The Invisible Ghost evinces a mild degree of atmosphere in places – faces leering at the window, Black servant Clarence Muse’s sinister scheming, and Lugosi acting very sinister. But the script suffers from a number of substantial confusions. For one the title is meaningless – there is no ghost, only the suggestion that Lugosi is thinking maybe that his wife has returned as one (and it is clear to us that such is not the case early in the game). Nor does she, or anybody or any thing else in the film, ever become invisible. There is no explanation given for how the wife survives the car crash, why she is being tended by the French gardener, or why her reappearances suddenly cause Lugosi to act in a psychopathic way and remember nothing afterwards. In another subplot John McGuire is arrested for the murder and sentenced to be executed, his twin brother (also McGuire) arrives and becomes involved in solving the mystery, but never once seems the slightest bit concerned about or tries to prevent his brother’s execution.