While Blumhouse’s “The Invisible Man” was lauded by critics as a successfully terrifying reinvention of a horror classic, one common complaint among the moviegoing public was that the trailer spoiled too much of the film.
One particular scene involved Elizabeth Moss’s character staring down from the top of an attic ladder. Sensing her stalker nearby, she quickly grabbed a can of paint and threw it down the opening, revealing he had been on that ladder the whole time, right next to her. It would have been a brilliant scene if people had actually gotten to experience it first in the movie itself. In addition, the paint job revealed the source of the man’s invisibility: a high-tech suit.
Jason Blum, the man whose namesake is plastered all over the Blumhouse company, says if you think any of his trailers give away too much…..well, it’s intentional. “It comes down to the marketplace,” he told the website...
