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Remember that they didn't really pursue the Jekyll/Hyde stories either (except for some very novel takes (Sister Hyde, etc.), which I don't think did enough business at the BO either). Not to mention their direct competition with Corman's films, specially the Poe adaptations with Price. So maybe they thought it was better to stick to the tried-and-tested formula of the Dracula/Frankenstein stuff, and tossed all other ideas out of the window.
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I think this is likely the reason. I read
A Thing of Unspeakable Horror, a history of Hammer, and I don't recall any mention of an Invisible Man film at all. But if there was one reoccurring theme, is was that Carreras and Hinds were very shrewd and liked to stick to what worked (although they did certainly take risks, but I guess just not on this one).
But yeah, that would have been amazing to see.