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The Invisible Man (1933) - James Whale

The Invisible Man from 1933 is a heavyweight horror movie. James Whale and   Carl Laemmle Jr. team   up once again to bring you a story written by H.G. Wells. If that line-up isn't enough to get you running  out   to see the movie then maybe the special effects  will . This movie is not scary, however it does have a mad scientist James Whale is definitely one of the pioneers  of early Horror cinema. Like Tod Browning before him, Whale can really bring the goods. Whale has directed movies   like Frankenstein and The Old Dark House,  but   this has got to be his crowning achievement. He is definitely one of the greatest horror directors of all time. The movie is about a  scientist that has gone off his rocker,   played by Claude Raines, who designs a potion that can make him invisible. Of course  this  potion  drives him right out of his mind  and makes him incredibly power hungry, uttering the phrase  "The world will grovel at my feet." The movie was i