak takes over.
Since I've not read HG Welles' novel I don't know how true to the source material this film is but it's loads of fun and rather timeless. Don't let it's age put you off watching it. But some please gag that Innkeeper's wife!!!
Just like the more recent Hollow Man, the story is of a mad doctor (Claude Raines) who creates a serum that can turn a man see-through. As all mad doctors do, he experiments on himself and discovers the hard way that with transparent molecules comes insanity and a murderous streak takes over.
Since I've not read HG Welles' novel I don't know how true to the source material this film is but it's loads of fun and rather timeless. Don't let it's age put you off watching it. But some please gag that Innkeeper's wife!!!