See How Invisible Man Was Made

The new Invisible Man movie relied on old technology to achieve many of its chilling scares.

Director Leigh Whannell placed an actor in a green unitard body suit and removed him from shots in postproduction.

That particular disappearing act has been a standard special effects trick on film sets for years.

But state of the art CGI was also used to give the riveting reboot a modern feel and some jawdropping moments.

“It was a mixture of everything,” said Whannell. “A lot of old school practical stuff, which I love, and obviously CG is such a gift to improve your film.”

The Universal Pictures movie, which stars Elisabeth Moss and Oliver Jackson-Cohen, also gets it scares from clever sound design and cinematography combining to frighten audiences with what they can’t see but only imagine.

—Sandro Monetti