The Invisible Man1933

87/100 Just like the last film I logged, this is a film heavily influenced by one central thing. This by no means is saying that the rest of the film is bad. The music is great and James Whale's direction is spectacular. However, the clear draw here is Claude Rains as the titular Invisible Man. Rains is great as Jack Griffin, managing to do good in the dramatic scenes (though I felt they were the weakest part of the movie) and excelling as this homicidal maniac. Its one of my favourite villain performances I've seen. He also has a surprisingly large kill count, which is pretty cool for a film this early. The special effects for Griffin's invisibility is also handled excellently, with an ingenious execution of a fun and greatly utilized idea. In addition to the Invisible Man, the film is helped along with great acting by his costars. In conclusion, the Invisible Man is a pretty good movie. I would've preferred if Jack was just like that normally instead of some magical drug making him insane, but that doesn't make a great movie worse.