I have a theory concerning the rumours about the ending of this above average scary movie...
"There have long been rumours about additional footage, shot for the final scene in the movie, in which Dr. Xavier, after removing his eyes, screams "I can still see!" Writer and horror film buff Stephen King related these rumors in the late 1970s in his book Danse Macabre. This footage has never turned up, but in the X DVD audio commentary for the 2001 "Midnite Movies" series from MGM, Corman claims that he does recall shooting the scene on a whim (the "I can still see!" line was not in the script), but being dissatisfied with the results and returning to the script's ending." --- Wikipdedia
When I was a kid growing up in Southern California I saw "X" at least a half dozen times on the afternoon matinée on Channel 13. And each time the movie ended with the screen going black and Ray Milland screaming that he can still see.
Is it possible that when they were releasing copies of "X" for television that somebody from the studio might've tacked on that unwanted ending to pad the running time of the movie? Commercials breaks weren't as long back then as they are now.
"There have long been rumours about additional footage, shot for the final scene in the movie, in which Dr. Xavier, after removing his eyes, screams "I can still see!" Writer and horror film buff Stephen King related these rumors in the late 1970s in his book Danse Macabre. This footage has never turned up, but in the X DVD audio commentary for the 2001 "Midnite Movies" series from MGM, Corman claims that he does recall shooting the scene on a whim (the "I can still see!" line was not in the script), but being dissatisfied with the results and returning to the script's ending." --- Wikipdedia
When I was a kid growing up in Southern California I saw "X" at least a half dozen times on the afternoon matinée on Channel 13. And each time the movie ended with the screen going black and Ray Milland screaming that he can still see.
Is it possible that when they were releasing copies of "X" for television that somebody from the studio might've tacked on that unwanted ending to pad the running time of the movie? Commercials breaks weren't as long back then as they are now.
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