Invisible Ghost (1941)

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"Invisible Ghost" is the first of 9 low budget films starring Bela Lugosi that were released by 'poverty row' studio Monogram Pictures between 1941 and 1944.
Strange film that contains some haunting and inspired moments but other moments are sometimes comical seemingly without that intention.

For nearly the first 20 minutes and again for over 3 minutes
(from the 47-to-50+ minute mark),
the image quality on the “Invisible Ghost” Kino Blu-ray (released March 2017)
is nearly the reference-quality film transfer for a 1940’s Poverty Row motion picture.

It is unfortunate that lesser film elements had to be used for the majority of the film. Still, the only time the lesser elements are distracting and really bad is at the two moments when they kick in
(The first is just before the 20 minute mark and the second time is a few seconds after the 50 minute mark) –
A minute or so after (each of the abrupt jumps to lesser quality) the image picks back up enough to be much better than we are used to seeing in previous television, internet, and DVD copies.

Tom Weaver’s commentary track on “Invisible Ghost” is excellent:
I really like having four or more “guests commentators” pop up throughout the presentation.

The final minutes of the Commentary are rather dramatic:
Dr. Robert J. Kiss lists the successful releases and the continuing distribution of “Invisible Ghost” which leads to Weaver giving an inspired accentuation of Lugosi’s final moment in the movie.

This is likely the best final moment in any Film Commentary to date.