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I Feel (Un)Seen - The Invisible Kid (1988)

 Strap in folks.  We've jumped forward to the '80s and we need to talk about a movie that feels like it was made for TV (and I seriously thought it was) but apparently somehow  got a theatrical release. Hooooooo boy.  Do any of you remember the terrible movie Zapped!  from 1982, starring terrible person Scott Baio?  He gets telekinetic powers and just uses them to make women's clothing fly off?  It's creepy and weird and no one comes off well in it.  This is a very slight improvement with a kid named Grover (Jay Underwood, and forget this and see The Boy Who Could Fly  instead) trying to replicate his dead father's toilet bowl cleaner and, of course, accidentally creates an invisibility formula.  He has a best friend, Milton who is played by very veteran character actor Wallace Langham and out of respect for his long career I'll use his current picture. But BOY is he terrible in this.  There's actually good actors trying there best ...