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Summary: Horror Flick? I Don't Think So...
Review: You know there's something seriously wrong when you sit down to a movie that's supposed to be scary and you find yourself laughing to the point of tears. This movie was definetely just that for me when I sat down and watched it with my friends. I had never heard of Sam Raimi or Bruce Campbell for that matter, and didn't know what to expect when my brother pushed play, but as soon as the Necronomicon was opened and the words were spoken, the laughs began. The talking severed head, the exaggerated terror of Bruce Campbell and the cheesy special effects had me rolling on the floor, begging my brother to rewind a scene so I could watch it again. The laughs don't stop till the end, and I beg the film industry to better rate and classify their films. This movie is not rated R and it's not horror, either. It belongs in the comedy section of your local video store, rated PG-13.
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Summary: Anybody else disappointed by the sequel?
Review: I am not a gore freak. I have never opened a copy of Fangoria, don't own a single Todd McFarlane Movie Maniacs figure, and do not have a Tobe Hooper shrine/website. I love good movies, despite the genre, and "DEAD BY DAWN" is one of my favorites, right up there with Coen Brothers films, American Beauty, or the Godfather. It is also one of the most disturbing movies I love. I know it is equal parts slapstick and grand guinol, but I get uncomfortable watching alone at night. That propulsive steadicam work freaks me out (no, I am not a stoner, either), and I feel winded at the sheer velocity and relentlessness of the thing. AND I always watch this and wonder why Bruce Campbell is not a gigantic star...? But I'm curious, did anybody else feel cheated by the Army of Darkness sequel? It seemed kinda flat and unimaginative after this...
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Summary: Perhaps the scariest movie ever made
Review: How a directorial debut for a college student named Sam Raimi could result in what is perhaps the most frightening movie ever made is beyond me. The Evil Dead is an example of pure horror. It's plot and script aren't impressive, but the visuals, direction, great camerawork, and impressive lead performance make for a wild ride filled with numerous jump scenes, shocks, and scares that are hard to find these days. By now, most everybody who is a fan of cult classics should know The Evil Dead's plot. Five college students, including Ash (Bruce Campbell), take a vacation to the woods in Tennessee. They relax in an old cabin where they find a book in the cellar. It seems an archaeologist lived in this cabin and he found this book, entitled the Necronomicon from his archaeological digs. The five friends play a tape recorder that chants passages from the Necronomicon and thus awakens the evil dead, bringing the evil spirits alive and possessing the students one by one. The Evil Dead is by no means a character driven piece like The Exorcist or The Sixth Sense, but that doesn't mean we don't for the characters. As a matter of fact, the lead performance from Bruce Campbell is stellar. His character Ash is believable in the situations he's in and there's no form of manic exaggeration that's found in the sequels. This may perhaps be the best directorial debut film I have ever seen. Sam Raimi knows how to make a movie. He can take a weak script and turn into a frightfest (and gorefest). He hasn't really made a horror film since this one though his mainstream attempts are also good. I still would like to see him make another horror movie, but not an Evil Dead 4. I don't really think sequels should have been made to this film. That's not to say I didn't enjoy them. Evil Dead 2 was mediocre but Army of Darkness was very funny and entertaining. I think the way The Evil Dead ended with its spectacular (and quite freaky) final scene was a good way to end it. If you thought the final scene to The Blair Witch Project was creepy then you'll truly be freaked out by The Evil Dead.
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Summary: DVD a real disappointer
Review: The only reason I got this DVD was because I had the Evil Dead and Army special editions. And no evil collection is complete without that all important second chapter.Dont get me wrong I love this movie. But having this as the only DVD out there for ed2 is a travesty.Makers of DVD please give us a special edition of evil dead 2 that we can all be proud of. I beg u
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Summary: I guess this was a cool movie...
Review: First of all this movie had almost no talking or plot in it until about an hour into it--I bet Ash didn't even speak a page worth of dialog. The first hour is just filled with scene after scene of Ash getting attacked by different demons and spirits. This movie had some redeeming value though, I thought almost every scene had something laughable about it! When you pop in this movie, within the first ten minutes I guarantee you'll be like "What the hell did I buy this for?" but then after you finish watching it you'll probably think it was great.
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Summary: Worth seeing for the effects alone.
