The Invisible Man was a sensation when it came out in the 1930's, and spawned several sequels quickly. Previously in the blog I reviewed The Invisible Agent, and I enjoyed it enough. This is all from a five film set that I'm periodically renting from the library.
I had a hard time guessing the year of this, and first and foremost, for 1940, this looks damn good. It's a "simple" effect, but that still means they're quite literally cutting the actress out of certain film stock, and replacing her with something else. Additionally of course there are the wires holding things up, but overall, shit this looks pretty good.
The Invisible Woman took the series in the direction of comedy, and ya know, I laughed like maybe 3 times. It's not as bad as one might assume. Virginia Bruce, John Barrymore, John Howard, and others star in this, the third in the series. It's pretty simple.
There's a scientist who's being privately funded by a broke bachelor, and science guy puts a post in the newspaper looking for a willing subject for the invisible injection. A young plucky model responds to the post, and soon enough she's there being injected and turning invisible. The mob is after the bachelor guy and soon get involved while in the meantime, she's invisible and that's the main spectacle.
Barely over an hour, this installment is fine. It's quick paced, lighthearted, and funny. The effects aren't as good as some others, and especially the disrobing scenes aren't up to the original Invisible Man film, but for 1940 it's fucking great. I don't think I'll ever need to watch all five of these, but it's fun every once in a while. I give it 3.
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