One of the successes of the 1933 The Invisible Man is the crumminess that is brought to the rural English setting. The village and its folk, the walls, floors, doors and backgrounds contain a real sheen of indigence and a low quality look.

It's something you see in other films od the time, like Frankenstein and it's a feel that was carried forward into other interpretations of Europe made by Hollywood.

Once upon a time when the BBC entered its Classic Serial mode, viewers could be guaranteed a faithful blow by blow rendering of the book in question, and The Invisible Man (1984), starring Pip Donaghy is as good example of this as can be found.