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Two Evil Eyes

Two Evil Eyes

Horror · 1990

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.

Movie details

Two Evil Eyes

“When I Wake You... You'll Be Dead.”

1990 Horror 2h 0m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.1 / 10

Community rating

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Two Evil Eyes?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Dario Argento · George A. Romero

Written by

Dario Argento · Franco Ferrini · George A. Romero

Adrienne Barbeau

Adrienne Barbeau

Jessica Valdemar

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

Roderick Usher

Ramy Zada

Ramy Zada

Dr. Robert Hoffman

E.G. Marshall

E.G. Marshall

Steven Pike

Madeleine Potter

Madeleine Potter

Annabel

Bingo O'Malley

Bingo O'Malley

Ernest Valdemar

John Amos

John Amos

Det. Legrand

Court is in session

Put Two Evil Eyes on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.