there were rumors the ending originally went further, with Milland crying out "I can still see" after gouging out his eyes. Corman has denied the existence of that ending but expressed enjoyment with the idea, saying "Now it's interesting. Stephen King saw the picture and wrote a different ending, and I thought, 'His ending is better than mine. Reception At the film review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 88%, based on , with a weighted average rating of 6.6/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "By turns lurid and disturbing, The Man with the X-Ray Eyes is a compelling piece of sci-fi pulp and one of Roger Corman's most effective movies." Awards The film won the Astronave D'argento ("Silver Spaceship") award in 1963 at the first International Festival of Science Fiction Film (Festival internazionale del film di fantascienza) in Trieste, Italy. In other media Gold Key comic book adaptation: X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (September 1963) British band Bauhaus have a song referencing the film in their 1981 album Mask. American band Blue Öyster Cult have a song referencing the film in their 1998 album Heaven Forbid. Tim Burton developed a script for a remake of the film with writer Bryan Goluboff, but it went unproduced. Shown on the MeTV show Svengoolie on November 12, 2022. References External links 1963 films 1960s English-language films 1960s science fiction horror films American science fiction horror films Mad scientist films American International Pictures films Films directed by Roger Corman Films scored by Les Baxter Films adapted into comics Fiction about X-ray vision Films produced by Roger Corman 1960s American films