The Day I Vanished (1959)
*** (out of 4)
Another charming short from the early days of Donald F. Glut. This one here has him playing a boy who injects himself with a serum and soon he is turned invisible where he seeks revenge against a couple other teens. THE DAY I VANISHED is obviously Glut's homage to James Whale's THE INVISIBLE MAN. If you're going into this amateur short expecting something along the lines of an actual Whale film then you're obviously going to be missing out. This is an early film and a kid in his back yard playing and on that level the movie is quite charming and will certainly appeal to fans of classic horror. There's obviously nothing ground-breaking going on here but I thought there were all sorts of creative moments throughout including the scene where the invisible boy becomes visible.
*** (out of 4)
Another charming short from the early days of Donald F. Glut. This one here has him playing a boy who injects himself with a serum and soon he is turned invisible where he seeks revenge against a couple other teens. THE DAY I VANISHED is obviously Glut's homage to James Whale's THE INVISIBLE MAN. If you're going into this amateur short expecting something along the lines of an actual Whale film then you're obviously going to be missing out. This is an early film and a kid in his back yard playing and on that level the movie is quite charming and will certainly appeal to fans of classic horror. There's obviously nothing ground-breaking going on here but I thought there were all sorts of creative moments throughout including the scene where the invisible boy becomes visible.
