The Invisible Man

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Researchers Turn Skin Invisible Using Food Dye

Turns out ordinary food dye can make living tissue safe and temporarily transparent. Still, maybe don't try it on your kids.

Physics & Chemistry Isaac Schultz Sep 5

Universal Does Some Movie Shuffling, Bumps Wolf Man to 2025

The furry Universal Monster is being put in the crate for a few months, while The Woman in the Yard finds itself fully yanked from Universal's schedule.

Movies Justin Carter Mar 30

Universal’s Doing Its Monsters the Right Way

Abigail continues the studio's decision to give filmmakers carte blanche to do whatever they want with their classic monsters.

Movies Justin Carter Jan 13

Julia Garner Joins Leigh Whannell’s Mysterious Wolf Man Reboot

Universal's new take on the werewolf gets a little more real ahead of its intended October 2024 release.

Movies Justin Carter Jan 7

Dracula’s BFF Renfield Joins Dark Universe in Solo Film for Universal

Early on, Universal had difficulty establishing their Dark Universe, consisting of films about Dracula, Wolfman, The Mummy, The Invisible Man, Frankenstein, and Jekyll/Hyde. They tried to get things popping in 2014 with Dracula Untold, but that was a financial and critical failure. Unfortunately, 2017’s The Mummy starring Tom Cruise suffered a similar fate in an…

Movies Valerie Complex May 9

The 12 Best (And 6 Worst) Genre Movies of 2020

Here’s how weird 2020 was for movies: Unless you saw something in January or February (like The Invisible Man, Birds of Prey, or Bloodshot), there’s a good chance you didn’t see a movie in a movie theater for the entire year. A whole year without going to the movies. Frankly, it’s hard to even fathom,…

io9 Io9 Staff Dec 29

How Horror Helped Us Survive 2020

It’s tempting to think that since 2020 was basically one real-life nightmare after another, the last thing anyone would want to do is engage with fictional horror on top of that. But that would be discounting the positive power of certain horror movies, TV shows, and video games that helped us navigate through the year’s…

io9 Io9 Staff Dec 1

Toss Some Treats at These 10 Heroic Horror Dogs

Dogs are a constant presence in scary movies, but they usually either meet tragic ends (RIP, Lester in Halloween) or are part of the horror (see: Cujo, The Omen, The Thing, Dracula’s Dog). By contrast, this list collects only good horror canines—who actually make it to the end credits. Hulu’s recent Into the Dark entry,…

io9 Cheryl Eddy Jul 20

A Handy Guide to the Best Genre Movies Streaming for Free on Peacock

As of this week, Peacock, NBC’s foray into the streaming wars, is now available in the U.S., and unlike competitors Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime, it just so happens to offer a free tier, something that immediately makes it worth considering. Along with a handful of original new series, Peacock arrives with a sizable library…

io9 Charles Pulliam-Moore Jul 16

Ryan Gosling’s Wolfman Movie Lands Invisible Man Director

If you’re going to make a Universal Monsters movie, why not get a director who’s already a proven success in the genre? According to Deadline, that’s exactly what’s about to happen. Leigh Whannell, director of this year’s horror hit The Invisible Man, is in talks to direct a new Wolfman movie that has Ryan Gosling…

io9 Germain Lussier Jul 8

Universal Becomes First Studio to Offer First Run Films in the Home

With movie theaters across the world closing, Universal Pictures has become the first studio to embrace a whole new mode of distribution. The company just announced that starting Friday, March 20, current theatrical films like The Hunt, The Invisible Man, and Emma “will be available on a wide variety of the most popular on-demand services…

Movies Germain Lussier Mar 16

The Invisible Man Is a Hit, But Its Director and Star Haven’t Talked About a Sequel Yet

With a $29 million opening weekend against a reported production budget of just $7 million, The Invisible Man is officially a hit. And, if you’ve seen the movie, you know it very much ends in a way that could set up a sequel. Those two facts seem to suggest a follow up could be coming,…

Movies Germain Lussier Mar 2

How to Make the Other Universal Monsters Scary Again

Dracula. The Wolf Man. The Mummy. The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Frankenstein(’s monster) and the Bride of Frankenstein(’s Monster). They’re all icons of cinematic horror, many for nearly a century—and that’s the problem. It’s hard to be scared by things you’ve been looking at for 90 or so years, which are so omnipresent in…

