As The Invisible Man gears up to hit theatres in late February 2020, its shared title with a popular Queen song has led some fans to speculate whether the pop-rock band has anything to do with the upcoming sci-fi horror release.
Produced by horror film veteran Blumhouse Productions, The Invisible Man uses its science fiction premise to explore the lasting psychological effects of an abusive relationship. Cecilia Kass (Elisabeth Moss) makes an escape from a controlling relationship with her scientist husband Adrian Griffin (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) that seems permanent when he is found to have committed suicide. She comes to realize she hasn’t quite made it out yet, her mind starting to unravel as she starts to wonder if he might not really be gone
Queen’s “The Invisible Man” first came out in 1989 on their The Miracle Album. There is certainly a precedent for Queen’s music to appear in film and TV. Queen’s iconic rock hits have often been favorites of onscreen soundtracks, making an appearance everywhere from stoner comedy Wayne’s World to horror parody Shaun Of The Dead. “The Invisible Man” is about a man who uses his invisibility to sneak around the shadows and cannot be “shaken”. Its thematic ties to the movie might leave fans wondering exactly how the two are connected.
For combination sci-fi horror and 70s rock fans, it may be disappointing to hear that the 1989 song isn’t even on the 2020 movie’s soundtrack. They may share a name, but The Invisible Man is completely independent of “The Invisible Man”. Although they also share common themes and motifs, the two pieces of media present completely different atmospheres. The movie is a dark, tense exploration of a woman’s psyche, leaning into the horror elements of classic movie monster the Invisible Man. The song is much more playful, with an energy that places it closer to video game than movie music. In fact, Queen’s music video for the song features a gamified version of the villain. Although the Queen song isn’t related to the 2020 film, it has served as inspiration for media in the past. According to Danny Phantom show writer Butch Hartman, “The Invisible Man” baseline fittingly inspired the Nickelodeon cartoon’s theme music.
Both the song and the movie are based on the same H.G. Wells novel: The Invisible Man. The Invisible Man 2020 is one of the many onscreen interpretations of the author’s story about a man who achieves invisibility. It is a reboot of the 1933 film The Invisible Man and was originally going to be a part of Universal’s attempt to establish a Dark Universe. In fact, Johnny Depp was part of the original cast considerations until The Mummy flopping led the studio to change tract from wider world building to individual storytelling. Meanwhile, Queen drummer Roger Taylor, who penned “The Invisible Man”, said in a 1989 interview on BBC Radio One that the idea for the song came from a book, almost certainly the Wells novel. While the song and the movie share a definite connection, the two do not overlap, at least not in 2020’s iteration of The Invisible Man.
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