Gay Flowers.
March featured a variety of conversations, including the Kristen Stewart vehicle Personal Shopper (listen), Alfred Hitchcock’s Strangers on a Train (listen), and Raja Gosnell‘s live-action cartoon sequel Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (listen here).
After previously covering The Old Dark House and Bride of Frankenstein, we wrapped the month up with another James Whale classic, The Invisible Man (1933).
In the film, Jack Griffin (Claude Rains) is an egomaniac with plans to sell his invisibility formula for a fortune, but first he has to “find a way back” from invisibility with the help of scientist/love interest, Dr. Kemp (William Harrigan). Alas, Griffin’s serum has also turned him insane and murderous, and he embarks on a killing spree that will claim the highest body count of any Universal Monster title.
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Episode 275: The Invisible Man (1933)
Strip naked and knock over a baby carriage because we’re gleefully covering the Universal Monster with the biggest ego and the largest body count: James Whale’s The Invisible Man (1933).
Hear about all of the adaptation problems with H.G. Wells’ source material! Gasp at the way the FX were accomplished! Groan whenever Flora is onscreen doing absolutely nothing!
Plus: MVP Una O’Connor, Kemp’s tragic/hilarious death, and a “dick out” queer reading.
Cross out The Invisible Man!
Coming up on Wednesday: With the arrival of the new Ripley series on Netflix, we’re revisiting Anthony Minghella’s The Talented Mr. Ripley in advance of its 25th anniversary in December.
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