20 Greatest Horror Villains Of The 2020s (So Far)

Leigh Whannell's new take on The Invisible Man was considerably better than most were surely expecting, and this is in large part because Whannell managed to ground the outlandish premise within the context of a post-#MeToo world.

Our villain, Adrian Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), is swiftly introduced as the vile, abusive partner of protagonist Cecilia (Elisabeth Moss), and once Cecilia manages to escape his fortified home, it's soon revealed that Adrian has killed himself.

But of course, Adrian actually hasn't died - he has instead faked his own death and then uses his invisible bodysuit to torment Cecilia, even causing those closest to her to question her sanity.

It's a brilliantly clever, genre-infused take on gaslighting, and even though Adrian isn't physically visible in the film for very long, his eerie presence is felt in pretty much every single scene.

Needless to say, when Cecilia turns the tables on Adrian at the end and uses one of his own bodysuits to kill him - in turn staging it to look like a suicide - it's ludicrously satisfying.