La vie amoureuse de l'homme invisible (1970)

La vie amoureuse de l'homme invisible (1970). 1h 22m | Not Rated

“I always assumed that it was Jess Franco who had a monopoly on this type of cinema, namely: the routine euro-exploitation flicks with an always-returning villain (Dr. Orloff), absurd story lines (invisible ape-creatures??), truckloads of sleaze and absolutely no logic at all. Every small detail in u0026quot;Orloff Against the Invisible Manu0026quot; has got Francou0026#39;s name written all over it, so it was quite a surprise to find out that he actually hasnu0026#39;t got anything to do with it. But still Franco admirers donu0026#39;t have to fear that this will be a u0026#39;softu0026#39; film, because director Pierre Chevalier proves himself to be u0026quot;Godfather of Sleazeu0026quot; as well and his movie is delightfully trashy and nonsensical. Howard Vernon (normally a Franco-regular as well) stars as a totally insane man of science who created an invisible monster, supposedly for his daughter that got traumatized after being buried alive when she was 16. How exactly this creation helps the poor girlu0026#39;s situation is entirely beside the point, as are many other sudden twist in the script. Everything eventually revolves on the sexual aspect when the invisible ape-man goes completely berserk after graphically raping the housemaid (sickly illustrated by an overlong scene showing the poor woman struggling naked on a pile of hay). Every normal film-loving person will most likely detest this film, but for exploitation-fans, there is always the weird atmosphere and morbid set pieces to admire. Orloffu0026#39;s castle is genuinely ominous, with lots of dark cellars and secret tombs and Howard Vernon looks uniquely sinister again. Great entertainment for the slightly more demanding cult-freaks among us.”