This is a somewhat decent short film duo, but seeing this in 2021 and recently saw other Argento flicks again, I can't help but ask myself - why isn't Argento's sadism towards animals spoken of more? His entry here with "The Black Cat" is a good example where a real live cat is enduring takes with strangulation in several scenes and is visibly tormented. In Deep Red you will see a bird being impaled, as well as a lizard being impaled while still alive, in Inferno you will see cats endure scenes of violent nature, and I don't know how many crows who got killed during the filming of Opera. People speak of Lenzi, Deodato and even Martino when it comes to animal cruelty in italian movies, and they are remembered a lot for it. Why does Argento get away with it I wonder? His films are highly praised and has good production, but some of the scenes in his films involving real animal cruelty is deeply disturbing (as should be) and among the most sadist examples I can think of. I was so upset by the animal cruelty in "Two evil eyes" that I lost focus, and while the rest of the film is ok (the Romero segment is animal cruelty free and quite decent) and with good actors, I think it killed the movie as a whole. Other than this, I think the idea of making yet another Poe is lame. Seriously, how many takes has been done - and they're not really that good to begin with.
Review of Two Evil Eyes
