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starring: Adrienne Barbeau, Ramy Zada, Bingo O'Malley, Jeff Howell, E.G. Marshalldirected by: George A. Romero, Dario Argento
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302293746
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 630229374X
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Release Date: September 10, 1997
Running Time: 121 minutes
Sales Rank: 41303
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: October 25, 1991
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Legendary horror directors George Romero and Dario Argento team up to direct a pair of short films inspired by the writing of Edgar Allen Poe. In Romero's story, a woman (Adrienne Barbeau) and her lover hypnotize her ailing, older husband into signing over his riches. But when he dies while still under their command, his soul haunts them, seeking to be freed from their hypnotic spell. In Argento's tale, a crime-scene photographer (Harvey Keitel) kills his live-in girlfriend in a fit of jealous rage, but her black cat continues to torment him after her death. While Romero's piece toys with horror conventions and Argento's plays out in his typically elongated fashion, their dramatic story lines, unexpectedly gruesome imagery, and ironic endings shock some life into the movie. It is rumored that this was originally meant to be a quartet of horror tales with contributions from Wes Craven and John Carpenter, but at least we got these two. --Bryan Reesman
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Two part horror film based on Edgar Allan Poe stories.
This horror anthology film basically consists of two horror tales which are based on short stories by Edgar Allan Poe and was directed by two famous horror directors George Romero and Dario Argento, the film also stars Adrienne Barbeau, Tom Atkins and Harvey Keitel who were all great in this film. Two Evil Eyes was first initiated by Argento who came up with the idea to direct his favorite short stories from Poe so you have two classic tales brought to life, while I did like Romero's contribution ... Read More
Rating: - Romero and Argento team up to bring us Two Evil Eyes
It was only fitting George A. Romero and Dario Argento would team up for a project. They first worked together on George A. Romero's masterpiece Dawn of the Dead. Two Evil Eyes was the first time they worked together since. Two Evil Eyes takes two stories written by Edgar Allan Poe and are adapted for the screen. Originally Two Evil Eyes was going to be a collaboration between not only Argento and Romero, but John Carpenter and Wes Craven, another idea was a cable based show, but the other scripts ... Read More
Rating: - Two stories of revenge and murder.
This is not a low-budget film. This is a Dario Argento and George A. Romero film released in the USA in 1991.
Two trilling stories to horrify you.
"The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar"
Mrs. Jessica Valdemar (Adrienne barbeau) wants money now while her husband, Ernest Valdemar is on his death bed. She even rehearses what she is going to say to the attorney. Jessica and Robert (Ramy Zada), doctor and Jessica's lawyer, make Ernest sign all the necessary papers even ... Read More
Rating: - Great horror anthology from Romero and Argento.
A collection of two stories inspired by Edgar Allen Poe, the first tale "The Facts of the Case of Mr. Valamar" has a woman (Andrienne Barbabeu) who's married to an old rich man, she decides to take his money as her secret lover hypnotizes him then literally freeze him so they can kill him. They both hear his voice to find out that he's not all dead as later he returns from beyond the grave to seek revenge. Next is "The Black Cat" which tells the story of a crime scene photographer (Harvey Keitel) who's ... Read More
Rating:  - Two Evil Eyes
This is an interesting adapation of two E.A. Poe short stories. The one chosen by Argento is the classic "The Black Cat". The one chosen by Romero is the lesser known "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar". In my opinion, Argento's part is the superior one, full of innovative and inventive camera shots and a good performance by Keitel. The Romero part of it is not bad, but not nearly the usual inspired and creative level of his work.
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