Movies Rob Bricken Feb 27

What the New Invisible Man Did to Make Its Universal Monster Scary Again

The latest rebirth of the Universal Monsters happened so fast, you almost couldn’t see it. Writer and director Leigh Whannell was in a meeting that he thought was about his recent movie, Upgrade, when the conversation started to veer into the iconic collection of creatures. “One of the people in the meeting started probing me…

Movies Germain Lussier Feb 26

Updates From Candyman, Star Trek: Picard, and More

Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield’s FreakAngels is coming to Crunchyroll. Harley Quinn casts a few more members of Gotham’s rogue’s gallery. Plus, get a look at the next Star Trek: Picard, Legends of Tomorrow takes a trip to Mr. Parker’s Cul-De-Sac, and The Flash teases some big changes with the return of Wally West. To…

Television James Whitbrook Feb 26

The Invisible Man Reminds Us of Real-World Horrors But Fails to Live Up to a Long Legacy

Since Claude Rains first donned the moniker of H.G. Wells’ invisible man in 1933, Hollywood has struggled to raise the character above his sightless premise. Numerous takes on Rains’ character came out between the ‘30s and ‘40s, and the story has been adapted many times over since then. Now, with Universal hoping to resurrect its…

Movies Kristen Lopez Feb 25

Updates From Castlevania, The Mandalorian, Jurassic World 3, and More

Get a look at Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s next animated movie, Connected. Chris Pratt hypes up the scale of Jurassic World 3. Bond rides into action in a new No Time to Die poster. Castlevania adds a heap of new talent for its third season. Plus, a wild new clip from Guns Akimbo, and…

Television James Whitbrook Feb 21

Here’s a Chilling Track From The Invisible Man Score

A good score can turn a movie on its head, and from the first few seconds of The Invisible Man, you can immediately tell that’s what will happen. io9 is excited to exclusively debut a track from Benjamin Wallfisch’s score today. Wallfisch may not be a name you immediately recognize, but you know his work;…

Movies Germain Lussier Feb 20

New Venom 2 Set Footage Gives Us Our First Tiny Look at Carnage in Action

Batman strikes in new footage from Harley Quinn’s season finale. New Black Widow art gives us our best look yet at Taskmaster. Ronald D. Moore teases the new Battlestar Galactica project’s connections to his reboot. Plus, a new look at Penny Dreadful: City of Angels. To me, my spoilers! Escape From New York In conversation…

Television James Whitbrook Feb 18

7 Essential Invisible Men (and One Invisible Woman)

H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man was published in 1897, giving sci-fi one of its most intriguing and enduring characters. Thankfully, that Dark Universe version with Johnny Depp never came to fruition, but the latest adaptation—starring Elisabeth Moss as a woman tormented by her invisible ex—is out February 28. With that in mind, there’s no better…

Movies Cheryl Eddy Feb 12

The Invisible Man

Researchers Turn Skin Invisible Using Food Dye

Universal Does Some Movie Shuffling, Bumps Wolf Man to 2025

Universal’s Doing Its Monsters the Right Way

Julia Garner Joins Leigh Whannell’s Mysterious Wolf Man Reboot

Dracula’s BFF Renfield Joins Dark Universe in Solo Film for Universal

The 12 Best (And 6 Worst) Genre Movies of 2020

How Horror Helped Us Survive 2020

Toss Some Treats at These 10 Heroic Horror Dogs

A Handy Guide to the Best Genre Movies Streaming for Free on Peacock

Ryan Gosling’s Wolfman Movie Lands Invisible Man Director

Universal Becomes First Studio to Offer First Run Films in the Home

The Invisible Man Is a Hit, But Its Director and Star Haven’t Talked About a Sequel Yet

How to Make the Other Universal Monsters Scary Again

What the New Invisible Man Did to Make Its Universal Monster Scary Again

Updates From Candyman, Star Trek: Picard, and More

The Invisible Man Reminds Us of Real-World Horrors But Fails to Live Up to a Long Legacy

Updates From Castlevania, The Mandalorian, Jurassic World 3, and More

Here’s a Chilling Track From The Invisible Man Score

New Venom 2 Set Footage Gives Us Our First Tiny Look at Carnage in Action

7 Essential Invisible Men (and One Invisible Woman)

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