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Summary: Shocking
Review: This was the first "Evil Dead" movie, and apparently the only one to be conceived as a "serious" horror film. As such, it tries harder to be creepy and disturbing, while mostly eschewing the wacky humor that took over the sequels. And it works. The plot is minimal: five college students take a trip into the woods to an abandoned (?) cabin and accidentally awaken the forces of the undead, which possesses them one by one and turns them into zombies. The only way to kill such a creature is total bodily dismemberment, hence the fact that the movie was deemed too gory for the MPAA ratings board. For a film shot on such a small budget (reportedly about $300,000), "The Evil Dead" makes the most of it with ridiculously bloody effects, inventive camera work and enough energy to easily overcome the cheesy acting (although Bruce Campbell is charming as always). It's not as witty or clever as the follow-up, but if you can stand the blood, "The Evil Dead" offers plenty of chills and thrills.
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Summary: The Best Movie Of All Time
Review: The movie tells that a group of five teens went to a small cabin in the Tenessee mountains. In there, they have ressurected the Evil force, known as a Kandarian Demon. They find also a deadly book, the Necronomicon Ex Mortis (Book Of The Dead), which is bound in human flesh and inked in human blood.
The movie has lots of violence and gore (that's why it's rated NC-17).
The reason I don't give this edition five stars is by the fact that there are no extras, no booklets, nothing else but the movie. The movie itself is surely a 5-star one...
So, if you are a horror fan, you must own this movie. If you do not have a DVD Player, if you're still in the old VHS system, buy this cult classic.
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Summary: Best Evil Dead VHS Edition Out There
Review: I own it and I'm glad I do, because it's a Limited and Numbered Edition.
The movie is well-known for all of you, I suppose, so I won't even tell you the story.. But this movie is still my favorite of all time.
There is a booklet inside this VHS. It is "The Evil Dead Journal" by Josh Becker, and he tells, as a diary, how were things going in the prodution, how were the actords and everything at his point of view. The booklet is fully colored, full of cool pictures. The is also a mini-poster and some Tom Sullivan artworks in the reverse side of cover sleeve.
It's digitally mastered. Full screen. But not closed-captioned... There is also the Theatrical Trailer after the movie...
It's rated NC-17 because of real gore, blood and plenty of violence. If you get disgusted easily, do not even watch this movie. But for you who are looking for lots of horror, you've reached gold...
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Summary: "Why are you torturing me like this? Why??"
Review: Welcome to the first film of director Sam Raimi's career, and the first film of what would become a massive cult following for Bruce Campbell. Here in this film Raimi answers the age-old cinema question: how do you create a work of art with little money and very crappy actors? Answer: some kickbutt makeup effects and very psychedelic camera zoom shots, and then throw in some humorous possessed-by-demons characters who still manage to scare the living you know what out of you. For pointless trivia, it is about 15 minutes into the movie before someone does the first really stupid thing (unless you count renting an abandoned cabin in middle of the Tennessee woods an act of stupidity in and of itself), namely playing a reel-to-reel tape of a demon invokation spell. After that, the hits just keep coming. And therein lies the genius of the movie. It is so fast-paced that it leaves little room for predictability right up to the ending. Far from being sentimental, Raimi pulls no punches with the carnage, which includes a wonderfully choreographed vine-rape scene! If you are looking for plausibility, check that at the door; if you are looking for convincing acting, rent Silence of the Lambs. And by the way, who would've thought in a million years, after seeing him in this movie, that Bruce Campbell would become a half-way decent actor?
