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Summary: Superioir Entertainment
Review: Evil Dead II is a great movie. You can tell that the guys that made this movie were all having a good time. The movie is scary (at times) and more to the point----->Bruce Campbell is absolutely halarious as Ash. This is about the best way to spend an hour and a half that I can think of.Thanks to Raimi and Campbell for bringing Ash to the screen, he is one of the great characters of all time.
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Summary: visionary, outstanding, down right funny
Review: This movie has one of the funniest scenes in any movie ever, the plate scene. That scene still made me laugh the last time I saw it as much as the first. Bruce Campbell is a good actor with comedic physical timing equal to Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura. Plus somehow even though Campbell makes us laugh, he is as tough as nails in the role of Ash. Trust me on this buy this movie you will never be dissappointed. The movie will make its way into your dvd player quite a few times to re-live the misfortune of a man in the wrong place at the wrong time being driven to the edge and fighting back. No matter how funny the circumstances may be that occur, remember should we laugh at our heros pain? Answer....Yes and quite often.
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Summary: Evil AND Dead all over again.
Review: Honestly, I don't know really WHERE this movie fits in the story of the Evil Dead/Army of Darkness trilogy, but it is there. It is technically the second movie, but it is kind of a remake of the firt, tying it in with the third (and better), Army of Darkness. Bruce Campbell is the man. A dramatic actor with great talent, especially for these types of movies. The gore is, of course, overdone, but that's the point of the movies. This is a FUN movie, not oen that you really have to think about too much. I HIGHLY recommend it.
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Summary: Horror-Comedy Done Well
Review: It's about time I wrote a review for this movie. It's one of my favorite films of all time; part 2 of the violent, scary and often hilarious Evil Dead trilogy. I guess I just didn't know what to write. I have read many reviews of this film from fans who insist that it isn't a remake of the first film in the series, and I am about as big an Evil Dead fan as they come, but this films has too much in common with the first to be considered a sequel.
That is not to say in the least, however, that Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn is not equally as good a movie as the other two in the series. Infact, many people believe that it is superior to The Evil Dead and Army of Darkness. I like them all the same, and don't feel they should be compared because, whether or not Evil Dead 2 is a remake of the first, they are all their own film.
Regardless of whether or not Evil Dead 2 is a sequel or not, it starts off with Ash (our hero) returning to the doomed cabin he barely escaped in the first film and there is no explanation for this. So, in that respect, it is a sequel. Many of the same events from the first movie occur, although are done a bit differently, and instead of teens we have a new cast of characters. Director Sam Raimi obviously knew what kind of movie he was making, and made the story the way he did fro a reason. The same sort of thing happens in the beginning of Army of Darkness; there is a change in the story, and the ending of Evil Dead 2.
But anyway, instead of straightforward gory horror, Evil Dead 2 starts to shift towards slapstick, gross-out comedy, which the series perfects with Army of Darkness. When Bruce Campbell battles himself in the kitchen it is a moment of true physical acting mastery.
Like all of Sam Raimi's older films, he is not afraid to use cheesy special effects if it means getting the shot he's after, and this shows in Evil Dead 2, (although the effects weren't that cheesy when the movie was originally released.)
Anyway, it's a must for horror fans. Very funny.
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Summary: A great cult classic combining comedy and horror
Review: This is one of my all time favorite movies. The combo of gore and comedy is great. If you're a fan of movies like Re-Animator or Street Trash, you need this in your collection. I actually like this better than Evil Dead. For a sequel, I say this is one of the best ones I've ever come across. The effects and story are incredible and this is one of the movies I can never get sick of. Its not your basic Zombie or Living Dead movie, but its one with a twist. For any horror fan, this is a must.
