Steinesongo Too many fans seem to be blown away

Tockinit not horrible nor great

UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Mabel Munoz Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Woodyanders Eccentric scientist Dr. Drury (a nicely quirky and lively portrayal by John Carradine) tests his in visibility formula on wanted fugitive Robert Griffin (a solid performance by Jon Hall), who uses his newfound invisible status to get revenge on his former friends who cheated him out of a fortune in diamonds.Director Ford Beebe relates the engrossing story at a quick pace, maintains a generally serious tone throughout, and further spices things up with amusing moments of amiable humor, with an inspired darts game sequence rating as the definite comic highlight. Moreover, it's acted with zest by an able cast: Leon Errol as hearty old rascal Herbert, Alan Curtis as snoopy reporter Mark Foster, Evelyn Ankers as the sweet Julie Herrick, Gale Sondergaard as the duplicitous Irene, Lester Matthews as shady nobleman Sir Jasper, and Halliwell Hobbes as fussy butler Cleghorn. The special effects run hot and cold. Both Milton R. Krashner's moody cinematography and Hans J. Salter's robust score are up to par. An entertaining movie.

Rainey Dawn To me this is one of the best films in The Invisible Man series. This 5th film is more in the vein or spirit of the first two films: Invisible Man (1933) and The Invisible Man Returns (1940). This 5th film "Revenge" has a feeling of being the Invisible Man again. The Invisible Woman (1940) was a cute comedy while Invisible Agent (1942) focus was on war.Like the first two films, The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944) is a sci-fi horror peppered with comedy. I highly enjoyed this particular installment of the "family" of Invisible films.The Invisible Bird and Dog in home of Doctor Peter Drury are fun. The Invisible Man himself, Robert Griffin, is quite mad and twisted as Dr. Jack Griffin and Geoffrey Radcliffe."Revenge" is worth watching - and, to me, an underrated film in the series.9/10

telegonus The Invisible Man's Revenge is rather Horror Lite from Universal pictures, 1944. As horrors go, there are a lot better but certainly a whole lot worse. This picture has the advantage of not taking itself too seriously. While I wouldn't call it a comedy the presence of comic actor Leon Errol (who's excellent, btw), nudges it in that direction, at least some of the time.The movie starts out quite well, and early on takes on some of the trappings of a Sherlock Holmes picture due to some familiar sets and supporting player. It's established early on as a revenge story, with American Jon Hall (cast as a Brit, unless I missed something) returning to England for his share of a fortune in diamonds he was cheated our of by his former friends and business associates.Enter John Carradine--on a dark and stormy night, no less--and the invisibility aspects of the story begin to take shape. Carradine is quite good as a mad doctor who had learned to make thing invisible, which comes in handy for Jon Hall. What ensues is a fairly by the number horror cum crime picture, well acted by all. That the film is handsome to look at helps enormously.This movie is not a direct sequel to any of the early Invisible Man pictures that preceded it. Universal never seemed to know quite man to do with the invisibility business established in the 1933 The Invisible Man; and they played fast and loose with it, on and off, for nearly another twenty years till the inevitable meeting with Abbott and Costello. The Invisible Man's Revenge is a lot better than that, and just as good as the first sequel in the series.

simeon_flake Well, when deciding on my least favorite Universal horror, it's usually a photo finish between "House of Dracula" and this film. I think my problem here with "Invisible Man's Revenge" is that you have what appears to be a distinguished cast, but no one who really stands out with a stellar performance--or maybe more to the point, no one who comes across as affable or easy to root for.And that's not to say that I don't enjoy a character who is devoid of sympathy--I very much enjoy Lugosi's Count Dracula--but here, I feel it would help if the Robert Griffin character was in some way likable or sympathetic, but Jon Hall just comes across as a man with no redeeming qualities who will kill on the drop of a hat if someone crosses him in even the slightest way.Which brings me back to a point I brought up in another review--why didn't Lon Chaney play the Invisible Man; given that Universal tapped Chaney to play every other fright character for them, I think Lon could have given this role the touch of pathos it probably needed.The rest of the cast is pretty unremarkable, based on performance--John Carradine gives what may be the best performance in the picture as the "Mad" doctor who creates invisible animals as well as the Invisible Man. Evelyn Ankers is as pretty as ever but mostly wasted here in this movie- -no screams of horror from the great Ms. Ankers either (a pity)."The Invisible Man's Revenge" is definitely the runt of the Universal horror litter and a film I don't play often, but--if you're a serious horror fan--it wouldn't hurt to give it a look or two.4 stars