Tag Archives: The Invisible Man (1933)

Sketchin’ 91

It still impresses the hell out of me how much author H. G. Wells contributed to/created within the field of science fiction.  Time travel (The Time Machine, 1895), alien invasion (War of the Worlds, 1898), genetic modification/horror (The Island of Doctor Moreau, 1896) and, of course, the concept of invisibility (The Invisible Man, 1897).

In 1933 director James Whale, who by that point hit it big with the original Frankenstein (1931) and The Old Dark House (1932) took on the Invisible Man.  The movie, which was released in 1933, had a script approved by H. G. Wells himself and the final product was a terrific work, filled with humor and horror.  The movie, like many other Universal monster films, produced many sequels.