The Invisible

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From the producers of The Sixth Sense comes the gripping suspense-filled mystery, The Invisible. Nick Powell is a handsome young writer with a future as bright as he is. Then one tragic night he's brutally attacked and left for dead — except he's not. He's trapped in a ghostly limbo where no one can see or hear him. Except for Annie, the one person who must get closer to Nick in order to save him from beyond his worst nightmare. If together they can quickly solve the mystery of his murder before it is too late, there's a chance he'll live again.

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Movie Trailer better than ACTUAL movie.

The Invisible [Blu-ray]
Starring: Marcia Gay Harden , Callum Keith Rennie , Christopher Marquette , Michelle Harrison , and Justin Chatwin
Director: David S. Goyer
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
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ASIN: B000TAN90E
Release Date: 2007-10-16

Customer Reviews:

Movie Trailer better than ACTUAL movie........2007-08-19

this was by far one of the worst movies i have seen. I remember watching the movie trailer thinking that this movie was going to be...good, at most. I went with some friends to watch it... bad mistake. Not only was the movie boring, but many of the scenes from the trailer were deleted. Movie trailer advertised a movie that never really... existed. Dont purchase, save your money.

The Police - LIVE - Ghost in the Machine

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Good, not great
More PLEASE!
Good DVD for big fans...
Only a Transitional Period for The Police!...
For Die-Hards Only

The Police - LIVE - Ghost in the Machine

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ASIN: B000BRSH8E

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One of the greatest rock bands ever, The Police are at their very best in a RARE Live concert performance recorded at Gateshead, England on July 31, 1982. It features Sting on bass guitar and lead vocals, Andy Summers on lead guitars, and Stewart Copeland on drums. Over 90 minutes of Live Footage!! TRACKS: 1) Message In A Bottle; 2) Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic; 3)Walking On The Moon; 4) Spirits In The Material World; 5) Hungry For You (J'aurais Toujours Faim De Toi); 6) When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around; 7) The Bed's Too Big Without You; 8) De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da; 9) Demolition Man; 10) Shadows In The Rain; 11) Driven To Tears; 12) Bring On The Night; 13) One World (Not Three); 14) Invisible Sun; 15) Roxanne; 16) Don't Stand So Close To Me; 17) Can't Stand Losing You - Reggatta De Blanc- Be My Girl, Sally 18) So Lonely. ++++ DVD FEATURES: This officially released DVD from South Korea is All-Region NTSC Code 0 (plays worldwide), provides Full Screen display and Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Sound in ENGLISH with optional (removable) Korean subtitles.

Customer Reviews:

Good, not great.......2007-09-15

Ghost in the Machine is my favorite album, but unfortunately Sting decided to use horn section instead of hiring a decent keyboard player for this tour and that was a huge mistake. The horns are annoying most of the time and add nothing to the songs.

However, there are some songs that work: "Bring on the Night", "Demolition Man" and "Shadows in the Rain" are all enjoyable and its the Police after all so even an average show by the Police is not to be missed.

I am still waiting for the day they release the "Shea Stadium" 8/18/83 as it was their most historic concert.

And instead of watching a DVD go see them in concert! They are touring after all... :)

More PLEASE!.......2007-09-02

With the Police reunion in full swing (albeit unaffordable for me, even on a physician's salary!) those of us who worshipped the Police in the 80's can only hope that Sting and the boys will dig into the boxes for some old live footage and bring us some new DVD's. A redone "Police Around the World" would be nice and some pre-Synchronicity live shows would be awesome. I have a poor quality recording of the Police in Chile from the Ghost in the Machine tour that is just awesome from a concert standpoint, though the quality is awful (I compiled it from YouTube videos and burned it myself). Which brings us to this DVD...the quality is pretty good. I agree with others that the instrument mix was a failed experiment...the horns and Sting's footpedal organ are more distracting than helpful to the music. Sting was obviously tired of what he could accomplish with a 3 piece band, and trying to see what he could come up with. My Chile concert shows that he could make it work...and it certainly worked fine when I saw them in Greensboro during this tour. Speaking of annoying, Sting takes a bite of something like a powdered donut during the show and the lingering powder at the corner of his mouth is funny and annoying. Even rock gods can look silly. Then again, maybe this is why this video is not in wide production...I'm sure Sting was quite pissed that they payed for a video crew for this show and ended up with powdered sugar on his face! Overall, with no other DVD's readily available, I am glad to have this one. While I thought the Synchronicity concert was awesome when I saw it live, looking back at the DVD, the earlier iterations of the Police were much more organic in terms of the music and the band's interactions on stage.

