Remember when Universal Studios planned to remake all the Universal Monsters movies and turn them into a Marvel-esque franchise (the planned saga was called: The Dark Universe)? Man, I am so happy that didn't work out. Thank God Tom Cruise's "The Mummy" flopped as hard as it did, because we might have had another boring, artless PG-13 schlockfest instead of receiving Leigh Whannell's "The Invisible Man." As a side note, when I sat down to review this movie, I released I'd unintentionally seen all three of Whannell's films: "Insidious: Chapter III" (very blah), "Upgrade" (decent, but familiar), and now this (the best thing I've seen from him yet).
Don't get me wrong: this movie is not perfect, there are plenty of issues with it. There were dozens of times when I thought to myself, "No one would really do something like this unless it were to further the plot," or "Do people really talk to each other like that?" Still, if I had to choose between an actiony remake of a Universal Monster flick, or a more horror-based remake like this one, I'd choose this horror remake every time. While there may be dozens (and I mean dozens) of tiny problems with this movie, there are some truly great and shocking scenes, and the way this movie handles some of the crazier, more violent stuff in this movie is pretty darn awesome.
If you compare it to movies like "Hereditary" or "The Witch", this movie is laughable. I've given this a 3.5/5 Star rating, because I think this is one of the better MAINSTREAM horror movies I've seen in recent memory. It might not be as artistically intriguing as "Gretel & Hansel" or "The Lodge" (the only other horror movies I've seen from 2020 thus far), but it is a hell of a lot more fun than both of them. "The Invisible Man" won't reinvent the horror genre, but it is good escapist entertainment.
Don't get me wrong: this movie is not perfect, there are plenty of issues with it. There were dozens of times when I thought to myself, "No one would really do something like this unless it were to further the plot," or "Do people really talk to each other like that?" Still, if I had to choose between an actiony remake of a Universal Monster flick, or a more horror-based remake like this one, I'd choose this horror remake every time. While there may be dozens (and I mean dozens) of tiny problems with this movie, there are some truly great and shocking scenes, and the way this movie handles some of the crazier, more violent stuff in this movie is pretty darn awesome.
If you compare it to movies like "Hereditary" or "The Witch", this movie is laughable. I've given this a 3.5/5 Star rating, because I think this is one of the better MAINSTREAM horror movies I've seen in recent memory. It might not be as artistically intriguing as "Gretel & Hansel" or "The Lodge" (the only other horror movies I've seen from 2020 thus far), but it is a hell of a lot more fun than both of them. "The Invisible Man" won't reinvent the horror genre, but it is good escapist entertainment.