On this day in movie history - Two Evil Eyes (1990 movie & book):

Two Evil Eyes

Original Italian title: Due occhi diabolici,

directed by Dario Argento, George A. Romero,

written by George A. Romero, Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini, Peter Koper,

based on The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar & The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe,

released in Italy on January 25, 1990.

Music by Pino Donaggio.

Cast:

Adrienne Barbeau, Ramy Zada, Bingo O'Malley, Jeff Howell, E.G. Marshall, Harvey Keitel, Madeleine Potter, John Amos, Sally Kirkland, Kim Hunter, Holter Graham, Martin Balsam, Chuck Aber, Jonathan Adams, Tom Atkins, Mitchell Baseman, Julie Benz, Barbara Bryne, Mario Caputo, Lanene Charters, Bill Dalzell, Anthony Dileo Jr., Christine Forrest, J.R. Hall, Scott House, James MacDonald, Charles McPherson, Larry John Meyers, Jeff Monahan, Fred Moore, Christina Romero, Peggy McIntaggart, Ben Tatar, Lou Valenzi, Jeffrey Wild, Ted Worsley, Jonathan Sachar, Tom Savini.

Recommended reading:

The Complete Stories and Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe.

First published 1849.
This edition published 1966.
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.

Hardcover.

ISBN 13: 9780385074070
ISBN 10: 0385074077
ASIN: 0385074077

Description:

This single volume brings together all of Poe’s stories and poems, and illuminates the diverse and multifaceted genius of one of the greatest and most influential figures in American literary history.

Born on this day – John Amos:

John Amos

Actor

Writer

Producer

December 27, 1939 – August 21, 2024

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20/20 (2018); 30 Rock (2010); 3rd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1997); 704 Hauser (1994); A Woman Like That (1997); Act of Faith (2014); Alcatraz: The Whole Shocking Story (1980); All About the Andersons (2003–2004); All Over Again (2001); Althea (2014); American Flyers (1985); American Lowrider (2010); American Masters (2002 / 2015 / 2016); Ascension Day (2007); Bad Asses on the Bayou (2015); Ballers (2019); Beauty and the Beast (1988); Because of Charley (2021); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Block Party (2022); Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988); Booo Chapter One (2025); CBS at 75 (2003); Christmas Belles (2019); Christmas in Miami (2021); Clippers (1991); Coming 2 America (2021); Coming to America (1988); Contrast of Evil (2013); Cops and Robin (1978); Crossing Over: How Roots Captivated an Entire Nation (2007); Dance of the Dwarfs (1983); Die Hard 2 (1990); Die Hard 2: The Bad Guys - Villains' Profile (1990); Dinah! 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