Good DVD for big fans..........2007-08-04

This probably wouldn't be the biggest hit with the more casual fans, but it is a nice show to have for the bigger fans who want as much as they can get from a favorite band. Being one of the people who want to see and hear all that I can, I loved it. However, if you're more of a casual Police fan, go for the Synchronicity concert first, and then try to catch the bootlegs and such.

Only a Transitional Period for The Police!..........2007-07-27

It's been said that The Police is coming in August to play again in Mexico, but the first time was in 1980 when I saw a concert of The Police Live in the city of Mexico, playing the songs of their then latest album "Zenyatta Mondatta". The gig was a real spontaneous magical moment. Everybody were exited as the songs gone bye with the high driving energy of a ¡trio!: Stewart Copeland, a maravellous rhythmic drummer owner of a great technic; Andy Summers, a creative guitarist who's powerful cool chords where the perfect asset for the band's arrangements; and Gordon Summer (who is known better as "Sting") with an enigmatic personality, amaze for his bass lines that gave good melodies to the Rock Genre.

The Ghost in the machine concert is a transitional musical stage for The Police Guys; it's a little strange gig for the way that sting performs in the stage while he's eating a pineapple or playing the taurus pedals out of time in the first track "Message In A Bottle" (the Taurus pedals' idea is good) or the adition of a keyboard next to Andy Summers' side that he almost never played, but overall the music is really fantastic and well played by the band. The horn section is a great asset for the support of the songs, and it's a more natural way to enrich the music of a Rock group. I really prefer to see The Police this way than in the last Atlanta's concert with less Rock and roll feel. I'm not a die hard fan, but at least in this concert their effort is more apreciated in songs like "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic", "Spirits In The Material World" or "Invisible Sun", where we can realize about the difficulty to present and perform overdubbed studio material that It's not the same in a live situation. Great!... By the other side the perform of songs like "Don't Stand So Close To Me", "When The World Is Running Down..." or "The Do Do Do The Da Da Da" are amazing without forget the classic songs of their first and second albums like "Roxanne" or "Walking in the moon". So Good Luck!...

For Die-Hards Only.......2007-03-28

I was actually at a show from this tour and it seemed a lot better than represented here.

This is cool for a time capsule, and there are some okay performances of some songs, but they're undercut by the bad mix and iffy camera work.

Oh, and then those horns. Thank God THAT idea never took hold after this tour. Eeesh.

The only thing worse than the horns was Sting's foot-synth which he uses on a couple of songs. The effect, in a word: tragic. It sounds more like a car alarm than a good musical idea.

Far, far superior is the Synchronicity concert--buy that.

AND wait for "Police Around the World" to come out on DVD. That is the best document of early Police and has killer performances from all over the world.

Ghost Of Dragstrip Hollow/The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (Midnite Movies Double Feature)

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Great B movies
Ghost in the Invisible Bikini is Awesome
The Endest, Man!
drive in maddness
The Ghosts Are Lose In 2 Great Teen Classics Now On DVD

Ghost Of Dragstrip Hollow/The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (Midnite Movies Double Feature)
Starring: Jody Fair , Russ Bender , Henry McCann , Martin Braddock , and Elaine DuPont
Director: William J. Hole Jr. , and Don Weis
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
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ASIN: B0007MHFHW
Release Date: 2005-02-15

Description

THE GHOST IN THE INVISIBLE BIKINI: Original Theatrical Trailer

Customer Reviews:

Great B movies.......2007-06-08

If you like B movies with lots of camp this is one for your collection.

Ghost in the Invisible Bikini is Awesome.......2006-12-04

I haven't seen the other one, but the Ghost in the Invisible Bikini is really great. All of the songs are really catchy and watching all of the lame background dancers is a hoot. Plus Nancy Sinatra is so cute in this movie! I would recommend this film to anyone who's into quality camp.