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Summary: THE BOOK OF SAM RAMI AND FRIENDS
Review: First all I can say is this is one of the greatest films ever made. All I can say is what in the [heck] was Sam Rami thinking when he wrote this, if films were still written like this classics would be in theatures all the time. It was a smart move for Rami to direct this film because it put right in the buissness. This film became an instant cult classic, the underground scene loved it. Of course you have to think right away of Bruce Campbell. This is the man that became famous because of this film, he did an excellent job in this film. I coundn't think of a EVIL DEAD without Bruce. The rest of the cast did great jobs to, Ellen SabdHal Delrich, Betsy Barker, and Sarah york. Of course we have to show some love to the crew working behind the scenes. But finally on to the movie.This is the dvd edition so I will first go over the special features. The behind the scenes and outtake reals are great, but the best are the comentaries. Sam Rami and Robert Tapert the producer give an insightfull comentary track while Bruce's is halirious. Now to the film, even thow there are more special features. The movie has a group of friends going for a get away in the woods in an old cabin. Once there the friends stumble across the book of the dead, and a recording. They play the recording and awake the dead. The friends fall one by one becoming these creatures all in one night, and when day breaks.......
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Summary: A good start to the trilogy
Review: This movie was definitely a good start to the Evil Dead trilogy. This is however the one that is most like a true horror movie. The next two add comedy in and although are good movies, this one is by far the best. This movie has a good bit of gore in it, but a decent story and okay acting make it a definite must see for people who enjoy horror movies.
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Summary: .... SCARY!
Review: This will sound weird, but I first saw this film on Christmas Eve, 1994. I had seen Army of Darkness, and thought myself well acquainted with Ash and the Deadites...how stupid could I get? I was alone, so I rented all three films and sat down with a bottle of Jameson's to watch what I assumed would be back-to-back-toback horror comedies...nothing I couldn't handle, and perfect for a Christmas Eve, no? What I saw in this film cut my life by at least a few years. From the creepy approach to the cabin, to the first appearance of a deadite (the now-classic "jack-of spades" psychic bit), to Ash's ultimate descent into the madness of the moment, I was not only riveted, but horrified constantly. ED2 and AOD are wonderful, fun, creative movies, to be sure, with lots of suspense amidst the laughs, but this is pure, unadulterated soul-disturbing stuff. Argento with no budget. Romero without morality. In-effing-credible. Possibly the best horror flick ever. PS> After watching, if you're a first timer, go read Bruce's book. Hearing his humorous account of the trials of filming this is almost as good as watching, and a great adjunct to the film.
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Summary: an awesome movie
Review: this is a awesome movie i think any one who wants to see one of the best horror movies of all time should rent this or buy it is one of the goriest movies i have ever seen and its one of my favorites so go watch it!
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Summary: Good DVD, but picture is slightly over-matted.
Review: This a great DVD edition of the Evil Dead, with or without the Book of the Dead packaging. It's nice to have the film in anamorphic widescreen, however 1.85:1 is simply not the best aspect ratio to see it in. The Evil Dead was shot on 16-millimeter so widescreen is really not going to be a big issue unless the film was hard-matted to 1.85:1 during filming (which I doubt). I believe the film is just soft-matted to 1.85:1 which perhaps covers up a bit too much. For this film, 1.66:1 would have been a better choice, and they could still have a 16:9 anamorphic transfer by windowboxing the image. However, I would not have complained if it were 1.37:1 full screen, unless it were revealed that Sam Raimi shot the film hard-matted to a wider aspect ratio. I wonder if Raimi has commented on this issue before. The aspect ratio question is difficult for this movie, being a low-budget independent film. Back during its theatrical release, the film was shown at midnight-movie houses and drive-ins, so there's really no way to know for sure how it was shown theatrically. It was most likely shown at 1.66:1 or 1.85:1. For the DVD release, however, 1.66:1 would have been the best choice. Aside from the questionable aspect ratio, this is a really good DVD with nice supplements and two great audio commentaries. Image quality is good considering its age and budget. I got the DVD that's in the standard keep-case packaging without the Book of the Dead. It's much cheaper and is basically the same DVD.
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Summary: Woo-Hoo I finally got my hands on this one!
Review: This is a really really fun movie and I have watched it for the sixth time already cause it's that good! First off remember that you will probably find this movie in the Horror sections and that is very true! This is a horror movie but I like the fact that the directors of the film realized that they had a really cool location to film a creepy style B-Movie and used all of the advantages that came to them after deciding to make this masterpiece. Anyways you should watch this movie cause it's a nice slice of Americana and how creativity can be limited and still have an astounding effect on the audience.
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