Claim: The Invisible Man was a movie of the science fiction and horror genres.
Evidence: The Invisible Man is an American 1933 Pre-Code science fiction horror film based on H. G. Wells ' science fiction novel The Invisible Man , published in 1897 , as adapted by R.C. Sherriff , Philip Wylie and Preston Sturges , whose work was considered unsatisfactory and who was taken off the project.
The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin , a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body 's refractive index to that of air so that it neither absorbs nor reflects light and thus becomes invisible.