Nov. 13, 2021

This Day in Halloween: Universal horror classic "The Invisible Man" starring Claude Rains opens across the U.S. in 1933. / Illustration by Melissa Kim

The Invisible Man opens across the U.S. in 1933. James Whale’s classic film uses innovative special effects to tell H.G. Wells’ story of an inventor — played with glee by Claude Rains — driven mad by his formula of invisibility.