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Summary: Gore galore
Review: The second movie in the 'Evil Dead' series is a somewhat more polished, sophisticated follow-up to the original 'Evil Dead' with a sense of humor thrown in for good measure. (I must add a caveat to that last statement; if the humor potential of seeing the main character amputate one of his own hands with a chainsaw, then watching it crawl across the room on its own to give him the finger evades you perhaps you should skip this title. You don't watch a movie like this to follow the permutations and subtle unfolding of the plot.) Similar to 'Halloween II', this film starts on the same night the previous one ended. The opening moments are a bit of revisionist history with only the main character, Ash (Bruce Campbell) and his girlfriend at the haunted cabin instead of the group of five in the first film. Not to worry; the girlfriend is quickly dispatched, clearing the way for a whole new quartet of cannon fodder. What happens after that is fairly predictable. The dead are evil, and manifest their evilness by trying to make the living into more of the dead. They are, in a sense, only doing what comes naturally. That this involves dismemberment, as well as the oozing and spewing of substances of varying levels of viscosity is merely incidental. What makes this appealing is the sheer gusto of the filmmaking. Mr. Campbell and director Sam Raimi are old high school buddies, and the enthusiasm of people getting to do something they've wanted to do and talked about doing for years comes through. They are shots and sequences in the movie that only happen when the people making the movie are going at it with ambition and energy. If you enjoy this genre, this is a title you want on your shelf. The commentary tracks are excellent bonus features, especially if Mr. Campbell cracks you up.
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Summary: If you haven't seen this yet, you're a cinematic moron!
Review: The film is a cinematic masterpiece, it's so funny, scary, violent, and soundtrack is so sweet! This first one is the scariest, but the sequel is far funnier. It has some scares in it, but this has a lot of humor in it. It's dark humor, but it is funny. This is not as good as Army of Darkness though. Army of Darkness is the funniest in the series. See the first one, then this one, and also check out Army of Darkness.
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Summary: 5 Stars!?!?!?!? YES - for it's genre (horror-comedy)!
Review: The Evil Dead II *IS* a remake and a sequel at the same time. In fact, the earliest releases of this on VHS said "Evil Dead Too" on the cover - as in "This is ALSO the Evil Dead". While the plot is basic that isn't a factor - I mean *all* plots are simple when you think about it. I once spent a dextromethorphan laced night watching and rewatching this movie for 8 hours straight. It was really cool - as I kept phasing back into and out of the state of consciousness commonly refrred to as "reality" I felt like I was actually in the movie and since my sense of time was all wacked out, I kept getting weird deja vu feelings as I watched it over and over.
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Summary: A Masterpiece
Review: Its nice to see a comedy with such wonderful pacing. The movie just keeps going and going. I never wanted it to end. Both the first and second films were hilarious, but humor wasn't the first films intention. I've always liked Bruce Campbell and this is where he shines brightest. Nothing can top the chainsaw, the sawed off shotgun, and how its summed up by one word: "groovy"
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Summary: Come to sweet Henrietta!
Review: Not a remake but a sequel, "Evil Dead 2" picks up Ash right where we left him: hit by the dark force of the woods at the break of dawn. Now he and a new group of victims (the owners of the house, no less) have to find a way to send the evil in the forest back where it came from. This second installment of the Evil Dead series is superior to the original in many ways, but it's also a very different kind of movie. It has less scares and more fun, and a sense of absurd that holds no punches. One thing is for sure: this special edition is top-quality stuff, and worthy of the two excellent editions they made for the original. The video quality is superb, with a nice, solid image that maintains the colors very rich. Blacks are black, and all the different "blood" colors are saturated and with deep contrast. Also, unlike the first movie, this time "Evil Dead 2" comes both in widescreen and fullscreen format. The sound is also very good, specially the THX remastered soundtrack that, although it may be a little too "loud", still remains the best sound quality I've ever seen in an Evil Dead DVD. Sadly, no subtitles, but at least they didn't forget the close-captions for this edition. The extras include bios and filmographies for Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell, as well as the theatrical trailer, a preview for the "Evil Dead" Playstation game, still images and, best of all, a 30-documentary called "The Gore the Merrier", hosted by the special effects crew, who pretty much make fun of the whole making-of process while they proceed to point out mistakes seen during the movie. I've saved the best for last. I'm talking about the EXCELLENT commentary track by Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell and Greg Nicotero. This has to be one of the most informative and entertaining commentaries I've ever heard in my life. Bruce Campbell had already done this solo with his commentary for the Special Edition of "Evil Dead", but this time, riding alongside Sam Raimi, he is even funnier. The both of them soon take over, though Nicotero obviously has the upper hand when it comes to the special effects. This commentary track alone is worth the price of the edition. Personally, if you loved the first one, you can't go wrong with "Evil Dead 2". Fortunately, Anchor Bay has not tried to milk it for everything it's worth (see such case in "Army of Darkness"), so this edition should satisfy all deadite fans.
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