The invisible takes revenge
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| German title | The invisible takes revenge |
| Original title | The Invisible Man's Revenge |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1944 |
| length | 75 minutes |
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| Director | Ford Beebe |
| script | Bertram Millhauser |
| production | Ford Beebe |
| music | Hans J. Salter |
| camera | Milton R. Krasner |
| cut | Saul A. Goodkind |
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The Invisible Man's Revenge (original title: The Invisible Man's Revenge ) is a US -American Horror - / science fiction film directed by Ford Beebe from the year 1944. The Universal production is loosely based on HG Wells ' novel The Invisible Man , and is the fourth sequel to the film The Invisible One (1933).
action
After spending several years in Africa, Robert Griffin returns to London convinced that his then partners Irene and Jasper Herrick had cheated him out of his stake in a diamond mine in Mozambique. He visits her in their house in the evening and confronts her. When Griffin tries to claim the Herricks' entire fortune and threatens them with legal action, they expel him from the house.
Griffin later runs into Dr. Drury, an eccentric doctor. Drury shows interest in Griffin and asks him to stay for dinner. Drury's results of his experiments with invisibility can be seen there. a. a sheepdog and a parrot, which he made invisible. Despite Drury's half-hearted warnings - Drury himself is driven by his curiosity - that the invisibility serum has never been used on humans, Griffin insists - intrigued by the new possibilities - that the serum be injected. When the experiment succeeds, Griffin immediately leaves Drury's house to visit the Herricks again. Now invisible and at gunpoint, he forces Jasper Herrick to sign a statement with which he writes over all his assets to Griffin.
After Griffin has enjoyed the invisibility for some time, he uses "unfair" methods to help a friend win a game of darts . Drury up to make him visible again. Drury says this is impossible because it would require someone else's blood. In addition, it is uncertain whether and how long the effects of the foreign blood will last. The two get into an argument in the course of which Drury is crushed. Griffin now performs a blood transfusion, from which Drury eventually dies.
Back at the Herricks, Griffin notices during dinner with Julie, the Herrick's daughter, and local reporter Mark Foster, that he is gradually becoming invisible again. He escapes, uses a trick to lure Foster into the basement, knocks him down there and begins, as with Dr. Drury to perform a blood transfusion. However, the police are able to break open the cellar door before the blood transfusion is complete. Dr. Drury's German Shepherd, who previously witnessed Drury's death. He charges Griffin and inflicts fatal bite wounds, while Mark Foster barely survives.
Reviews
"Dull, long-winded new edition of the well-known mixture of horror and crime film, in which at most a few trick-technical trickery pieces stand out."
German publication
The film was not shown in German-speaking cinemas. Although the film was shown several times on television in German-speaking countries - first on August 14, 1986 on WDR - it was not available on DVD for a long time. On October 16, 2015, the Turbine Classics label released a box of all “ The Invisible ” films on DVD and Blu-ray Disc .
background
As with the films in the Invisible series, three-time Oscar winner John P. Fulton and his colleague David S. Horsley were responsible for the special effects . The scene when Griffin flees while eating is a milestone in trick technology. For the first time a scene was filmed in which an “invisible person” acts in front of a moving camera.
The invisible takes revenge is considered to be a below-average contribution of the invisible series. Despite the convincing special effects, this was attributed to a lack of elaboration of the characters' motivation and a script with occasional logical breaks.
The main character's last name, Robert Griffin, makes reference to Jack Griffin ( The Invisible Man ) and Dr. Frank Griffin ( The Invisible Returns ). However, possible family relationships are not discussed.
Edgar Barrier was originally intended for the role of Jasper Herrick. Barrier, who was dissatisfied with his development at Universal, announced his cancellation four days before shooting began. He was replaced at short notice by Lester Matthews.
See also
In the black-and-white era, a total of six films based more or less loosely on H. G. Wells' novel about the invisible were made. The invisible takes revenge is the fifth film in the series:
- 1933 The Invisible Man (starring Claude Rains and Gloria Stuart , directed by James Whale )
- 1940 The Invisible Man Returns (stars Cedric Hardwicke and Vincent Price , directed by Joe May )
- 1940 The Invisible Woman (stars Virginia Bruce and John Barrymore , directed by A. Edward Sutherland )
- 1942 - The Invisible Agent (starring Ilona Massey , Jon Hall and Peter Lorre , directed by Edwin L. Marin )
- 1944 - The Invisible One Takes Revenge (Starring Jon Hall and Leon Errol, directed by Ford Beebe)
- 1951 - In Sherlock Holmes' footsteps (starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello , directed by Charles Lamont )
literature
- HG Wells : The Invisible One . Roman (Original title: The Invisible Man ). German by Brigitte Reiffenstein and Alfred Winternitz. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag (dtv), Munich 2004, 224 pages, ISBN 3-423-13175-6
Web links
- The Invisible Man's Revenge in the Internet Movie Database (English)