The Invisible Ray1936
“Delving into new, strange fields of mystery!”
Directed by Lambert Hillyer
🏆 1 win total
The premise
Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has already started affecting Rukh. Consumed by paranoia, he begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair. Wild for revenge, Rukh hatches a deadly plot...using his own poisoned body as a weapon to kill.
Horror Vault's take
A brilliant but unstable scientist unearths a mysterious radioactive element in the wilds of Africa — one with astonishing power to both heal and destroy. As the substance slowly corrupts his mind and body, his genius curdles into something far darker and more dangerous. Consumed by jealousy and paranoid delusion, he turns his own contaminated existence into an instrument of vengeance. This Universal-era chiller pairs Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in a cautionary tale where science and obsession collide with deadly results.
Content: Animal Death (Dog), Violence, Depictions Of Mental Deterioration
Cast
Boris Karloff
Dr. Janos Rukh
Bela Lugosi
Dr. Felix Benet
Frank Lawton
Ronald Drake
Frances Drake
Diana Rukh
Violet Kemble Cooper
Mother Rukh
Beulah Bondi
Lady Arabella Stevens
Walter Kingsford
Sir Francis Stevens
Paul Weigel
Monsieur Noyer
Frank Reicher
Professor Meiklejohn
Georges Renavent
Chief of the Surete
May Beatty
Mme. LeGrand (uncredited)
Paul McAllister
Papa LaCosta (uncredited)
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