10 Horror Movies That Judge You For Watching
6. Hollow Man
Though marketed as a glossy sci-fi horror riff on The Invisible Man. Hollow Man is really a commentary on sleazy society and a satire about what men with power are capable of, namely that they will almost always use that power to subjugate women.
Instead of turning into a badass supervillain, Kevin Bacon's Dr. Sebastian Caine becomes not just a murderer, but a rapist and abuser of women.
Few who've seen the film will forget the wince-inducing scene where Sebastian uses his invisibility to rape his neighbour (Rhona Mitra), nor the scene where he covertly molests one of his co-workers (Kim Dickens).
As much as we all love to consider the fantasy of what we would do if we were invisible, Verhoeven brings that fantasy crashing back to Earth by reminding viewers that, in reality, a lot of men wouldn't simply use it to rob a bank or sneak into a concert - they'd use it to do some incredibly vile things.
It makes for a great companion piece to Leigh Whannell's recent remake of The Invisible Man, which inverted the central perspective to be focused not on the man himself but his primary female victim.