The Endest, Man!.......2005-09-04

"Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow" looks like "Leave It To Beaver" with souped-up jalopies. Square, brainy teens into automotive combustion lose the lease on their hang-out but quickly acquire new digs--but it's haunted, dig? A few funny double-entrendres(and a sassy parrot)keep this thing watchable, but it's really no better than your average sitcom. The nostalgia is amusing, what with clean-cut kids facing off at the weekend slumber party, but it's too short--and when two feuding girls duel it out with their racing cars to settle their differences, we aren't even privvy to the match! The music is OK, but the awkward, self-conscious teen-nobodys that dot the cast are unintentionally funny.
"Ghost in the Invisible Bikini" has Tommy Kirk, Deborah Walley, Harvey Lembeck, Nancy Sinatra, Susan Hart, Patsy Kelley and Boris Karloff--and still it's a dud! American International was apparently hurtin' for one last 'Beach Party' and this is the best they could do. Why Sinatra's boyfriend Goo-Goo keeps ditching her for that shapeless redhead is more a mystery than why Susan Hart(as the ghost)is donning the dopiest-looking blonde wig in B-cinema history.
Both films contain a completely different song each entitled "Geronimo" for reasons I can't fathom, although Nancy Sinatra's entry wins(and she looks cute shimmying poolside!).

drive in maddness.......2005-08-09

The first film,"GHOST OF DRAGSTRIP HOLLOW" is a little slow and corny with square teens hanging out at there local malt shop.
The fun begins when they have a girls pajama party and then go to a spooky old house to have a costume party.And that parrot{the comedy relief} with the punch lines is funny and annoying at times.

The ,"GHOST IN THE INVISIBLE BIKINI" is the better of the 2 films!
Borris Karloff plays a small role but it's fun seeing Borris in anything.The kids aren't as square in this film and the Haunted House is kool!!
This film reminds me a lot of the tv show the MONKEES.It would also be fun to watch at your local Drive In theatre on a stormy summer night with the gang ,a few beers and your sweetie on your arm!

The Ghosts Are Lose In 2 Great Teen Classics Now On DVD.......2005-08-09

If you like teen classics, with ghosts than these 2 movies are great for you.

SIDE A: Ghost Of Dragstrip Hollow. Roadster members of the famous drag-racing Kenith Club have blown a gasket since they wern't able to pay the rent and were thrown out of their groovy garage hangout. But luckily for them, a sweet old lady benefactor will let them user he house... only one problem though, it's haunted, and the only way to get rid of those eveil lil ghosts is to scare them out. Count on these Dragstrip racing teen's to get rid of the ghosts, in this pedal-to-the-medal thriller comedy. That really separated the chicks from the chickens!

SIDE B: The Ghost IN The Invisible Bikini. Poor dead Hiram (Boris Karloff)... he only has 24 hours to do a good dead or he won't be able to go to heaven! Happily, help arrives in the forum of a bikini-clad, vixen (Susan Hart)! Together, she and Hiram try to foil the plans of a dastardly lawyer (Basil Rathbone) hellbent on doing away with Hiram's teenage heirs and their entourage of Watusi-dancing, and singing friends before the reading of his will! From beach house to house of horrors, this fast and furious beach film will delight you, and startle you.

These are 2 Great Teen Flicks finally on dvd, if you want something fun to show the family, put this dvd in tonight, your whole family will love these 2 great films.

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not worth the money
Strange... but kinda funny!
If you like to waste time and money

School Spirit
Starring: Tom Nolan , Elizabeth Foxx , Larry Linville , Roberta Collins , and Michael Miller
Director: Alan Holleb
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ASIN: B000BRMMIK
Release Date: 2005-12-26

Description

The only thing keeping Billy Batson from the girl of his dreams is one little car ride. He soon finds that speeding won't get him there any faster as he dies in a head-on collision. But he soon finds how pleasing the afterlife can be when he returns to the school as a ghost, making his first stop the girls' locker room!

Customer Reviews:

not worth the money.......2007-07-16

This movie was everything that being a young teen in the 80's revolves around, waiting for that one 5 second shower scene to play. I think I would rather watch the original punisher movie and punish myself before I wasted money on this.

