The Invisible Ray Movie Review

Starring: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Francis Drake, Frank Lawton

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"Dr. Janos Rukh (Boris Karloff) is a brilliant scientist who theorizes that a giant meteor hit Africa many millennia ago and brought with it an element stronger than radium. Dr. Benet and Sir Stevens head to the Dark Continent to look for proof of the scientist's claims along with Rukh and his wife and several others. Rukh peels away from the others and discovers the crash location. Curiously the site is still ablaze from the collision long ago. He becomes contaminated by the exposure the result of which is he glows eerily in the dark and he can kill with a touch of his hand. Learning from Rukh of the affliction, an antidote to his condition is formulated by Benet. Rukh returns to his mountain home in Carpathia (where else!) and restores the sight of his long-blinded mother. He is insane at this point from the Radium X and its antidote and seeks revenge on his scientific colleagues in France. He kills Sir Stevens and his wife and causes great mischief and mayhem. Benet too is slain before Rukh gets sick and burns to ashes on the ground."
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Plot

Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%

**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Character operated on/altered? Yes
Kind of alteration: - given another personality/identity

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - scientist
Age: - 40's-50's
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - fire/lightning/weather cntrl
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - mentally ill - deluded - emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (man) short/medium straight
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality - Eastern European
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Intelligence - Genius
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - doctor
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 90%-100%
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (man) short/standard straight
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity - French
Intelligence - Genius
Physical condition - very athletic
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th Century (1900-1950)
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Jungle? Yes
Mountains? Yes
Big cities? Yes
Misc settings - fort/castle - lab
Kind of city - Dirty, crime-ridden (like NY)

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Tone of movie - fearful
Check here if B&W Yes

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