Nepotism, morphine and secret homoeroticism: The bizarre history of Universal’s movie monsters
The IndependentSign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The Invisible Man, based on HG Wells’s novel and the 1933 Universal movie starring Claude Rains, is the latest film to update an iconic property. open image in gallery A symbol of toxic masculinity: Elisabeth Moss in ‘The Invisible Man’ Boris Karloff had acted in 80 films before being cast in a role Lugosi had rejected: Frankenstein’s Monster. He A decline in Universal’s horror output after the Laemmles’s departure led to undeniably gimmicky films like Son of Frankenstein, which united Karloff and Lugosi and made the Monster mute again. This latest woman-centric spin on The Invisible Man will provide a far different take from Rains in 1933, and won’t include the stylistic German Expressionist sets or lighting that once defined a Universal film’s look.
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