script was "annoyingly unoriginal". The special effects by John P. Fulton, Bernard B. Brown and William Hedgcock received an Oscar nomination in the category Best Special Effects. The film lost to The Thief of Bagdad. See also List of horror films of the 1940s List of science fiction films of the 1940s List of Vincent Price works List of Universal Pictures films (1940–1949) References Footnotes Sources External links 1940 films 1940 horror films 1940s science fiction horror films American black-and-white films American science fiction horror films American sequel films Films based on The Invisible Man Films directed by Joe May Films set in England Films with screenplays by Curt Siodmak Universal Pictures films Films scored by Frank Skinner Films scored by Hans J. Salter 1940s English-language films 1940s American films