Two Evil Eyes (1990) on Netflix
Jessica Valdemar and Dr. Robert Hoffman hypnotize her dying husband Ernest over his fortune. Rod Usher, a crime scene photographer, lives with Annabel, whose new black cat hates him.
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Plot summary
Jessica Valdemar is married to Ernest Valdemar, a wealthy man fifteen years her senior who is terminally ill. Ernest has asked his lawyer Steven to sell several of his assets for cash, money that Jessica would be able to reach. Steven does as asked, though he warns her that the authorities would look into her if the estate were not settled first. What Steven does not know is that Jessica and Dr. Robert Hoffman have a plan of their own, using hypnosis to make Ernest do whatever they wish. In the companion story, Rod Usher works as a crime scene photographer for the police. He comes home to find that Annabel, the girlfriend he lives with, has taken in a black cat that is hostile to him from the start.
Cast
- Chuck Aberas Mr. Pratt (segment "The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar")
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- Jeff Howellas Policeman (segment "The Facts in the Case of Mr. Valdemar")
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Two Evil Eyes (1990)
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- Two Evil Eyes was planned as a four-segment Poe anthology, each part by a different director; John Carpenter, Clive Barker and Stephen King were considered, but Carpenter had scheduling conflicts and King refused to direct again after Maximum Overdrive.
- George A. Romero first planned to adapt Poe's "The Masque of the Red Death" with Donald Sutherland as a link between the two segments, but Dario Argento rejected both a historical and a futuristic setting, and Romero dropped it when Roger Corman announced his own remake.
- Dario Argento directed Two Evil Eyes as his first wholly American production, and it was the first time he needed to employ a dialogue coach.
- Two Evil Eyes gave Julie Benz her first acting role and first feature film part, as teenage violin student Betty in "The Black Cat"; her voice was dubbed in the Italian version by Dario Argento's daughter, Asia.
