Universal's Invisible Man - Horror's Anti-Hero // DC Classics

35The Universal Invisible Man mixes groundbreaking effects with the only Anti Hero in the classic universal monsters. Directed by James Whale and starring Claude Rains, the series had 4 sequels over the next 2 decades.

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⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
0:00 Intro: Universal's Anti Hero
0:45 The Invisible Man (1933) retrospective
11:04 How was the Invisible Man effects archived
12:55 The Invisible Man Returns (1940) retrospective
18:10 The Invisible Woman (1940) retrospective
23:34 Invisible Agent (1942) retrospective
29:46 The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) retrospective
34:14 Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) retrospective
35:15 John P Fulton the man behind the Invisible Man
36:25 Outro - The Invisible Men that followed

Summary:
The Invisible Man (1933) Working in Dr. Cranley's laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments. His sudden departure, however, has Cranley's daughter Flora worried about him. Griffin has taken a room at the nearby Lion's Head Inn, hoping to reverse an experiment he conducted on himself that made him invisible. Unfortunately, the drug he used has also warped his mind, making him aggressive and dangerous. He's prepared to do whatever it takes to restore his appearance, and several will die in the process.

The Invisible Man Returns (1940) Framed for the murder of his brother, Geoffrey Radcliffe is scheduled to hang. After a visit from his friend Dr. Frank Griffin, he vanishes mysteriously from prison. Police inspector Sampson realizes that Griffin is the brother of the original Invisible Man and has given Geoffrey the formula to aid his escape. Can Geoffrey elude the police dragnet and track down the real murderer? More importantly, can Griffin discover an antidote before the invisibility formula drives Geoffrey insane?

The Invisible Woman (1940) Eccentric Professor Gibbs, brilliant but impractical, invents an invisibility machine and advertises for a guinea pig. What he gets is Kitty Carroll, an attractive, adventurous model, who thinks being invisible would help her settle a few scores. Complications arise when three comic gangsters steal the machine to use on their boss. But they fail to reckon with the Revenge of the Invisible Woman!

Invisible Agent (1942) Frank Raymond, grandson of the original Invisible Man, still has the old formula but considers it too dangerous to use, even when Axis agents try to get it. But Pearl Harbor brings him to volunteer his own services as an invisible agent in Germany. Though a bit cold (clothes aren't invisible), his adventures are more comedy than thriller (with occasional grim reminders) as he makes fools of Nazi officials and romances a luscious double agent, in search of Hitler's secret plan...

The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) An eager scientist tests his new formula for invisibility on an escaped fugitive. When the formula works the criminal runs off to terrorize a family he believes cheated him out of a fortune years earlier.

Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951) Boxer Tommy Nelson is accused of killing his manager. While detectives Bud and Lou investigate they come across an invisibility formula with which Tommy injects himself rather than face the police. This sparks an idea for trapping gangster Morgan by having Lou fight champ Rocky Hanlon, with Tommy's invisible help.

Written by & starring Robin Bailes @robinbailes
Edited by Graham Trelfer
DC Classics: The Universal Invisible Man - Horror's Anti-Hero
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