Strange... but kinda funny!.......2004-12-07

This is one those 80's films that video stores would put next to popular titles like "Meatballs", "Porky's", and "Screwballs" hoping that they would attract the same customers and i guess they did, because i fell for it.

Now i really don't remember the film that well, but i bought it recently (still waiting for it!) so i guess i'll just tell you what i do remember. It's takes place in a high school (duh!) and there's this student who dies (don't remember how but it's a stupid death) then comes back and realizes that nobody sees him. Awesome! Look for him in the shower of the girls locker room (like the Dvd cover), lifting up their skirts in the hallways, and getting back at other students who tormented him when he was alive.

Now i know there was a point to this film, but back in the 80's as a young kid..i really didn't care, i guess i just wanted to laugh and see a little T & A (didn't we all?) and i guess it had both so i enjoyed it.

Now being a bit older, i'm curious to see how this movie aged so i guess we'll have to wait till i get the movie in the mail.

Wait....I JUST GOT IT!!

If you like to waste time and money.......2004-08-05

This is one of..no wait, the worste 80's b movie I've ever seen, and I've seen alot. From the cover of the movie you may get some crazy ideas, but don't let the cover fool you. There is one good lockerroom seen, but it only last for a couple of seconds, and the other 89 minutes or so of the movie has a bad plot, screen writing and acting.

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not worth the money
Strange... but kinda funny!
If you like to waste time and money

School Spirit
Starring: Tom Nolan , Elizabeth Foxx , Larry Linville , Roberta Collins , and Michael Miller
Director: Alan Holleb
Manufacturer: New Concorde
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ASIN: B0000UX5JS
Release Date: 2004-03-23

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not worth the money.......2007-07-16

Strange... but kinda funny!.......2004-12-07

Now being a bit older, i'm curious to see how this movie aged so i guess we'll have to wait till i get the movie in the mail.

Wait....I JUST GOT IT!!

If you like to waste time and money.......2004-08-05

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7 a.k.a. Jungle Spirit

Manufacturer: CustomFlix
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ASIN: B000NVL8G6
Release Date: 2007-03-02

Description

Jane is not the first reporter for a Malaysian Newspaper to investigate the mysterious murders of young girls over the last 20 years, but she is the first to know of Amachi_s dreams. Her investigations lead her to supernatural and unexplainable connections to a group of hostages, taken by Japanese soldiers in WWII that never returned, lost on a Malaysian Island. As she is drawn deeper and deeper into the unknown, the unknown comes to know her, to haunt her and to stalk her. Is she the next victim? The police know the answer but don_t interfere. They dare not. Are they part of the part of the conspiracy?

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Invisible Ghost is surprisingly good, but The Gorilla is best left forgotten

Invisible Ghost / The Gorilla
Starring: Invisible Ghost , and Gorilla
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ASIN: B0006BATZ4
Release Date: 2005-10-25

Product Description

Invisible Ghost - Out of the darkness comes the ear-piercing cry of a terrified girl... The Gorilla - When a wealthy man (Atwill) is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate...

Customer Reviews:

Invisible Ghost is surprisingly good, but The Gorilla is best left forgotten.......2006-06-11

Bela Lugosi was compelled to make a number of poor films during his down and out years, but 1941's Invisible Ghost should not be counted among them. While this is the first of Bela's infamous "Monogram Nine," it's actually a pretty interesting film, and one that allows Bela's star power to shine in several of its many facets. This talented actor could be quite the charmer in the right cinematic environment, as he proved in Dracula, and the role of Charles Kessler in Invisible Ghost provided him with an opportunity to showcase the warm, genteel aspect of his nature alongside the legendary horror prowess that made him famous. Of course, Kessler's a little bit odd - he does, after all, enjoy a serious dinner with his wife on the anniversary of their marriage, despite the fact that he has not seen her since she left him (and supposedly died) several years earlier - but he's a most sympathetic character with a wonderful daughter, a respected position in the community, and a most amiable personal nature.

