If you loved Children of the Damned, try X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Children of the Damned

1964 · dir. Anton Leader

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X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

1963 · dir. Roger Corman

What they share

Theyboth carry the dread mood tag, and they sit in Horror / Science Fiction territory. If that's the register that drew you to Children of the Damned, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

dread

What X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes is

Rooftop. Midnight. A pigeon's coo. A scientist's self-experiment grants him vision beyond sight, a gift that quickly warps his world and endangers everyone around him. Corman's sci-fi paranoia plays on primal fears.

If you loved Children of the Damned, try X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

Children of the Damned

X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes

What they share

What X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes is

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