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Two Evil Eyes [Blu-ray]

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Two Evil Eyes Brings together two Cult Icon Directors George A. Romero and Dario Argento to adapt two Poe Tales. Argento's episode of The Black Cat is the standout and arguable on of his greatest and darkest films post-Opera. While Romero's episode is not up to par with his other films, it's still a lot of fun.

BU's Blu-Ray works perfect in my player, with excellent picture,sound, and great extras! In response to the other review, Blue Underground has a great track record with customers, if you have a defective disc email them and they will replace your product for free.

George Romero and Dario Argento are undoubtedly two of the most iconic directors in the world of horror, yet for some reason, Two Evil Eyes has usually played last fiddle in comparison to either director's more prolific works. Both helm separate tales with Two Evil Eyes, which is based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Romero's is "The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar", in which a trophy wife (Adrienne Barbeau) and her doctor lover (Ramy Zada) plot to rid themselves of her old, wealthy husband. Then things end up taking a supernatural turn for the worse, naturally. This segment is far from the best you'll see from Romero, but it is a fun dirge nevertheless. Argento tackles one of Poe's finest and most renowned tales with "The Black Cat", in which a photographer (Harvey Keitel giving a great performance) is driven to murderous lengths after his girlfriend takes in a stray black cat. This segment is definitely the better of the two, as it showcases just what made Argento such a celebrated horror director in the first place with some spectacular camera work. In essence, Two Evil Eyes are Poe tales with more modern twists, featuring some pretty good gore effects by the great Tom Savini. And now that Blue Underground has released the film on Blu-Ray, it is more than worth discovering or re-discovering all over again. Look for a young Julie Benz (TV's Dexter) in a blink and you'll miss her role as Keitel's girlfriend's violin student.

The title of this review says it all.
The write up for this three story disk was better than all three stories put together.
The BUU-RAY rendition was no better. I put this one in a dark place, no no I mean in a drawer.