# The Invisible Ray (1936)

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**Runtime**: 79 min
**Genres**: Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller
**Directed by**: Lambert Hillyer
**Written by**: John Colton, Douglas Hodges
**Starring**: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Frank Lawton, Frances Drake, Violet Kemble Cooper, Beulah Bondi

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## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Carpathian Mountains winter darkness a lone Geiger counter ticking Dr Rukh's eyes gleam with obsessed intensity his body begins to deteriorate. 
Director Lambert Hillyer's precode era horror.

**Mood tags**: dread, unhinged

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