PROJECT X (1968)
Article #623 by Dave Sindelar
Viewing date: 11/28/2002
Posting date: 4/23/2003

In the future, a spy in possession of important information for national security has had his mind erased by a drug. Scientists are called in to try and help him recover the information.

The only other time I know of that William Castle flirted with science fiction was in THE TINGLER, a movie which was primarily horror. This one is closer to a pure work of science fiction, with an interesting premise and some great ideas, and though it has a couple of horror elements, it is not a horror movie. Unfortunately, Castle seems a little lost at what to do with it all; there are some moments that are poorly handled from a dramatic perspective, and the movie comes across as somewhat vague and incomplete, but the ideas and the concepts are actually intriguing enough to hold your interest. It’s worth a viewing, but I’m left wondering how much better the movie could have been, and I’m a little disappointed that it didn’t quite gel as well as it could have. It’s something of a failure, but it’s more interesting than some successes.