Two Evil Eyes

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Two Evil Eyes ★★ Due Occhi Diabolici 1990 (R)

Horror kings Romero and Argento each direct an Edgar Allan Poe tale in this release, hence the title. Barbeau, the scheming younger wife of a millionaire, hypnotizes her husband with the help of her lover in “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar.” When hubby dies too soon to validate changes made in his will, the lovers decide to freeze him for two weeks in order that death can be recorded at the correct time. In “Black Cat” a crime photographer used to photographing gore adopts a feline friend and starts getting sick on the job. 121m/C VHS, DVD . IT Adrienne Barbeau, Ramy Zada, Harvey Keitel, Madeleine Potter, Bingo O'Malley, E.G. Marshall, John Amos, Sally Kirkland, Kim Hunter, Martin Balsam, Tom Atkins; D: George A. Romero, Dario Argento; W: George A. Romero, Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini; C: Giuseppe Maccari, Peter Reniers; M: Pino Donaggio.

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