Geoffrey Radcliffe (Vincent Price) is unjustly accused of murder. Frank Griffin (John Sutton), the brother of the first Invisible Man, injects him with the invisibility potion so he can escape from prison and find the real murderer. But will he be able to find him before the potion drives him mad?
Silly and unbelievable from the beginning but fast-moving. You never really have time to think how stupid the story is. But you're watching this for the special effects--NOT the story. The special effects are incredible--even better than the first. Quite impressive for 1940.
The acting is good. Price has to do all his acting with his voice (you don't see him till the end) but he has that smooth cool voice that carries it. Seeing him at the end so young and without a moustache is quite a surprise! The rest of the cast is just OK--although Nan Grey does try to put something in her thankless love interest role. Cecil Kellaway also has a few good moments as the Chief of Police.
Still this is worth seeing for special effects alone. Just don't examine the story too closely. A 7.
Silly and unbelievable from the beginning but fast-moving. You never really have time to think how stupid the story is. But you're watching this for the special effects--NOT the story. The special effects are incredible--even better than the first. Quite impressive for 1940.
The acting is good. Price has to do all his acting with his voice (you don't see him till the end) but he has that smooth cool voice that carries it. Seeing him at the end so young and without a moustache is quite a surprise! The rest of the cast is just OK--although Nan Grey does try to put something in her thankless love interest role. Cecil Kellaway also has a few good moments as the Chief of Police.
Still this is worth seeing for special effects alone. Just don't examine the story too closely. A 7.