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Summary: One serious horror flick! TREMENDOUS!
Review: "The Evil Dead" is one serious horror masterpiece. It makes "The Exorcist" look like a "G" rated film. My flesh is still crawling...it will definitely give anyone nightmares, and this digitally remastered version has it all. I bought the Special Edition on DVD. I have never seen more gore, greater sound, so many jump-out-of-your-skin scenes in my life. If you are a horror fan...and have a strong stomach...this one's for you. No kidding everyone...this is a SERIOUS film. It was rated NC-17 when it first came out in 1982. It should stay that way! I was raised on horror films, but I never thought they'd go this far!!! The setting is a deserted cabin in the woods. For 85 minutes you never leave it...nor do you want to! Don't go into the woods! Whatever you do, don't go into the woods! Of all people, I may not sleep well tonight. This film accomplished what I thought no horror flick could ever do...it scared the %$#( out of me. There have been "moments" in other films, but this one is non-stop. I think I'll take a break now and go watch "Peter Cottontail" or something. Wanna get scared? Wanna venture deep into the horror genre'? See "The Evil Dead" and don't let anyone or anything interrupt you. It's better than any thrill ride I've ever been on. It takes your stomach to the same place. I gave it 5 stars on Amazon.com scale. It deserves a 6. Don't rent this. Buy it! It's one you'll want to relive over and over again when you need/want a good scare...or need/want to scare others.
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Summary: 10 Stars - This Is Some Serious Horror Flick
Review: Having been raised on horror films, "The Evil Dead" is a must-see for all hor-gore fans. It makes "The Exorcist" look like a G-rated film. It is non-stop, out-of-your-skin, out-of-the-dark, out-of-the-woods terror. While it is 20 years old, it holds its own. Many have failed in trying to capture the essence of true horror...this film does it with no finesse, no class, no-holds-barred. This is one serious horror flick. If you have a good stomach, love to feel your flesh crawl, haven't had a good scare lately, buy "The Evil Dead". But whatever you do, don't go into the woods. DON'T GO INTO THE WOODS! The entire film is shot inside and outside a rickety cabin in, yes (how'd you guess it?) the woods. The DVD even has a printed color insert called "The Girls of The Evil Dead". Does that tell you something? These three ladies will, at the outset, win your heart. By films end, they will tear your heart out - LITERALLY!!
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Summary: The BEST packaging EVER
Review: Wow, your own copy of the necronomican (sp?). This case rocks!! I have it sitting on a little easle in my office -- what a conversation piece. It rocks.With regard to the movie. If you are reading this then you know the whole Evil Dead saga. If you ask me, while this movie is interesting, it is good to watch sam and bruce warm up for the second one. Taken on its own, this movie is enjoyable, but when it is viewed as their honing of their skills it is incredible. You can see what they wanted to do in this one, and then watch them execute it in the second. The new sound and picture are a huge improvement over the first three releases. It sounds and looks awesome.
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Summary: These guys crack me up
Review: Okay. I'm going to have to admit it. I really only like this movie because of Bruce Campbell. I admit it's really interesting filmmaking on such a limited budget, and I laud the result. But I wouldn't come back for repeated viewing if it weren't for Bruce. And that's what makes this DVD so great. There is a whole Bruce Campbell commentary track that is so much more amusing than the movie itself. I can watch that over and over again. (The Sam Raimi/Rob Tapert commentary is interesting, but it's also clear why they are behind the camera.) This DVD also features Bruce's short documentary, "Fanalysis" - also great if you are a Bruce fan. (I still think that Evil Dead 2 is better, both the movie and the dvd, but that doesn't mean this one doesn't rock.) As for the Book of the Dead keepcase, it's creepy in that manufactured kind of way. It's spongy and textured. The pages inside are hilarious. I spent an evening on the sofa with two friends figuring them out and laughed til I hurt. If you are an Evil Dead fan or a Bruce Campbell fan, get this. Get it for the spongy book so you can poke its nose and watch it spring back into place. Ewwww...
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Summary: Fantastic Flick ... but only a warmup of what's to come.
Review: This movie is incredible ... it is an incredible study on how to make a great movie on a shoestring budget. The sound explosion in the new dts version is unbelievable. However, pass on this one, and get the BOOK OF THE DEAD version -- best packaging ever
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Summary: It was about time
Review: Ever so often, after sometimes years of weak Hollywood Horror Movies along comes a kick but Horror Flick that shakes up the whole Genre. Almost always a low to NO budget independent film, some young/new director will make his mark, and push the envelope a little farther. Movies like Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Night of the living dead, Halloween, Re-animator, and this small but gutsy little epic, which is one of my favorites, The Evil Dead. Group of friends, weekend trip, small cabin in the woods, "Complete and total body dismemberment" What more can I say, what more could you want from a Movie! How about some inventive camera work, and that first scene at the cabin with the swing banging against the house, sweet! Oh and lets not forget the tree rape scene, Wow, talk about "WOOD" Last but not least this baby introduced Bruce Camble to the World... The sequels were very good but a little two much comedy for my taste. As for the DVD It's self (this is about the 10th version on DVD) it looks and sounds way better than this film has a right to. Should be in ever Horror Fans collection!! Required veiwing Horror 101....