Unfortunately, Kessler's home is quickly becoming a house of horrors. The first victim is the new maid, and her death complicates matters a great deal. We the viewers know who killed her because we watched the murder as it happened. Circumstantial evidence, however, leads the cops to charge Ralph Dickson (John McGuire), who just so happens to be the serious boyfriend of Kessler's daughter Virginia (Polly Ann Young), with this murder most foul. As additional murders follow, you can only wonder who will be next and when the authorities will figure out what we already know - the true identity of the murderer. You might think that your foreordained knowledge of the murderer would make Invisible Ghost a boring affair, but it really doesn't - largely thanks to Bela Lugosi's incredible performance (and a certain plot point I found rather shocking).

Joseph H. Lewis also deserves a lot of credit for making this film rise above its B-movie origins. As director, he maintains the gloomy atmosphere throughout, and he also gives us some unusual but wonderfully effective camera angles - including a truly memorable one through the flames of a fireplace. The lighting also wonderfully accentuates the whole effect of several Bela Lugosi close-ups (and no one has ever done close-ups like Bela Lugosi did). I will go so far as to tell you the butler didn't do it, but said butler (played by Clarence Muse) deserves special mention, as well. Rather than serve as stereotypical grist for the Hollywood mill, this African-American character was presented with seriousness and respect - quite a rarity for films of this particular era.

It's just unfortunate that the rest of Lugosi's films for Monogram lacked the kind of script and talent Invisible Ghost provided - this first of Lugosi's "Monogram Nine" is far and away the best of the lot. I would place this high on the second tier of Lugosi's most impressive performances.

The Gorilla, however, does not do much to warm the cockles of any Bela Lugosi fan's heart. Not only does it assign Lugosi a secondary role, it's just not a very good film.
As much a comedy as a murder mystery, it's more of a vehicle for the Ritz Brothers and their slapstick antics. Most folks say that this was a bad vehicle for the comedy trio and that they really could deliver laughs aplenty, so I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt. I've never seen the Ritz Brothers in anything before, but you'd have to have a really big funny bone to find much humor in all the bumbling around you'll find here.

Since this story, based on a play from the 1920s, had already been brought to cinematic life twice already, somebody at 20th Century Fox decided to bring in the Ritz Brothers and play it for laughs as much as suspense. Actually, there isn't all that much suspense to begin with. Some killer calling himself "the Gorilla" has been murdering folks all over town, making the cops look pretty inept in the process (since he tends to warn his intended victim a full 24 hours in advance). The latest target is Walter Stevens (Lionel Atwill), a fairly well-to-do guy who, we learn, happens to be heavily in debt. His niece (and co-beneficiary of Stevens' brother's will) Norma (Anita Louise) and her beau Jack Marsden (Edward Norris) just so happen to be on hand for the occasion, which has prompted Stevens to hire the Ritz Brothers to protect him. As the appointed hour approaches, there are plenty of wall-tapping, secret room-hopping shenanigans throwing the intrepid detectives off, and - wouldn't you just know it? - a real gorilla has escaped and headed right for the Stevens estate.

The Gorilla is an incredibly average film. It's certainly watchable, but nothing all that interesting or humorous ever happens. The main draw of the film today is the presence of Bela Lugosi as Stevens' butler. It's rather sad to watch such a talented actor as Lugosi play such a subordinate role in a film, but - as always - he steps up and delivers in a big way, despite the banality of the movie as a whole. Besides Lugosi, I think Lionel Atwill is quite a fine actor, but the most memorable player in this whole droll affair is Patsy Kelly, who plays Stevens' maid. She eventually becomes rather annoying due to her proclivity for delivering more and more one-liners as her general state of fear increases, but she's about the only character on hand with a discernible spark of life in her.

Horror and comedy can only bond effectively in the most special of circumstances, and the formula really just doesn't work in The Gorilla. Bela Lugosi certainly deserved better, and I can only hope that others are correct in saying that the Ritz Brothers were actually funny in some of their other films.

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Marengo's version of "Invisible Ghost" can't be beat!
Good value DVD has varying quality.
Low-Budget Bela
Invisible Ghost / Corpse Vanishes (DVD)
Bela Lugosi Classics

Invisible Ghost/The Corpse Vanishes
Starring: Bela Lugosi , Luana Walters , Tristram Coffin , Elizabeth Russell , and Minerva Urecal
Director: Wallace Fox , and Joseph H. Lewis
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ASIN: B00004WL4P
Release Date: 2000-11-28

Product Description

INVISIBLE GHOST-CORPSE VANISHES (DVD MOVIE)

Customer Reviews:

Marengo's version of "Invisible Ghost" can't be beat!.......2006-06-28

For those who love 'B' horror flicks or poverty row films, this one is for you. "Invisible Ghost" is actually one of Bela Lugosi's better poverty row offerings and Marengo has done it justice, even better than the Roan version.

