X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes Movie Review

One of Roger Corman's best science-fiction films, an existential horror story about a doctor (Ray Milland) who fools around with experimental eye-drops that give him X-ray vision. The idea of being able to see through solid objects (like…for example…clothes?) was run into the ground in early “nudie” pictures, but Corman bypasses such sophomoric pleasures in favor of a slowly mounting feeling of unease. Although Milland has fun with his powers at first, things go awry when he accidentally offs a colleague. Now on the lam, he begins to realize his enhanced sight is slowly getting stronger. Finally he sees through eternity itself, going mad in the process. A powerful, disturbing story; too bad Corman didn't make more films like it. Don Rickles has a small part as a carny owner. AKA: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes; X.

1963 79m/C Ray Milland, Diana Van Der Vlis, Harold J. Stone, John Hoyt, Don Rickles, Dick Miller, Jonathan Haze, Lorie Summers, Vicki Lee; D: Roger Corman; W: Robert Russell, Robert Dillon; C: Floyd Crosby; M: Les Baxter. VHS, Beta, LV WAR