Roger Corman directs Ray Milland, Doris Van Der Vlis and Don Rickles in this B- Movie fable of a doctor who expirements on his eyesight to give himself super-vision, then cannot handle what he sees.

We’ve now reached the age where Tim Burton’s earlier, better works are ripened for remake but this is a title I always associated with Burton. Every year a fresh report that his own take of the 60s cult classic was on the way and this was pre- the Planet of the Apes “reimagining” when Burton had yet to make a soulless dud, three words that have all but defined his later creative output. So I finally got around to watching the original and it’s a curio for sure but not worth your time. Trying to match a similar vibe to tragic but gripping fantasy of The Incredible Shrinking Man, it comes across as merely dour and episodic. Former Oscar winner Milland is clearly slumming it, submitting to the unlikely twists the tale takes his Doc on. And then the shock ending is heavy handedly guessable. A long 80 minutes for little but kitsch rewards.

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