Paul Mular below pretty much summed up the rest... A strong double feature from Marengo and actually their first but not last as they have many now available and gearing up to release more double features soon.

If you like 'B' drive-in horror movies, their "Attack of the Giant Leeches" is also the best quality DVD print around. Check it out!

Good value DVD has varying quality........2003-05-02

I don't know that I would recomend Marengo as a quality DVD company, but this double feature from them is pretty good.
First one must consider that MONOGRAM PICTURES was a poverty row studio that rarely kept many negatives around. Most prints existing today were made from negatives struck from the studio's 1940s release prints. This means they are another generation away from the original negatives.

THE CORPSE VANISHES is the weaker of the two picture wise. It is soft and people's faces are a bit washed out. There are always film scratch lines present, but they are not very distracting. The film is clean of splices and the sound is clear. As of 2003, this is the best quality transfer available for this title, about the same as the ROAN copy.

THE INVISIBLE GHOST is much better. It is quite sharp with good contrast, and almost no scratches. The sound is even better. The title card is from a 1950s re-issue by Astor Pictures and that part looks grainy & dark. But don't let that dismay you, the actual movie is good. It is also similar to the ROAN copy.

If you are a fan of these low budget, erie atmosphere films, you will thoroughly enjoy this DVD!

Low-Budget Bela.......2002-07-23

Marengo Films has done a nice job with its Bela Lugosi double feature -- pairing two of the horror icon's better Monogram efforts, "The Invisible Ghost" (1941) and "The Corpse Vanishes" (1942). Though the print quality of "Corpse" is a notch below the sharpness of "Ghost," it remains superior to most public-domain dupes. Decent sound quality to boot. Neither Lugosi film is a classic, but you could do a lot worse when it comes to low-budget horror.

Invisible Ghost / Corpse Vanishes (DVD).......2001-03-07

Bela Lugosi brought class even to second rate productions, and these are 2 of his best B movies. For lovers of "old-fashioned" horror, this dvd makes for a fun evening. Get it.

Bela Lugosi Classics.......2000-12-13

Being a huge fan of the work of the great Bela Lugosi, I was pleased to see this new arrival from Marengo Films, a new company to this genre. The Invisable Ghost from 1941 and The Corpse Vanishes from 1942 were films Bela made after his famous role in Dracula. In Ghost he is under the spell of his insane and domineering wife. Bela carries out a series of stranglings and is as always, super creepy. The Corpse Vanishes is another classic Lugosi film, Bela plays a crazy scientist that uses human blood to keep his dying wife alive. These two films are a great pairing and a must for Lugosi fans. I look forward to see other films released in this genre from Marengo.

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Late Night Fun
A TORMENTED PERFORMANCE BY BELA
Marital Problems...
Confusing script, but fun for Lugosi fans.

Invisible Ghost
Starring: Ernie S. Adams , Betty Compson , Fred Kelsey , Bela Lugosi , and John McGuire
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
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ASIN: B000087F1Y
Release Date: 2003-01-21

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Late Night Fun.......2006-05-11

For those who love to pop in these little "B" programmers on a rainy night with a bowl of popcorn this one with Bela Lugosi will certainly do the trick.

A good story and a nice cast you've probably never heard of off "B" fans a real treat in this atmospheric mystery that's strictly for fun. There is some good pacing by director Joseph H. Lewis so the story never lags in its meager 64 minutes. The cops don't seem as dumb as often portrayed in the programmers and when the plot takes a wild turn it doesn't seem hokey but simply part of the story.

Lugosi's wife is thought dead but unbeknownst to him is actually being hidden away after a car crash left her mind a mess. He still loves her and pines for her in the house the lived in. His pretty daughter Virginia (Polly Ann Young) lives with him and is about to marry when her husband-to-be is arrested and convicted for one of the muders which have been occuring at the house.

