The Invisible Man (1933)

The Dark Hedges Film Festival is screening James Whale’s The Invisible Man (1933) to celebrate the film’s 90th anniversary.

Based on H.G. Wells novel Whale’s film sees Claude Rains play Jack Griffins, a doctor who accidently stumbles on a potion that can make him invisible.

When he reveals his new ability to his old mentor (Henry Travers) and his fiancée (Gloria Stuart), it’s clear that a side effect of the potion is insanity.

Jack goes on a violent rampage, and the police struggle to hunt him down, unable to see their target, while his mentor and his former partner (William Harrigan) desperately try to devise a plan to capture him.

This screening as part of the classic horror strand of the programme, will be introduced by Victoria Brown.