La vie amoureuse de l'homme invisible (1971)

Director:

Pierre Chevalier

Writers:

Pierre Chevalier (screenplay)
Pierre Chevalier (story)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

God Help Us ... If They Rise Again!

Plot:

An evil scientist creates a murderous, invisible ape-man. |

Plot Keywords:

Ape Man | Evil | Evil Scientist | Desire | Sexual Perversion

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Howard Vernon	...	Le professeur Orloff
Brigitte Carva	...	Cécile Orloff
Fernando Sancho	...	Le garde-chasse (as Fernand Sancho)
Paco Valladares	...	Le docteur Garondet (as Francis Valladares)
Isabel del Río	...	Marie
Evane Hanska	...	La servante
Arlette Balkis
May Chartrette
Christian Forges
Eugène Berthier	...	Le vieux serviteur

Also Known As:

Dr. Orloff's Invisible Monster (USA)
Love Life of the Invisible Man (USA) (poster title)
Orloff Against the Invisible Man (USA)
Orloff and the Invisible Man (UK)
Orloff et l'homme invisible (France)
Orloff y el hombre invisible (Spain)
Secret Love Life of the Invisible Man (Canada: English title) (dubbed version)
The Invisible Dead (UK)

Runtime:

Spain:82 min | UK:91 min

Country:

France | Spain

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario)

Company:

Célia Films

Movie Connections:

Featured in Zombiethon (1986)

Typical Jess Franco film…only NOT by Jess Franco!

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 "Orloff Against the Invisible Man" has got Franco's name written all over it, so it was quite a surprise to find out that he actually hasn't got anything to do with it. But still Franco admirers don't have to fear that this will be a 'soft' film, because director Pierre Chevalier proves himself to be "Godfather of Sleaze" 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 girl'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. Orloff'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.