While researching a new drug, Dr. Jack Griffin (Claude Rains) stumbles on a potion that can make him invisible. When he reveals his new ability to his old mentor (Henry Travers) and his fiancée (Gloria Stuart), it’s clear that a side effect of the potion is insanity. Jack goes on a violent rampage, and the police struggle to hunt him down, unable to see their target, while his mentor and his former partner (William Harrigan) desperately try to devise a plan to capture him.
Ah, Universal monster movies. For nostalgia’s sake, you can’t beat them… especially in the horror-hardened heart of your co-host, Tim. James Whale is a seasoned director and, though The Invisible Man (1933) is not a perfect film, it earns its place in the canon of Universal classics. Join us as we discuss the men behind it, including H. G. Wells, James Whale, Claude Rains–and the mindboggling state-of-the-art special effects of the day. Listen as Johnny has the Keys travels to a tiny English village where strides in modern science lead to inexplicable phenomena and mass murder.
SHOW LINKS
- The Invisible Man (1933)
- Original trailer
- H.G. Wells
- James Whale
- Claude Rains
- Classic Universal monsters
- Dracula (1931)
- Frankenstein (1931)
- The Wolf Man (1941)
- The Mummy (1932)
- Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
- Mad Scientist movies
- The Fly (1958)
- The Fly (1986)
- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- Mark Hamill as The Joker
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
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