Review: This is actually a re-make of the original rather than a sequel. Ash and his girlfriend go to a cabin in the woods for reasons I don't think need explaining here. But when Ash finds a tape recorder he plays it out of curiosity and unwittingly releases body-snatching demons. This is horror comedy at its most outrageously funny, filled with the gruesome and macabre but still managing to provide endless humour - Ash's possessed hand attacks its owner, trees and plants come alive, Ash's girlfriend becomes a comic ghoul. The special effects are good and the ending is a knockout.
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Summary: An Imaginative Thrill Ride
Review: The plot: An archaeologist and his wife Henrietta rent a cabin in the Tennessee woods to translate and study their latest find - an ancient Sumerian text called The Book of the Dead. Time passes...a young couple drive to the seemingly deserted cabin for some R & R. They find the cursed book and accidentally release supernatural forces. They soon discover that the previous owners had gone mad and killed eachother when an evil force was released. Henrietta is a zombie living in the cellar and swallows the souls of her victims. Ash is threatened from within and without. Among the film's funniest segments is a tribute to the 3 Stooges. Ash's hand becomes possessed and attacks him. After countless slaps, punches, scratches, body-slams, and several broken dishes, he finally subdoes it by sawing it off with a chainsaw. The nightmare doesn't end there. It's only the beginning. The hand has a life of its own and goes about the cabin tormenting anyone who enters. Elsewhere, Annie(Sarah Berry), the daughter of the deceased archaeologists is driving back to the cabin to bring some newly discovered pages of the Book of the Dead. A destroyed bridge stops her drive, but she soon gets the help of 2 rednecks: Jake and his sleasey lover, Bobby Jo. When they finally reach the haunted cabin, they find Ash and immediately suspect him of murdering the scientists. It doesn't take long for Ash to prove his innocence. The rest of the film is a gory version of "Ten Little Indians". Director Sam Raimi(A Simple Plan, For Love of the Game) showed a real gusto for the groteque. Evil Dead 2 is a comedy disguised as a blood splattering gorefest. But if you stay with the film, you'll soon understand its message. Evil Dead 2 is a parody of the bad horror movies that diseased theaters in the 80s and brought down the IQs of millions of teens. Evil Dead 2 is a satire of bad taste. It exposes all the cheesiness of the Friday the 13th films and laughs at the 1980s horror genre. Raimi wants us to laugh along with him. You could have a fun time watching this film if you have an open mind and want to break loose from watching the traditional horror movie. Evil Dead 2 was definitely a change of pace from what audiences had been getting up till then. It'll spark your imagination with strange camera angles and point of view shots that will leave you on the edge of your seat. If you're a film buff you'll spot several references to other movies: The Hideous Sun Demon, Night of the Living Dead, Suspiria, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and yes, even The Wizard of Oz.
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Summary: An Funny Horror Classic.
Review: Director Sam Raimi remake part of his film Evil Dead, also he Co-Wrote the Sequel. The start with two people, instead with five people in the original. In the end of Evil Dead, when Ash(Campbell) burn the book of the dead and The Evil Spirit take Ash in the end of the first film and the sequel, it about six minutes in the film,The Evil Spirit Take Ash in the air, where the first film ends and almost Killing him also The Evil Spirit put a soul of evil in Ash`s Body. Then another people come in the cabin and the only reason, why the evil is not dead is, there some missing pages from the book of the dead and Some people also with a woman thought her father is there find the pages from the book of the dead. Some funny and gory moments in this sequel. A box office hit and another sequel in six years is Army Of darkness. DVD`s has an fine anamorphic Widescreen(1.85:1)transer. An good remastered Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround. An amusing running commentary track by Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Scott Speigel & Greg Nictero(From the KNB make-up effects group.) and an fun 30 minutes behind the scenes. Grade:A-.
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Summary: I will always have a place in my heart for this movie!
Review: Evil Dead 2 is quite possibly THE cult horror classic. This movie is brilliantly funny with great examples of the best physical humor there is. Bruce Campbell is great. Sam Raimi is great. Too bad Bruce has been reduced to Xena and Hercules...
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Summary: A funny, scary horror cult film!
Review: This movie has more scares in it than all the Freddy's and Jason's put toguether,and more laughs than all the Ace Ventura movies. Laugh-out-loud funny but also scares you from time to time. Great horror movie to watch with friends and have fun. Bruce Campbell is superb as Ash, and the whole idea of the hand-chainsaw and the sawed-off shotgun is great. Also watch the first one. Deserving of it's cult following. Fun.
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