The Invisible Man
Returns (1940)
Directed by Joe May
this sequel based on the H. G. Wells character stars Sir Cedric
Hardwicke, Vincent Price and Nan Grey. The brother of the original
invisible man turns a friend invisible so he can escape the hang man
and find who really committed the murder he is accused of.
It took Universal
seven years to come up with a sequel to the original film and that is
probably because there is really no room for a sequel given how the
previous film ends. Despite the slightly tenuous links to the
previous film the plot of this film is not that bad even if it is not
especially good and seems to have most of the same supporting
characters under different names. The invisibility special effects
are still the main draw here but are used fairly sparingly this time
round and of course are not as revolutionary.
3/5
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