Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Excellent characters with emotional depth. My wife, daughter and granddaughter all enjoyed it...and me, too! Very good movie! You won't be disappointed.

In 1963, no one ever imagined a film which predicted the future the way this one did. Ray Milland's great performance here is way ahead of it's time. When you see him wearing the dark glasses he very much looks like a person today wearing Virtual Reality Glasses. No one making the film at the time could even imagine that. Roger Corman was on TCM recently saying that at almost $300,000 dollars this was one of his biggest budget films. I am not even sure that money would pay for the poor lab monkey who gets too much of an eye full early in this one now. This movie has a cult following today for some very good reasons. The old carnival scenes are a throwback to simpler times with the kind of carnival thrill rides that existed before the huge theme parks that came later.Don Rickles is a perfect example of the early 1960's as his 2 desires are lust of all women and money, and more money. A small amount of his stand-up humor getting into this script does not hurt the film either. To me, the iconic scene is the end one, which has rarely been duplicated in Sci-Fi. Milland wanders into an old fashioned religious tent revival (these still happen), and walks up to the fire and brimstone preacher. He tells the preacher what he sees as God due to his X-Ray eyes. The preacher tells him it is "because he has sinned." There are several ways to interpret this depending on your point of view, but it leaves one of the deepest closing messages ever put into a Sci-Fi film.

Ray Milland plays Dr. James Xavier, who is an eyesight specialist who has developed an experimental eye-drop he believes will revolutionize the eye care field, benefiting mankind. Unfortunately, his funding is cut off, so he experiments on himself, with disastrous consequences. Though it gives him X-Ray vision at first, which he puts to amusing use, it later overwhelms his senses. After he accidentally kills a colleague, he is forced to flee, and takes refuge in a carnival run by a shady man(Don Rickles, well cast) who first exploits the good doctor, then later turns him in to the police. With help from another colleague, he escapes, but his condition worsens until he enters a revivalist church where...Wont reveal more, except that it provides a memorable, and chilling end to this occasionally wobbly film, which doesn't quite have the budget or ambition to make full use of its premise, instead of becoming another version of "The Fugitive" TV series! Regardless, Milland is good, and film still overall effective, especially with that ending...

Ray Milland plays a famous scientist who experiments on himself with some eye drops that increases the range of his vision. He sees X rays, Ultraviolet. He can see through clothes and uses his vision to save a misdiagnosed girl.However as times goes on he cannot control his vision and see the world in human terms but only in light and textures. His eyes are altered which leads to him wearing dark glasses. The film displays special effects to highlight his vision.The film is made by B Movie king Roger Corman. Oscar winning actor Ray Milland plays the title role and affords the film dignity whilst he steadily descends into madness. The special effects that highlights his viewpoint lends the film its cult appeal.

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).