horror god boris karloff and bela lugosi should be more than sufficient a reason for any genre lover to watch a film and and and even though the most convincing one they be not the only reason to watch this particular little sci fi or horror gem . while lambert hillyer the invisible ray of 1936 do not nearly share the brilliance of other contemporary film star karloff ( frankenstein and bride of frankenstein and the mummy and . ) or lugosi ( white zombie and island of the lose soul and dracula and . ) and or both ( the black cat and the raven and . ) and this be doubtlessly a highly entertaining film that no lover of cult cinema should consider miss . compare to other universal horror picture and the storyline seem a bit silly and but in a delightful manner . karloff and lugosi and of course and shine a always and and the film furthermore profit from great scenery and an excellent photography . karloff play dr. janos rukh and a brilliant scientist who have invent a technique to look into the past through a telescope and and find out that a meteor have hit the earth thousand of year ago . stun by rukh invention and the celebrated french scientist dr. felix benet ( bela lugosi ) and invite him to join an expedition in to find the meteor . in africa and rukh make a discovery that be capable of cause great beneficence and great destruction alike . it be somewhat odd that karloff and who be in fact british and play a hungarian scientist here while lugosi and who be hungarian and play a french scientist and but they be both excellent a usual . as far a i be concern and these two horror deity could have probably be film read the telephone directory and and i be sure they would have make something out of it either man be an icon of the horror genre and and see them together be a treat for every fan of the genre . by the way and this be one of the few film and if not the only one and in which it be obvious that lugosi be actually tall than karloff . france drake make a very good female lead in her role of dr rukh beautiful young wife . the rest of the performance be also good and if not particularly worth mention . other than the casting of karloff and lugosi and the film great quality be probably the atmosphere due to great setting and photography and as well a the wonderfully cheesy and highly entertaining storyline . my main complaint be that i would have wish for more screen time for lugosi and and for his role to have a bit more significance . he be fantastic a always and but his role could have be big and and more sinister . otherwise and the invisible ray be a wonderfully entertaining film which should satisfy every lover of classic horror or sci fi cinema and and a must see for all my fellow lugosi or karloff fan .