Cebalord Very best movie i ever watch

Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

a_chinn Producer/director Roger Corman's personal favorite film is probably his best overall picture. Ray Milland stars as a scientist who's created special eye drops that give him x-ray vision, but as he continues to use the drops, his x-ray powers powers increase to the point where he believes he is literally and figuratively seeing into the heart and soul of his fellow man. Milland's career was on the downslide at this point and this is arguable his last great film (unless you want to make the case for TV mini-series "Rich Man, Poor Man" or the flawed but intriguing "The Last Tycoon") before ending his career with appearances on "Battlestar Galactica" and "The Love Boat." Roger Corman productions can reliably be counted on to be visually interesting, comparatively smart to most of their ilk, and never boring. The plot advances quickly with Milland increasing his x-ray powers in a way that audience members can't help but think, what would I do if I had those powers? Milland uses his powers to see ladies in the undergarments to later seeing them in nothing at all to using his powers to make medical diagnoses to raking in money as a sideshow act to eventually taking the film to a more metaphysical level of questioning the nature of existence, god, and parallel worlds. It's the presence of this deeper subtext that sets this Corman production apart from others, while still delivering Corman's usual dose of B-movie entertainment goods. Also notable in the film is a strong performance by Don Rickles as a huckster who exploits Milland's powers for his own ends. Overall, this film is a must see for Corman and B-picture horror/sci-fi fans.

tntquality This has a spoiler for the end of the film...this is written for the fans of the movie who want to know the last part that was cut. If you have NOT seen this movie, please stop reading and watch this. It is up on YouTube in the right ratio 1:85 in five parts. The full length versions are zoomed in. Or better yet, buy it! I saw this movie in the movie theater when I was ten and it really haunted me. When I was able to rent it (on 16mm film, when you could rent a movie for about $25 for the weekend), it was the same version. BUT--on TV, and in later rental prints (I rented it in the late 70's/80's to run at college), the ending was different. And here it is: After the preacher says to PLUCK THEM OUT, Ray Milland bends over to do this and then he picks his head up, when you see the black holes where his eyes were. Then he SCREAMS "I CAN STILL SEE....I CAN STILL SEE!" and then it cuts to black. Well, in all these later versions (including the rental 16mm prints), you can CLEARLY SEE the CUT where a SPLICE is made to remove this last sentence. It's right where he lifts his head and you see the holes and it freezes...and cuts to black... that's where that last sentence was cut...the most incredibly chilling line of all!

Scott LeBrun A good premise is at the core of this entertaining Roger Corman film: doctor / researcher James Xavier (Ray Milland) hopes to access that part of the visual spectrum that human eyes usually don't get to see. He develops a solution - administered in the form of eye-drops - and tests it on himself, finding that then he is able to see through all manner of objects. His intentions start out as honourable, but as the story progresses his mind deteriorates and he's not above using his new power for selfish purposes. The film is basically divided into two parts. The first leads up to his accidental killing of his friend and colleague Sam Brant (Harold J. Stone), and the second half is devoted to his life spent as a criminal in hiding. First he becomes a performer in a carnival, then a sleazy new acquaintance, Crane (the well cast Don Rickles) convinces him to become a "healer". Soon Xavier feels the law closing in, and his beautiful blonde fellow doctor Diane Fairfax (Diana Van der Vlis) comes back into his life to lend what assistance she can. The excellent Milland makes this a pleasurable viewing; he's believable every step of the way, and his supporting cast is strong. Corman stock company players Dick Miller, Jonathan Haze, Barboura Morris, and John Dierkes, along with busy genre actor of the period Morris Ankrum, all appear uncredited. The arresting special effects are a highlight, and Milland gets to sport some memorably creepy contact lenses. There's some humour to be enjoyed here, especially in an early party sequence that's also very mildly titillating, as Xavier can see what all the dancers look like underneath their clothes. And Rickles, who's great, adds some more with his cheerful performance as the trashy opportunist. "X" has a great trippy feel; at 79 minutes it does feel a little padded at times, but it still tells a pretty good story in an involving way and leads to what is a very striking finish. Seven out of 10.

Lee Eisenberg In 1963, Roger Corman directed four, that's right, four movies: "The Raven", "The Terror" (both featuring a young Jack Nicholson), "The Haunted Palace" and "X". The last one, often called "The Man with the X-Ray Eyes", casts Ray Milland as a scientist who develops a substance that gives him X-ray vision...with disastrous consequences.The movie is mostly what one would expect in a Roger Corman flick. A particularly neat scene is when he's at the party and can see through everyone's clothes! The ending is actually a little grimmer than what I'm used to in Corman's movies, but it's probably the only thing that Dr. Xavier could given his experiences.No, it's not my favorite Corman movie (that's either "The Pit and the Pendulum" or "The Raven"), but still pretty entertaining. Also starring Diana Van der Vlis, Harold J. Stone, John Hoyt, Don Rickles (in a rare non-comedic role) and Corman regular Dick Miller (who now appears in Joe Dante's movies).