The Evil Dead

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Summary: A True Cult Classic!!!
Review: Evil Dead is one the most stylish, gory, campy, and hilarious horror films of all time. It contains a few of the best low budget gore-fest scenes ever, and it is tremendously entertaining. A must-see for any fan of the genre.

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Summary: one of most influetial movies ever
Review: Never have I seen a more influential horror movie than the Evil Dead.Made in 1979, this was before any high dollar horror movies like Scream or I Know What You Did Last Summer,but you will still see it's gory and action-packed effects.The Evil Dead is even mentioned in Scream as one of the gratest horror movies ever.Asolutely check out this movie END

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Summary: A good movie if you are in the mood to slaughter your buds
Review: I have seen this movie maybe a billion times! Let me tell you, these new horror movies such as Scream etc.. do not compare to this hack 'em uop gore fest! The plot is basically simple a guy goes with his buddies into the wods, they turn into demons, he cuts them up into little pieces. This has to be the best horror movie ever made, mainly because it is so cheesy. That is the way horror movie pioneers had it in mind. END

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Summary: Evil Dead is cool!
Review: If you havent seen this movie yet SEE IT NOW!!! It is about friends who go to a cabin and get posessed one by one. it all mixes together with horror humor and a blood batth every 5 seconds! this is a MUST SEE!!! END

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Summary: Okay, but soooooo over-rated...
Review: I watched this movie tonight not expecting to like it. Why did I watch it in the first place then? Becasue I thought maybe I would end up liking it. Well, I did and I didn't. I love slasher flicks, but im not really into zombie movies. The two other zombie movies I have seen were "Dawn of the Dead" and "Day of the Dead", which I didn't like, and thought were WAY over-rated. This one was to, and certainly is NOT worth all the hye, but is still okay. The thing I liked about was that is was simple, sort of in the way "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was, but it's hard to explain HOW it was simple. It mostly takes place in the living room and cellar of a cabin, not in a big gothic mansion, so it's some-what realistic, and, like "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre", it's hard to explain HOW it's realistic. There were also a few cool scenes worth the rental alone. What I didn't like about it was it was some-what boring. It was also just felt a *bit* too short. So I wouldi't reccomend fully, unless you really like zombie flicks, or you just feel like you have to see every popular horror flick as I do...

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Summary: An excellent film for it's day.
Review: The film, "Evil Dead" is one notch above the usual horror-slasher-zombie films. Set in a desolate cabin in the dark woods, this movie sets out with a typical premise; a group of four young people are being stalked by an ancient evil force in the woods. This evil was awakened by a scientist in the cabin who was reading from an ancient Sumerian text of the dead, the "Necronomicon ex Mortis". A book written in blood, and bound in human flesh. The evil returns and slowly traps the frightened people there in the woods, takes over their bodies, turns them into Zombies, and kills them. The lone survivor, Ash, is forced to do battle with the forces of evil. Overall a good time, and for a film made on a shoestring budget, (less than 50,000 dollars I hear), it was a fun time. Director Sam Raimi did a fantaboulous job of making this film one of the New American Cult Classics. I would definitely see it, and would highly recommend the follow-ups, "Evil Dead II: Dead Before Dawn", and "Army of Darkness". Horror purists may groan at these, as they incorporate more humor, but overall, a worthwhile few hours. Buy the ticket, take the ride!

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Summary: the ultimate horror movie!
Review: This film is the ultimate horror movie. Great sneaky gore with a good storyline (unlike most horror movies) and not-so-bad acting or directing to be such a low budget film.

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Summary: Funny, scarey, and gory
Review: Its a classic worth whatever you pay for it, so buy it and enjoy it. Its funny, scary and gory all at the same time which make for a great low budget horror. amust in any cult horror collection.

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Summary: a cornerstone in low budget zombie horror
Review: Sam Raimi knows how to make a good movie. If he had wanted to, he could have turned Evil Dead into a great horror movie. The opening scene is promising: a lonely car on a desolate road on its way to a cabin in the woods. Had Raimi only showed the same love towards the genre and the characters as he did in the Spiderman films... But, of course, he didn't. No love, only talant.

There is a scene that shows the attitude of the film maker, where one of the character screams: "Why are you torturing me like this?" Obviously, that's a relavant question in many horror movies. That is if you're watching the movie, not if you're in it. The perspective in this film is rather distanced. Raimi is sitting in his horror movie sofa, laughing at the mysteries of the genre. When you're facing irrational evil, you don't ask "why?". There is only one thing to do. Just run, man. Just run.

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Summary: The Evil Dead
Review: It was an amazing start off to a trilogy of horror and three stooges slapstick. I have never seen a horror movie so many times, heck I've never seen any movie so many times. Sure the special effects are discouraging but who could of better been cast as the reluctant hero than Bruce Campbell. It has cheaply thrown in nudity and unusual amounts of blood give it that early 80's horror film feeling. It's easy to pick out flaws and inconsistencies throughout the films, but thats not the point. The point is to make you laugh, and then scare your pants off. Rent this one and you'll never want to see another horror film again.