Lugosi, of course, is the real killer, going into a trance every time his wife sneaks out and makes it as far as the house. The attractive maid who has the hots for Virginia's boyfriend gets it first, then the gardner. When Virginia's fiance pays the ultimate price for a crime he did not commit, his twin brother Paul (John McGuire) shows up and romance blooms between he and Virginia despite the murders.

The cops are trying to figure out who could be doing the killings while Lugosi begins to sense something may be terribly wrong when he awakens from a trance in his daughter's room. He comes to before anything horrible happens and begins to suspect but isn't quite sure.....

It's best not to ask how or why Lugosi's wife only gets loose at night or why her appearance sends him over the edge. These little "B's" were only meant as a fun distraction and this one succeeds. It is miles ahead of some of Lugosi's "Poverty Row" stuff during the same period and rates high for fans of "B" horror and mystery films.

A TORMENTED PERFORMANCE BY BELA.......2005-06-24

Bela is Charles Kessler, whose wife ran off and left him several years earlier. On their anniversary, he still has the butler set a place for her at the dinner table, even having him serve the empty spot. Unknown to him, his wife was actually in a car accident and has been hidden away and cared for by Kessler's Gardener Jules and his wife. But Mrs. Kessler, now an amnesiac, sneaks out at night and stares up at the window of her husband's study. Kessler immediatelt seems to know when she is down there and goes to stare back at her. Then something happens...Kessler becomes hypnotized and immediately sets off to commit murder. Beeing entranced, Kessler isn't even aware what he is doing.

Several murders have already taken place at the estate and as the film opens, He ventures forth and murders the new maid in her bed. The fiancee of Kessler's daughter, one Ralph Dickson is accused of the crime since he and the maid had once been lovers. Dickson is found guilty on the most circumstantial evidence and is executed. Soon after, Dickson's twin brother Paul shows up at the Kessler estate to try and find out what happened to his brother and learns about the mysterious deaths. When he asks why they don't leave the house he's told that Kessler is waiting for his wife to return.

Invisible Ghost was a mere hook for a title as Kessler's wife is no ghost and not remotely invisible...dead or otherwise. But remember this was 1941 and truth in advertising was not order of the day. Lugosi plays a more tragic role here, not the menacing evil of other films like Dracula or White Zombie. He seems to be truly in love with his or maybe obsessed is a better word. His deliberate stalking of his victims, creeping up from behind or as they sleep is just fun to watch.

There doesn't seem to have been any reason for Paul Dickson to be an exact twin of Ralph's, as nothing was made of this fact outside of the initial reaction of Kessler's daughter, Virgina.

A good Role for Bela, one where he was the real murderer as opposed the red herring he would play in many other films.

Marital Problems..........2005-03-30

Bela Lugosi plays a poor sap who's wife ran off with another man, only to die in a fiery car-crash. Or did she? Wifey seems to come back nightly, haunting Bela through windows on stormy nights. This somehow puts him into a trance, sending him somnambulantly walking about, looking for victims to smother with his bathrobe! I guess he takes his spousal frustrations pretty seriously! INVISIBLE GHOST is a misleading title, as there are no ghosts, invisible or otherwise. It is however a good vehicle for Lugosi to be the sympathetic character, even though he's the killer! Check it out...

Confusing script, but fun for Lugosi fans........2004-04-03

We are told that Bela Lugosi's wife died in a car wreck while fleeing with her lover. Even so, Bela is devoted to her memory, and obsesses in grief. When the fickle spouse returns by night, she stands alive and silent beneath Bela's window. Under her hypnotic spell, he falls into a trance, and commits murder. Sound confusing? Join the club. Among other things, the woman's mysterious power over Bela is not explained. Lugosi's poverty row horror thrillers are best for fanatic cheap horror fans. (Count me as one of these). The script and other production values put low budget limits on one's viewing pleasure. At least the DVD is more technically tolerable than the low grade VHS tape that previously haunted our movie shelf. The dark and stormy night in the old mansion is an overworked cliche that is still fun to watch. Bela is only passively menacing in this one. He is a pawn, and not the instigator. This is a change from the usual mad doctor tampering in God's Domain. The other cast adequately goes through the motions. It's an agreeable way to spend 60+ minutes.
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