Not by any stretch of the imagination is this a horror movie. It's a comedy with sci-fi and crime elements to it.
Nor is it much of a sequel to the original Universal Invisible Man movie. It has very little in common with that. The process whereby people may become invisible is different in this one (a combination of a laboratory full of electrical equipment combined with an injection), and it does not drive the person slowly insane. It's also heritable, though they never did make a Son of the Invisible Woman, mercifully, perhaps.
A rich playboy keeps a scientist his family had hired in his pay, although the playboy runs out of money. (Return of the Invisible Man did also have a scientist with the knowledge of invisibility paid by relatives of his original employers.) The scientist has not ever come up with anything useful if anything at all, but he has finally developed an invisibility process and hopes it may make his employer some money to get him out of his trouble. He places an ad for a human Guinea pig, and a female department store clothing model answers. She's looking for a bit of adventure, although the most adventurous thing she can think of to do when invisible, is to go kick her boss in the seat of the pants!
A criminal hiding out in Mexico hears of the invention, and hopes to use it to travel back to his homeland, where he is unwelcome. He's played as a very comic sort of gangster with a loud tie and bad toupee by Oscar Homolka. He sends his goons to get the machine.
The woman and the playboy seem to both want to like and not to like each other, and part of the movie is about their relationship. Almost taking it into the screwball comedy arena, really.
Anyway, while awfully silly it is also a fun movie.
Nor is it much of a sequel to the original Universal Invisible Man movie. It has very little in common with that. The process whereby people may become invisible is different in this one (a combination of a laboratory full of electrical equipment combined with an injection), and it does not drive the person slowly insane. It's also heritable, though they never did make a Son of the Invisible Woman, mercifully, perhaps.
A rich playboy keeps a scientist his family had hired in his pay, although the playboy runs out of money. (Return of the Invisible Man did also have a scientist with the knowledge of invisibility paid by relatives of his original employers.) The scientist has not ever come up with anything useful if anything at all, but he has finally developed an invisibility process and hopes it may make his employer some money to get him out of his trouble. He places an ad for a human Guinea pig, and a female department store clothing model answers. She's looking for a bit of adventure, although the most adventurous thing she can think of to do when invisible, is to go kick her boss in the seat of the pants!
A criminal hiding out in Mexico hears of the invention, and hopes to use it to travel back to his homeland, where he is unwelcome. He's played as a very comic sort of gangster with a loud tie and bad toupee by Oscar Homolka. He sends his goons to get the machine.
The woman and the playboy seem to both want to like and not to like each other, and part of the movie is about their relationship. Almost taking it into the screwball comedy arena, really.
Anyway, while awfully silly it is also a fun movie.