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Summary: Much Better Than The First
Review: Gorier, better, and over all a much better movie than the First. Bloody stabbings, chainsaw action, rotting corpses, removal of body parts, decapitations and lots of blood and green goo.
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Summary: Back To The Cabin...
Review: Bruce Campbell returns as Ash, the sole survivor of the first EVIL DEAD demon fest. This time out, he must battle the evil spirit in himself! Sam Raimi pulls out all the bloody stops to unleash a tale of possession gone mad! Campbell's solo performance during the first part of the film is a total trip! He is chased, flattened, thrown, carried through the air, and indwelt by that accursed horror from the blood-inked pages of the Book Of The Dead! This movie is either hilariously scary, or Terrifyingly hysterical. A perfect follow up to it's more serious predecessor. Would make an excellent triple feature with DEAD ALIVE and RE-ANIMATOR. Highly recommended...
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Summary: Best comedy-horror-gore movie of all time
Review: "Evil Dead 2" ranks with "Dead Alive" and "Re-Animator" in the limited genre of black comedies full of gore and terror.The reason why this film works so well (by example, over the more popular follow-up "Army of Darkness") is because the movie never let you know for sure that it is a comedy. Example of the mix of horror and comedy: 1) The head of the decapitated girlfriend is biting our hero's hand. He runs like crazy to the shed in the backyard. 2) He traps the head in the benchpress. 3) The head talks sweetly as his girlfriend, and suddenly it changes to a demonic voice. 4) The hero reaches for the chainsaw. He opens a small curtain. No chainsaw. Only the chalk mark in the wall (like saying: here is where the chainsaw was supposed to be) 5) Cut to: the door opens abruptaly, and the decapitated body enters with the chainsaw. 6) Pure meyhem Things like that. Oh, and as a result of that bite in the hand, now that extremity is possesed by a demon, while the rest of his body is not. Excellent for a night with a group of friends. Highly recommended.
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Summary: SAM RAIMI IS KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: One of the greatest movies ever made. Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell give us the best sequel in horror movie history. This movie also shows the overall stupidity of Ash, the chainsaw-handed zombie hunter. He doesn't just return to the same cabin as in the first one, but he spends the first half of the movie without any recollection to what happened before or that his new girlfriend has the same name as the one that died in "Evil Dead." This movie is a must have for any horror fan.
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Summary: Engaging Comic Horror Film
Review: "Evil Dead II" does not so much strike me as a sequel to "The Evil Dead" but a reworking of the first film. Director Sam Raimi seems to be more confident in his prowess behind the camera as well as a storyteller. The horror here is leavened with humor but in no way does it overwhelm it. This is a horror film. Bruce Campbell also developes as a performer here. In the first film he seemed more like a nondescript college kid overwhelmed by the horror that engulfs him. Here he comes off as not only a believable action hero but as an adept comedian. His character evolves as the film progresses into a goofy parody of Rambo. Groovy.
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Summary: A Looney Tunes Horror Film.
Review: Up until this past year's hilarious "Shaun of the Dead," this film, "Evil Dead II," really had no competition whatsoever for the funniest Horror film ever made. It would be easy to rave about this Cult Classic filled with trick photography, stop-motion animation, over-the-top gore-soaked casualties, Bruce Campbell's charming chin, and one of the most underrated endings in film history, but I will point out why this particular DVD is exceptional instead. What makes this DVD rock is that the sound has been digitally remastered into THX surround sound. The sound-effects in this film are essential to magnify the humor and horror to its great heights. The other reason to get this DVD is the commentary which includes writer-director Sam Raimi, star Bruce Campbell, co-writer Scott Spiegel, and special make-up effects artist Greg Nicotero. I swear that listening to these guys self-deprecate and otherwise rip on themselves and the movie is as much fun as watching this film for the very first time. No kidding. I was rolling with laughter. For the quintessential backstory on this film may I recommend Bruce Campbell's thoroughly enjoyable book, "If Chins Could Kill," which is loaded with reminiscences about his time before, during, and after making this landmark Horror film classic. "Evil Dead II" is a necessary purchase for any Horror film afficionado. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Evil Dead II
Review: The first Evil Dead film was pure horror. The third is pure comedy. This one is a mixture of both horror and comedy - which is why it works so well. The film manages to make you go "Urgh! Gross!" AND laugh at the same time. Here's an example: in one scene there's a zombie trying to get out of a cellar through a trap door. Two men try to keep the trap door closed by standing, lying and jumping on it. But the zombie's head sticks out at the same time they're jumping on it. Whaddya get? A squashed head. And whaddya get when that happens? An eyeball that pops out of the head - one that goes flying across the room and goes straight into a screaming woman's mouth!!! HAHAHAHA. This film is hilarious! And the "possessed hand" scene is a classic.
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Summary: The best horror/comedy films ever made.
Review: I honestly dont care about the other evil dead movies but "evil dead 2: dead by dawn" because the other ones does not even come close to the intense and gory as dead 2 does and the funny parts and disturbing parts to me are classics. I consider this film to be both black comedy as well as horror and they both go very well together. evil dead 2 can make you laugh, feel disgusted and makes you ask "what the f*ck? " during the movie. Its a truly masterpiece. If you lvoe horror films and you dont own evil dead 2 ? Kill yourself because your not a real horro fan untill you own evildead 2. Highly recommended.
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Summary: INFLUENTIAL AND FRANTIC SEQUEL
Review: "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn" is one of the most influential horror sequels of all time. This movie changed the tone of the first movie and became a spoof movie. "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn" mocks virtually of every cliche of the horror genre. Since this movie gain cult following, other franchises have copied its humorous style, horror franchises like "Child's Play", "A Nightmare On Elm Street" and "Friday The 13th" have shamelessly ripped-off "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn", just check out "Bride Of Chucky" or "Freddy Vs. Jason".
Also recent movies like "Idle Hands" are inspired by the "Evil Dead" series. Obviously, none of those movies is as satisfying as "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn". The best thing in this movie is the camera work, the camera angles and the editing are so frantic and dynamic that you feel like you are flying in the enchanted woods of the movie. The possessed creatures move as fast as a feline, and are as aggressive as a grizzly bear, and that's really impressive, because these are not your typical flaccid, slow, fragile creatures that usually appear in horror movies.
The director Sam Raimi has gained a cult following with the "Evil Dead" series, and now that he became a mainstream director with the "Spider-Man" movies, he has adapted some of his best tricks to those films, check out the camera angles of "Spider-Man" 1 & 2, also the editing is very fast like the kind of editing that he used in "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn".
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Summary: Better than the first.A real classic
Review: Evil Dead II is not a remake, it is a sequel. The first 7 minutes of Evil Dead II is a rehash of the first movie (minus a few characters). If you watch the movies in a row, you can skip the first 7 minutes of ED2 and it will pickup right where the first one left off, with something busting through the cabin right into Ash. Same way the first few minutes of Army of Darkness are a rehash of the last two movie and then it goes right into him getting sucked through the portal, overlaping slightly with the end of Evil Dead II. All 3 movies are great, but as a true fan i'm waiting for a set of all three, hopefully packaged like the Necronomicon Edition of the first movie.
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