The George Romero-Dario Argento collaboration "Due occhi diabolici" ("Two Evil Eyes" in English) looks especially fun nowadays thanks to last year's Netflix miniseries "The Fall of the House of Usher", about a pharmaceutical industry family that experiences some grisly fates.
This movie reminded me of Roger Corman's 1962 movie "Tales of Terror", featuring adaptations of Poe stories: it included "The Black Cat" and "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar". So, here we have Adrienne Barbeau as a woman plotting to make off with her dying husband's money, and then Harvey Keitel as a misanthropic photographer. There are some shocking scenes, with each director putting his own spin on the adapted story.
It's not any sort of great movie - not even by horror standards - but it's neat seeing how the directors come up with ways to tell the story. The rest of the cast includes Tom Atkins (of "Creepshow", "Halloween III" and "Night of the Creeps") and Martin Balsam (of "Psycho").
This movie reminded me of Roger Corman's 1962 movie "Tales of Terror", featuring adaptations of Poe stories: it included "The Black Cat" and "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar". So, here we have Adrienne Barbeau as a woman plotting to make off with her dying husband's money, and then Harvey Keitel as a misanthropic photographer. There are some shocking scenes, with each director putting his own spin on the adapted story.
It's not any sort of great movie - not even by horror standards - but it's neat seeing how the directors come up with ways to tell the story. The rest of the cast includes Tom Atkins (of "Creepshow", "Halloween III" and "Night of the Creeps") and Martin Balsam (of "Psycho").