Tuesday, October 30, 2018
31 Days of Horror Day 30 Two Evil Eyes
Source-Vudu
Yep another film I read about in Fangoria. I was looking forwArd to this movie. Where George Romero,RIP, and Dario Argento would each adapt a classic tale of Horror from Edgar Allen Poe. Much time passed and the movie never played any theater near me. Saw that it was hitting VHS. But no video store I went to had a copy. Finally late one weeknight in 92 it aired on Showtime. So I stayed up till 2am to watch it.
Up first is Romero's part,The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar. Which is about a wife using hypnosis to get her elderly husband to give her control of his money.
The husband has a heart attack while hypnotized. So the wife and her lover hide they body. Which causes all kinds of creepy shit to start happening.
This is based on one of the few Poe stories I haven't read. Adrianne Barbeau is the wife. And for some reason she still has the crappy perm she had on Maude.
Over all it is decent. But I was expecting much more from Romero.
The second story is directed by Dario Argento and is based on The Black Cat. We get Harvey Kietel as the lead. He is a crime scene photographer.
This story is much better than The first one. It looks great. Has good sound design. Plus Harvey is a way more talented actor than Adrianne.
Sadly even though the film is based on stories from a great author,and has two mega talented directors at the helm...well it turns out to be average at best.
Two Evil Eyes gets a C+.