9. The Invisible Man, 1933
The story is a bit weird, but it is great. The development of the character is amazing, from a tortured soul to a power crazed villain, he enjoys being bad just for the sake of being able to get away with it. One of the funniest of the Universal Monster movies. The screaming lady is annoying as hell, the incompetent cops and their laziness is hilarious and the suggestions of the towns people as the detective puts it: “some are good…and some are stupid”.
The special effects are great for its time, and I bet a lot of people in the movie theater were wondering how did they pulled it off.
Claude Rains was not the studio’s first choice to play the lead role in The Invisible Man. Boris Karloff was originally supposed to play the part, but withdrew after producer Carl Laemmle Jr. tried too many times to cut Karloff’s contractual salary.
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