A visionary astronomer, Dr. Janos Rukh, has invented a telescope that can look far out into deep space, into the Andromeda Galaxy, and photograph light rays that will show the Earth's past. He has theorized about this b… See more

Credits adapted from the book Universal Horrors:
• Boris Karloff as Dr. Janos Rukh
• Béla Lugosi as Dr. Felix Benet
• Frances Drake as Diana Rukh… See more

Producer David Diamond, who teamed up actors Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff for the 1935 film The Raven, had plans to reunite the two actors in an upcoming Karloff film Bluebeard. The script for Bluebeard did not proceed a… See more

The Invisible Ray was distributed by Universal Pictures on January 20, 1936. Marguerite Tazelaar of the New York Herald Tribune commented on the audiences response to the film on their viewing, stating the … See more

From contemporary reviews, "Char." of Variety declared that the film was not "as blood-curdling to the point achieved in some Hollywoodian efforts, but it is different and fairly entertaining". Frank Nugent of The New York … See more