It is amazing what Argento has been able to do in his 65-minute "The Black Cat," which is the more ingenious--and gory--of the two parts.

It was a match made in hell, a dream realized for many horror fans.

But where Romero goes for the cheap, linear approach, Argento's storytelling is painfully poetic, with ever-shifting points of view and asides... There's a madness in Argento's method and it's always appropriate.

As an ambitious, not-quite masterpiece by two nearly past their prime filmmakers, Two Evil Eyes is a good deal better than it gets credit for.