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Summary: Greatest horor film of all time...
Review: This is truly one of the most frightening horror films of all time; especially for the time in which it was created. However, due to a limited budget, you will not find Academy Award winning acting in The Evil Dead, nor will you find the greatest special effects. Despite what I have heard about other studios' releases of this film, I found this DVD in particular (Anchor Bay version) to be quite nice. Alas, I was somewhat disappointed when I discovered that it was not fullscreen. On the contrary, the THX digital mastering is absolutely magnificent. There are also some special features which I found entertaining as well. This is definitely Sam Raimi's greatest accomplishment, and is a must-have for any horror fanatic, or just anyone who wants to be scared out of their wits!
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Summary: "Classic" is an understatement.
Review: The Evil Dead (Sam Raimi, 1982) What is it possible to say about Sam Raimi's classic video nasty that has not been said already? If you haven't already heard of The Evil Dead, you've likely been living in a cave for the past twenty years. if you haven't seen it, you've likely been living in Great Britain. But I digress. The Evil Dead is the most basic of stories (whoops! we let these demons out, see...) shot on the most shoestring of budgets ($150,000, in six weeks), using no-name actors, many of whom were also behind-the-scenes participants. Nothing is ever explained, no reasons for all this occurring are handed us. It just is. Sound familiar? It ought to. George Romero had done the same thing almost fifteen years before and created a monstrous smash hit on the underground cinema circuit in Night of the Living Dead, to this day the most influential horror film ever made. The Evil Dead followed in Night's tradition, of course, becoming the first of the "video nasties" (or so the liner notes in Book of the Dead crow... we'll just ignore Peeping Tom, banned in 1960,for the moment, shall we?) banned for so long in Britain. (That has since, thankfully, been rectified.) Another way in which Evil Dead has gone on to imitate night is in the breadth of its influence over film-not just in horror, but in all walks of life. Camera tricks used in The Evil Dead are often replicated today to get the same effects (The Blair Witch Project made use of Evil Dead-style camerawork to nauseating effect, as does the opening of Tornatore's A Pure Formaity), the ripped Hills Have Eyes poster in one scene in the Evil Dead sparked a decade-long rivalry between Raimi and Wes Craven (and playing "spot the ripped poster" in the films of both is just as amusing as playing "Spot the Hitchcock"), mini-homages to scenes in The Evil Dead can be found around the map. It has truly become a classic; it did for the popularity of giallo in America what Night of the Living Dead did for the classic horror film. One other odd similarity between the two: the vast majority of the actors therein never went onto another role. Male lead Bruce Campbell, obviously, not only went on to The Evil Dead II and III, but Darkman, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., The Hudsucker Proxy, and the Spider-Man franchise, to name only a few. What of the other four main actors? Ellen Sandweiss gets her first role since in 2003 with Satan's Playground, the new flick from the inimitable Dante Tomaselli (Desecration, Horror). Theresa Tilly, who went by the stage name Sarah York in the film, resurfaced again in 1998 as Selma Blair's mother in Debutante. Hal Delrich and Betsy Baker have disappeared off the map. It's a must-see film by any standards. Hard evidence that, even in the Hollywood-controlled machine, it's possible to take a shoestring budget and an incredibly stupid idea, work outside the gears, and produce one of film's enduring classics. **** ½
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Summary: Evil Dead
Review: This is actually one of the only movies to never scare me and keep me awake at night. It is just awsome, gorey, bloody, good plot. Just great!
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Summary: fasten your seat belt
Review: I saw Evil Dead bout 10 yrs ago and I hafta tellya, this is one scarey movie. It begins harmless enuff *but that soon changes*.
5 kids go vacationing at a decrepit old cabin that harbours a tape with incantations that will give demons lisence to.....possess the living.
of course they are curious to whats on the tape and play it.
soon the ground opens up,the wind howls voices scream the woods come alive, now the fun starts.
One of the girl goes out into the woods and ends up getting raped by a tree..(yep)
later she becomes possessed and begins to levitate telling the others they will die..just like the others before them.
this flick is bloody gory and gruesome a must see for horror buffs
it delivers in all ways
enjoy
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