Talk:X: The Man With The X-Ray Eyes (Alternate Ending; 1963)/@comment-654268-20170731083031

This is factually wrong. It was Stephen King who claimed that there were rumors of such an ending existing, and Corman himself later remarked with a smirk on his face that he thought it interesting that after seeing his movie and critiquing it, Stephen King wrote an even better ending than he had originally written.

Corman always intended the movie to end with the protagonist plucking his eyes out, and Stephen King claims that he heard rumor that there was an alternate take where he followed up plucking his eyes out with a now mind shattered protagonist uttering that "he can still see." This doesn't specify whether it means he can still see everything despite his lack of eyes, or if it is the eye of the universe which he can still see. One would imply that his eyes had become vestigial at best, the other implies that once you peer into the void it peers back into you and never lets you go.