The first minute of the new trailer for Blumhouse’s “The Invisible Man” makes no mention of unseen killers. Instead, it’s a scene showing a young woman attempting to escape her home in the middle of the night, so that she doesn’t have to deal with her abusive boyfriend any longer. No, this isn’t your parent’s Universal Monsters film.
Handing over the reins of the franchise to Jason Blum and his hugely successful horror production company, Universal is set to release a new version of its classic ‘Invisible Man’ tale. This time, instead of a man wrapped in bandages, the unseen man of the film’s title is an abusive boyfriend that terrorizes his girlfriend after faking his own death. It’s creepy and vicious in a way that “The Invisible Man” hasn’t been before.
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The film stars Elisabeth Moss, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid, Harriet Dyer, and Oliver Jackson-Cohen. The new “Invisible Man” is written and directed by Leigh Whannell. You probably remember him as one of the creators of the “Saw” franchise, as well as the recent director of films such as “Upgrade” and “Insidious: Chapter 3.”
“The Invisible Man” arrives in theaters on February 28.
Here’s the synopsis:
Trapped in a violent, controlling relationship with a wealthy and brilliant scientist, Cecilia Kass (Moss) escapes in the dead of night and disappears into hiding, aided by her sister (Harriet Dyer, NBC’s The InBetween), their childhood friend (Aldis Hodge, Straight Outta Compton) and his teenage daughter (Storm Reid, HBO’s Euphoria). But when Cecilia’s abusive ex (Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House) commits suicide and leaves her a generous portion of his vast fortune, Cecilia suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of eerie coincidences turns lethal, threatening the lives of those she loves, Cecilia’s sanity begins to unravel as she desperately tries to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.