This was never one of my favorites of the old Universal horror classics. The character of Jack Griffins was never a particularly sympathetic one and the movie seems so short, it doesn't really give you a chance to get to know any of the others.Chemist Jack Griffins (Claude Rains) succeeds in an experiment to become invisible, driving himself mad in the process. He embarks on a spree of murder, robbery, and general terror, daring the police to arrest him. His ultimate goal: world domination.
The movie spends more time on the conundrum of how to catch an invisible assailant than it does on character development, so it's hard to care about Griffins or any of the people around him. It's a neat idea and the special effects were fantastic for the time, but overall, it's kind of a let-down. It would be nice to see this one updated for the times, seeing as the last adaptation was over ten years ago.
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