Universal Horrors - the Invisible Man

Classic Horror – The Universal Invisible Man Movies

Hi Paul,

The Universal Invisible Man Legacy Collection DVD set was one of two sets I was not able to find locally, and had to order from overseas. There are six films, on three discs, along with trailers, and a documentary on the series.

The Invisible Man (1933) was one of the very few classic 1930s horror movies that I got to see on TV in New Zealand. I bought the film on DVD, before finally getting the set, and all the sequels.

These are The Invisible Man Returns (1940); The Invisible Woman (1940); The Invisible Agent (1942); The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944); and Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951). The Invisible Man also made a very brief appearance right at the end of Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948).

Unlike the other Universal horror movies, which are clearly linked together by their main monsters, the Invisible Man (or Woman) series were more loosely connected. Different characters each come up with a new invisibility formula, or even an invisibility machine in The Invisible Woman.

The Invisible Boy (1957), by MGM, was not part of the Invisible Man series. But it did star Robby the Robot, from Forbidden Planet.

Paul Adams from New Zealand