Before we dive into this The Invisible Man Movie Review, it’s important to note that this could have just as easily been an entire post about Fear of Gaslighting. People love a good post about a colloquialism which, without understanding context, essentially means nothing on its own or gets taken literally. Gaslighting basically refers to the idea of someone doing something to someone else without their knowledge to make them start questioning and doubting themselves. An example of gaslighting would be turning the burner on a gas stove after someone has turned it off thus causing them to think they have left the gas lit. If you do want to see that post, feel free to write it yourself or even submit the idea then pretend like you came up with it!
Let’s talk about the movie itself and save the idea of future Things I Fear posts for later. From a plot overview perspective, this movie is about is a woman who manages to escape from an abusive relationship but finds she’s being tormented by someone – or something – and fears she is being haunted or stalked. It’s a really intense movie in general but sort of falls off the rails with the whole [REDACTED DUE TO OBVIOUS SPOILERS THAT NO ONE SHOULD MENTION IN AN OPENING PARAGRAPH] thing. Like 47 Meters Down, let’s dive into it, shall we?
You know when you’re scrolling through your preferred streaming platform, you sort by category, start reading the description, and think “this could be good!”. So you put the movie on and 20 minutes into it you pause, go back to the main screen and think “wait, what category is this movie?”. This movie is sort of like that because it feels like it could be horror, or thriller, and could be paranormal, or very real, and you’re not sure where it might end up. About halfway through, I was convinced this was going to be about ghosts despite the fact they never once discuss that as a serious possibility or give any indication that’s where things are headed. It’s got that real “Hereditary” vibe to it where you’re looking everywhere in the room for something you see but the character in the movie does not. Yet, there is nothing to really see because it’s not about ghosts. Well, not quite.
So the backstory of the main character and her former, abusive partner is he is some tech mogul who invents crazy things that no one else could possibly think of. He’s reclusive, worth millions of dollars, and has a dog. She is a victim of his controlling qualities but is a fan of his dog. She escapes his clutches but is terrified that he is going to find her again. Understandably so. This guy is the worst and it really is awful to think about this kind of thing does happen in real life in general. Good news though: he dies! So she finds out about his death and that she’s entitled to his inheritance per the emotionless delivery of information from his brother who is also his lawyer. Convenient. And no further details on that because anything I say will become a spoiler. In which by saying that is now also a spoiler. Let’s just say that it’s got a real Scooby-Doo ending.
Anyway, so she’s living at a friends house. The friend is actually the boyfriend of her sister who becomes estranged before becoming dead. Er. Spoiler alert. I mean not dead. So the main character is living there but has some intense PTSD & even Agoraphobia which makes her jump at every sound, person, or ghost-like encounter inside or outside of the house. Some spooky-ish things start happening which would imply a ghostly encounter is afoot. Except it isn’t a ghost. At least not through conventional definitions of the term. It’s more like one of those Marvel movies like Spiderman or whatever. And don’t you dare say “that’s a D-C!” to me because I don’t know what that means and refuse to take the time to learn about it. All of this doesn’t really matter anyway because the whole ghost thing is what drives to story forward because everyone thinks she’s insane.
So the ghost of her former abusive partner (sticking with that terminology although you can probably figure out by the title of this movie what it actually is) keeps doing things around the house to make her feel like she’s under attack. No one believes her. The ghost makes her say and do things that make her look crazy. It even writes an email pretending to be her to her still alive sister! And then it kills her sister. Ah I did it again! Ignore that last part. So she ends up in an asylum as she’s deemed criminally insane. Likely due to the fact she is blamed for murder and in terms blames it on an invisible man who is also recently deceased. Sort of hard to argue with the justice system on that one. And yet…
From inside the walls of the asylum, she tricks the invisible man into approaching her. Then she strikes and he essentially becomes a cyborg. I won’t really get into what he’s crafted and why it makes no sense in terms of the laws of physics and/or general logic but I guess it works for him. He manages to escape her clutches (and several bullets) to go attack an innocent teenage girl home alone. Really classy move. However, his plans for general calamity are thwarted. They remove his mask and…Scooby-Doo style.
The Invisible Man: Final Thoughts
That’s about it. If I write anymore, I’ll just end up rambling while spoiling the entire movie giving you no reason to want to watch it yourself. Can’t have that happen. Have you seen this movie before? What did you think of it? Take it to Facebook or even Instagram, if you’re into that sort of thing, and let me know your thoughts!
