What's this about?

Lately, it seems like many of the movies/shows are just a rehash or reboot of things that have already been done. And so I started to dive into the past. It's been fun, but I find myself losing track of which ones I’ve seen and whether or not I enjoyed them. Sometimes the titles themselves just don't tell me enough to remember.

I wouldn’t have voluntarily watched a lot of these movies when I was younger. It’s strange how interests change. That goes for what I read, too. I have another blog that explores books. I’m mostly reading older fiction and memoirs, and some of the books have led me to movies/shows and vice versa. In those cases, I may post the book review over here as well.

There will be spoilers, which is different than my book reviews. That’s mostly because I want to have enough information to help me remember what I’ve seen. I’m getting older. The brain doesn’t cooperate like it used to. What can I say? The gray hairs are catching up with me!

Sunday, February 9, 2025

The Invisible Man's Revenge - 1944

For movie night this week, our Universal Monster movie was this little gem.

Some guy escapes from a mental institution and smuggles himself aboard a ship for London. I have questions about how he got himself wrapped up in that bundle and how he didn't smother to death, but they'll never be answered. He wants revenge on a family that he feels has stolen from him. The wife just happens to have sedatives lying around next to the liquor and drugs him. His incriminating paper is taken from him, and the couple send him off into the night. He meets a mad scientist with an irritating invisible parrot, and he decides to become the first human experiment. For revenge.

This movie was pretty dull overall. I think he only really killed one guy, and that was to make himself visible. He has to be visible, because the guy he wants revenge on won't hand over his daughter unless he's visible. Can't get married without being seen, ya know! For some reason, transfusing all of a person's blood is the solution. Science! Other than that, invisible guy did some weird stuff and ran with darts.

The real hero of this movie was Grey Shadow. The mad scientist was calling him Brutus in the movie, but he's credited as himself at the end, and it's a cooler name. G. S. was the mad scientist's dog, and an experiment as well. Stupid human. Anyway, later on, the scientist drains a St. Bernard to make G. S. visible again (RIP St. Bernard). Invisible Criminal sees that and learns he can be visible as well. He tries to save his master but is unsuccessful.

G. S. then goes on a series of terror attacks by tracking down the invisible dude and barking at all hours and howling. It unnerves the man like nothing else can. Eventually, he becomes the real hero of the movie. Good boy, Grey Shadow!

Anyway, if the dog wasn't in the movie, it would've been super boring. The "comedy" was pretty stupid, and I wasn't a fan. Our human "hero" was daft, and without Grey Shadow, I think this Invisible Doofus would have gotten away with a lot more.

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