The Invisible Man (Horror Movie Review)


9/10

 Cecilia runs away from home. Her ultra modern seafront mansion is nothing but a large jail created to keep her in. But as she restarts her life outside of these walls, her abusive husband dead, someone is watching her from the shadows. Someone invisible. As the world around Cecilia starts to collapse, trying to bury everyone she cares about, she realises there’s only one way to gain her freedom - to fight tooth and nail.

The sterile promotional campaign doesn't do the film justice. THE INVISIBLE MAN is gory, brutal and unbearably tense. 

 Shot on a tiny budget by Hollywood standards, 7 million dollars, the movie has a slick design, strong visual effects and memorable performances. 

 Elisabeth Moss as Cecilia is at her best, as for the most of the film she acts opposite an empty space and makes it look engaging. The effects are minimalistic, but when they are on display it’s glorious. 

 The film has a perfect mixture of silent moments of built up tension and the bloody action. The action pieces seem relentless. Where some thrillers are ready for a grand finale THE INVISIBLE MAN is only warming up.

Leigh Whannell knows how to create action sequences, he even created his own signature visual, as the camera falls together with a body, connecting to the ground with a shattering blow. He also is good with his endings - the ending of THE INVISIBLE MAN may not be what you expect it to be.

Much deeper and more complex than the marketing campaign allowed it THE INVISIBLE MAN is an excellent psychological horror that does not shy away from explicit violence and gore.

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