I always thought "Returns" was an underrated sequel. Claude Rains and Vincent Price each bring something when it comes to the role and in my opinion they're equal. Fantastic review as always! I never knew that Alfred was in this lol
Love the Universal sequels. Even with the continuity ... glitches (this being well before the days of Internet Continuity Cops), it's fun to see a Cinematic Universe in the days before Cinematic Universes. I was amused by the comment about TOWER OF LONDON being considered a horror film if you looked at it a certain way. On the one hand, it's RICHARD III without the Shakespeare, but it does have Boris Karloff, Basil Rathbone, Vincent Price, and a torture rack, so I guess it counts, even if it does so in a peripheral fashion. Certainly, Universal has tended to market it as such, as far back as the VHS days, packaging it with the rest of their Universal Horror series (Karloff!). Mr. Price would graduate from his role here, as the Duke of Clarence, to the role of Richard III himself in another TOWER OF LONDON, for Roger Corman.
What's so great about your channel is that I'm always learning something man! I haven't seen any of these Invisible Man movies apart from the 2020 one so it's interesting hearing about it all from someone who's so passionate about all this stuff. Great use of music here too btw, it's subtle enough and far from overdone but it's effective!
I'd watch anything Cecil Kellaway was in. Always a distinct pleasure. The Tom Hardy resemblance you see in Vincent Price is something that escapes me. It's funny, Price is a decent looking fellow to me, but Hardy is much more appealing; I found him attractive when I first saw him on a 2009 PBS miniseries of Wuthering Heights.
I love this sequel (along with the other one: 'Invisible Agent'). So good to see (or hear?) an early performance by the one only Vincent Price. May I ask your opinion about the recent reboot of The Invisible Man? I thinks it's pretty great.
It's a good thing this movie was successful and pushed the Universal Monster franchises into overdrive, or you might have had to find another gig! Looking forward to the extraordinary expedition 😊
I don’t know why you take a bit of trivia personally, but I’ve double checked. I can find several credible sources that state Napier was taken from the actor’s name and not one credible source arguing for “Jack-a-napes” as the origin of the name. It’s possible, I suppose, that both could be true, but unless you can cite me a good source, I stand by my data.
@@TheUnapologeticGeek Though Wikipedia states that the name is a reference tio Alan Napier, it also states, up front, that it is a play on Jackanapes. Having seen the film when it came out, those of us who saw it at the time kind of groaned at the name, writing it off as an annoying attempt at cleverness by the scriptwriter.
