The Invisible Ray *** (1936, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton, Walter Kingsford, Beulah Bondi) – Classic Movie Review 2675

Director Lambert Hillyer’s 1936 movie teams the great horror icons Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi.

It is an intriguing, pretty effective Karloff-Lugosi fantasy sci-fi horror thriller, with Karloff as Dr Janos Rukh, a visionary scientist experimenting in Africa who turns killer when irradiated by a meteor that he’s found on an expedition co-led by his colleague Dr Felix Benet (Lugosi). Dr Rukh has become murderous after being exposed to the radiation of a powerful new element called Radium X.

The nifty stars are backed up by female co-star Frances Drake as Diane Rukh, the involvingly bizarre plot, the decent effects (for their day) and loyal support acting from Frank Lawton, Walter Kingsford, Beulah Bondi, Violet Kemble Cooper, Georges Renavent, Paul Weigel and Frank Reicher.

© Derek Winnert 2015 Classic Movie Review 2675

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