The Invisible Maniac

If you are after a comedy that actually makes you laugh out loud, The Invisible Maniac is available in the US on Night Flight Plus and Fawesome right now. The length is exactly right for the story it is telling — nothing rushed, nothing dragged out. 66 people have weighed in on TMDB, and the verdict leans heavily positive. Peter Noel Duhamel leads a cast with real comic timing. Start it on Night Flight Plus whenever you need something guaranteed to land.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, The Invisible Maniac earns its spot. The jokes in The Invisible Maniac land because the characters underneath them are worth caring about. An invisible scientist escapes from an asylum and teaches high-school physics to nubile teens. Peter Noel Duhamel and Melissa Moore lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was released in 1990. What keeps The Invisible Maniac from feeling disposable is a cast that clearly understands the material better than the format usually demands. It delivers reliably on what it promises, which is more than most of its competition manages.

The Invisible Maniac is the kind of thing you put on in the background and end up fully watching. It rewards viewers regardless of what else is in their watch history. A contained runtime means every scene is doing real work. Peter Noel Duhamel's comic timing carries it through its weaker moments. The kind of comedy you recommend to someone who claims they do not watch much.