Overview: A young British widow shelters an old medical school colleague, a man who has somehow turned himself invisible. As his isolation grows and his sanity frays, he schemes to create a reign of wanton murder and terror across the city - and she’s the only one who knows that he even exists.

DVD Verdict: In what is a script tenuously based on the famous H.G. Wells classic, me personally, well, I love me a great Holmes-style mystery and this one - from the over, to the trailer, to the actual film - never let me down at all (although, that said, maybe it could have been more enticing to me, and others, if it had been solely filmed in black and white).

Anyhoo, throughout, the performances from all the leads are spot on, very solid, with Mhairi Calvey (Adeline) herself delivering an intelligent and graceful leading lady for us to fall in love with. Supported by a strong cast of characters, including Wayne Gordon’s Inspector Adye, Grahame Fox’s Marvel (which is itself free flowing with a lot of humor), and David Hayman as Wicksteed, the film just lovingly invites you in, thus enveloping you into the story line from the off.

The costumes are also spot on, perhaps a wee bit too clean for the day, but that’s by the by, and there are some absolutely beautiful locations on show here that also feel particularly authentic to the time period.

Building tension from the off, the film’s tension and suspense carry onward dutifully, and even bring forth an ending that is not wholly guessable, and at all times grounded, and worthy of being the celluloid bookend to what began.

In closing, and this might be a ++ SPOILER ++ so I left it till last, but for the formative moments on screen, our lead cad Cade Griffin (Mike Beckingham) is invisible, before becoming visible, but then when he injects the formula, he is permanently invisible; if all that makes sense.

Regardless, Beckingham plays his roll of invisibility to perfection which means that Fear the Invisible Man is one of the most entertaining and genuinely enjoyable watches I have had on my small screen (well, 55 inch screen) for a long, long time.

Official Trailer