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When I Wake You...You'll Be Dead!
George A Romero. Dario Argento. Two of the worlds greatest fearmakers unite for this irresistible double bill based on the writings of Edgar Allan Poe.
Romero directs The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar which follows a greedy wife (Adrienne Barbeau) and her calculating lover who conspire to rob her dying husband.
The Black Cat is Argentos tale of a cold-hearted photographer (Harvey Keitel) who enters a battle of wits with a seemingly immortal feline foe.
Two Evil Eyes is a chilling and thrilling journey into the darkness of the human soul and the dire repercussions that await those who try to take advantage of the seemingly helpless.
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A definite must-see for all horror fans --scaredstiffreviews.com
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Like the other reviewer here (who I totally agree with) Romero's half of the film is lumpen and overlong looking more like a TV episode of an anthology series. A shame because he has directed some great stuff over the years.
Argento does much better with his segment with nods to other Poe stories. Unfortunately the second story is also too long and padded out. The whole film could have done with a serious trim which would have made it a lot more tense and exciting.
Overall not a disaster but both Director's have produced much better work in the past.
Argento does much better with his segment with nods to other Poe stories. Unfortunately the second story is also too long and padded out. The whole film could have done with a serious trim which would have made it a lot more tense and exciting.
Overall not a disaster but both Director's have produced much better work in the past.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Two Evil Eyes threatened to be another disappointment from Dario Argento, especially since the first half of this modernized Edgar Allen Poe double-header, The Facts in the Case of Mr Valdemar, directed by George A. Romero, felt like a competent but uninspired network TV compilation episode. So it's a real surprise just how much dark fun Argento has with The Black Cat, playfully riffing both on Poe's other short stories and classic movies (there's even a subtle Psycho moment where Martin Balsam's nosey neighbor finds himself at the foot of another staircase looking for another missing woman) as Harvey Keitel's crime photographer - first seen photographing the aftermath of a Pit and the Pendulum incident - finds his life going to Hell when he gets rid of the girlfriend's cat. It's not prime Argento, but compared to his stale going-through-the-motions later efforts like Phantom of the Opera, The Card Player and Phenomena, it'll remind you why you liked him in the first place.
Unlike Blue Underground's extras-packed 2-disc US NTSC DVD or Anchor Bay's deleted UK PAL disc with the 53-minute documentary Dario Argento - An Eye for Horror, Arrow's PAL version is extras-lite - just the trailer for this and other Argento films.
Unlike Blue Underground's extras-packed 2-disc US NTSC DVD or Anchor Bay's deleted UK PAL disc with the 53-minute documentary Dario Argento - An Eye for Horror, Arrow's PAL version is extras-lite - just the trailer for this and other Argento films.
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I saw this 2 parter on The Horror Channel. I totally agree with the other two reviewers here, part one is lame, looks like an episode from a naff '80s TV prog, is acted badly and George A Romero's talents have been wasted.
Black Cat, the second, however, with a fine actor performing well - Harvey Keitel - manages to carve itself some great scenes, a few of which are truly blood-curdling. Yes, it does need some of its fat cut off, but that's applicable to 90% of horror flicks.
If you are a cat lover with a sensitive nature, this is best avoided. Even though immediately after the last frame has faded we get an American Animal Humane Society certificate that states clearly 'no animal was...' etc, its very prominence means it was heavily on the mind of someone involved that many of moggy's scenes could be upsetting.
As for the actual story, well, it's all a bit over the place but involves photographer Keitel, who hates cats and his common-law wife has a black one. He disposes of it, shall we say and when she gets another, he takes photos of himself "disposing" of that one too, for a book that he gets published. Obviously, his partner isn't too happy about this state of affairs, she moans a lot and then she disappears....
There's a nod or two to 'Psycho' in the way she 'disappears' but I'm not going to say any more than that, apart from that it's worth seeing. It's probably worthy of 4 stars, whereas the first, one.
Black Cat, the second, however, with a fine actor performing well - Harvey Keitel - manages to carve itself some great scenes, a few of which are truly blood-curdling. Yes, it does need some of its fat cut off, but that's applicable to 90% of horror flicks.
If you are a cat lover with a sensitive nature, this is best avoided. Even though immediately after the last frame has faded we get an American Animal Humane Society certificate that states clearly 'no animal was...' etc, its very prominence means it was heavily on the mind of someone involved that many of moggy's scenes could be upsetting.
As for the actual story, well, it's all a bit over the place but involves photographer Keitel, who hates cats and his common-law wife has a black one. He disposes of it, shall we say and when she gets another, he takes photos of himself "disposing" of that one too, for a book that he gets published. Obviously, his partner isn't too happy about this state of affairs, she moans a lot and then she disappears....
There's a nod or two to 'Psycho' in the way she 'disappears' but I'm not going to say any more than that, apart from that it's worth seeing. It's probably worthy of 4 stars, whereas the first, one.
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