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The Invisible Ray (1936) dir. Lambert Hillyer
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The Invisible Ray (1936)
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Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in The Invisible Ray (1936)
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Bela Lugosi as Dr. Felix Benet in The Invisible Ray 1936
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On July 13, 1936, The Invisible Ray debuted in the United Kingdom.
#the invisible ray#united kingdom#bela lugosi#classic film#horror#horror movies#horror sci fi#universal monsters#sci fi art#horror art#movie art#art#drawing#movie history
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Dread by the Decade: The Invisible Ray
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★★½
Plot: A brilliant astronomer driven mad by radiation embarks on a quest for revenge.
Review: This run-of-the-mill science fiction tale is made frustrating by its racist tropes and refusal to explore its more unique ideas.
Year: 1936 Genre: Sci-Fi Horror Country: United States Language: English Runtime: 1 hour 19 minutes
Director: Lambert Hillyer Writer: John Colton Cinematographer: George Robinson Editor: Bernard Burton Composer: Franz Waxman Cast: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton, Violet Kemble Cooper, Walter Kingsford
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Story: 2.5/5 - Abandons its most interesting concepts in favor of a generic revenge plot and tired mad scientist tropes.
Performances: 2.5/5 - Most of the actors are professional but none are particularly evocative. Lugosi is oddly flat.
Cinematography: 3.5/5 - One of the film's greatest strengths, with well-balanced shot composition and good shadow usage.
Editing: 3.5/5 - Coherent with good dissolves.
Music: 3/5
Effects & Props: 4/5 - Memorable effects, including sparks, melting rock, and laser beams.
Sets: 3/5 - Generic save for great, if underutilized, lab and castle sets.
Costumes, Hair, & Make-Up: 3/5
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Trigger Warnings:
Mild violence
Racist depiction of black African people
Uncritical portrayal of European colonialism
Animal death
#The Invisible Ray (1936)#The Invisible Ray#Lambert Hillyer#American#Dread by the Decade#review#1930s
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The Invisible Ray
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The Invisible Ray was released on January 20, 1936.
#BelaLugosi #BorisKarloff
#horror #HorrorMovies #thriller
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The Invisible Ray (1936)
"It was on such a night that Janos first caught his ray from Andromeda. Your father worked the guides. I held the detecting lens and... never saw again."
"Dear Mother Rukh."
"My son will not learn until too late, I fear, that the universe is very large, and there are some secrets we are not meant to probe."
#the invisible ray#1936#horror film#universal monster cycle#(at least tangentially)#lambert hillyer#john colton#howard higgin#douglas hodges#boris karloff#bela lugosi#frances drake#frank lawton#violet kemble cooper#walter kingsford#beulah bondi#frank reicher#paul weigel#georges renavent#franz waxman#enormously fun mad doctor mayhem which is let down by a pervasive element of racist caricature in the middle section‚ as the action moves#to Africa and brings with it all the suffocating colonial baggage that you might expect from a 1936 film (but which is absolutely no less#disappointing for it). the beginning and end are brilliant tho; amazing laboratory sets‚ cool and inventive sci fi visuals‚ dark and stormy#nights. and of course we have our two horror titans to enjoy: Karloff wide eyed and tragic‚ Lugosi bearded and seductive...#there is more emotional heft and greater poignancy here than many of these films achieve‚ and some little individual moments of beauty#(Karloff's mother's reaction‚ after having her sight restored‚ to seeing her own hands for the first time in many years is quite special)#even Walter Kingsford's comic turn is entertaining and this would stand as one of the best universal uses of Lugosi and Karloff's talents#if only it weren't for that dispiriting and patronising depiction of the African locals in that middle section.. an unfortunate shadow cast#over a nearly brilliant example of Universal's 30s horror hodgepodges
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The Invisible Ray (1936) dir. Lambert Hillyer
#the invisible ray#lambert hillyer#boris karloff#frances drake#horrorstills#horroredit#1930s#horror#caps#*#*theinvisibleray
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My Top 5 Favorite Boris Karloff Movies (That AREN'T The Mummy or Frankenstein)
#tis the season to be spooky#boris karloff#classic horror#classic movies#horror movies#youll find out#the invisible ray#the black cat#isle of the dead#the walking dead#video#Youtube
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Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff in The Invisible Ray (1936)
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