The Invisible Man Review: 8 Ups & 2 Downs

2. The Amazing Sound Design

Aside from Benjamin Wallfisch's musical score, so much of the movie works as well as it does because it takes full advantage of the fact that the Invisible Man keeps quiet and allows Cecelia to stew in her own seemingly paranoid silence.

The first scene in the movie, where we witness Ceclia fleeing from her abusive ex-boyfriend Adrian (Oliver Jackson-Cohen), is largely underscored by blowing wind and smaller incidental noises, and it creates a chilly, ominous mood from the outset.

Many of the film's other suspense sequences employ similarly minimalist sound design, as is almost unheard of for horror films adapted from name properties.

Again though, Whannell knows when to focus on the sinister calm and when to crank up Wallfisch's score to 11, continually pushing and pulling the viewer between these two extremes.