The Invisible Man releases this week, the latest reimagining of one of Universal’s classic monster movies. Although it’s technically based on the H.G. Wells novel, the hallmarks of the story are largely recognizable thanks to the original 1933 adaptation starring Claude Rains, just as Frankenstein’s monster has become inevitably paired with the bolt-necked ogre portrayed by Boris Karloff, and Dracula has become inseparable from Bela Lugosi’s weirdly seductive caped magician. Universal created one of the first (if not the first) franchises in Hollywood history with its monster movies, and absolutely created the first cinematic …https://collider.com/the-invisible-man-universal-monsters-franchise-history/" target="_blank">Read More . . .

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