Invisible Mom#Sequel
{{Infobox film
| name = Invisible Mom
| image = Invisible Mom.jpg
| caption = VHS cover art
| director = Fred Olen Ray
| producer =
| writer = William C. Martell
| narrator =
| starring = Dee Wallace
Barry Livingston
| music = Jeffrey Walton
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1996|02|29}}
| runtime = 91 minutes
| country = USA
| language = English
| budget =
}}
Invisible Mom is a 1996 American comedy film directed by Fred Olen Ray. The plot revolves around a mother who becomes invisible, after having drunk a potion.
The film features a cameo from John Ashley.{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://diaboliquemagazine.com/the-nine-lives-of-john-ashley/url=https://diaboliquemagazine.com/the-nine-lives-of-john-ashley/|magazine=Diabolique Magazine|title=A Hell of a Life: The Nine Lives of John Ashley|date=December 2019}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Plot
Laura, Karl's wife, accidentally drinks her inventor husband's latest concoction, an invisibility potion.
Cast
- Dee Wallace as Laura Griffin
- Barry Livingston as Professor Karl Griffin
Sequel
The film was followed by a 1999 sequel, Invisible Mom 2. also directed by Ray.{{Cite book |last1=McBain |first1=Diane |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R7tTDwAAQBAJ&dq=Invisible+Mom+fred+olen+ray&pg=PT462 |title=Famous Enough: A Hollywood Memoir |last2=Michaud |first2=Michael Gregg |publisher=BearManor Media |language=en}} But it has also a 1997 follow-up, Invisible Dad,{{Cite book |last=Movies |first=Phantom of the |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C78zAQAAIAAJ&q=Invisible+Mom+fred+olen+ray |title=The Phantom of the Movies' Videoscope: The Ultimate Guide to the Latest, Greatest, and Weirdest Genre Videos |date=2000 |publisher=Three Rivers Press |isbn=978-0-8129-3149-5 |language=en}} whose plot is described as "much inferior" than this film's.{{Cite book |last1=Martin |first1=Mick |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=89RwLoiAcOYC&q=Invisible+Mom+fred+olen+ray |title=DVD & Video Guide 2004 |last2=Porter |first2=Marsha |date=2003 |publisher=Ballantine Books |isbn=978-0-345-44993-1 |language=en}}
Analysis
Blending science-fiction, parody and comedy, the film has been described as a farce. In her about book about fictional invisibility, A. Calanchi states, "Fred Olen Ray is exemplary, since it seems that he directed at least two family movies on the same subject".{{Cite book |last=Calanchi |first=Alessandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rFYgAQAAIAAJ&q=Invisible+Mom+fred+olen+ray |title=Dismissing the Body: Strange Cases of Fictional Invisibility |date=1999 |publisher=CLUEB |isbn=978-88-491-1409-6 |language=en}}
References
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Sources
- {{cite book|title=Video Movie Guide 2002|chapter=Invisible Mom|page=554|author=Mick Martin, Marsha Porter|year=2001|isbn=9780345421005|publisher=Random House Publishing Group}} independent review
- {{cite book|title=VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 1999|author=Martin Connors, Jim Craddock|year=1999|isbn=9781578590414|publisher=Visible Ink Press|chapter=Invisible Mom |page=462}} independent review
- {{cite book|title=The Films of the Nineties: A Complete, Qualitative Filmography of Over 3000 Feature-length English Language Films, Theatrical and Video-only, Released Between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 1999|author=Robert A. Nowlan, Gwendolyn L. Nowlan, Gwendolyn Wright Nowlan|year= 2001|publisher=McFarland & Company|chapter=Invisible Mom|page=284|isbn=9780786409747}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0113434}}
{{Fred Olen Ray}}
Category:American comedy films
Category:Films set in the 1960s
Category:Films about invisibility
Category:Films directed by Fred Olen Ray
Category:1990s English-language films
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