The Evil Dead
starring: Betsy Baker, Bruce Campbell, Barbara Carey, Richard DeManincor, Philip A. Gillis
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Studio: Starz/spheRelease Date: 03/05/2002Starring: Bruce CampbellRating: Nr
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In the fall of 1979, Sam Raimi and his merry band headed into the woods of rural Tennessee to make a movie. They emerged with a roller coaster of a film packed with shocks, gore, and wild humor, a film that remains a benchmark for the genre. Ash (cult favorite Bruce Campbell) and four friends arrive at a backwoods cabin for a vacation, where they find a tape recorder containing incantations from an ancient book of the dead. When they play the tape, evil forces are unleashed, and one by one the friends are possessed. Wouldn't you know it, the only way to kill a "deadite" is by total bodily dismemberment, and soon the blood starts to fly. Raimi injects tremendous energy into this simple plot, using the claustrophobic set, disorienting camera angles, and even the graininess of the film stock itself to create an atmosphere of dread, punctuated by a relentless series of jump-out-of-your-seat shocks. The Evil Dead lacks the more highly developed sense of the absurd that distinguish later entries in the series--Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness--but it is still much more than a gore movie. It marks the appearance of one of the most original and visually exciting directors of his generation, and it stands as a monument to the triumph of imagination over budget. --Simon Leake
Studio: Starz/spheRelease Date: 03/05/2002Starring: Bruce CampbellRating: Nr
Amazon.com essential video:
In the fall of 1979, Sam Raimi and his merry band headed into the woods of rural Tennessee to make a movie. They emerged with a roller coaster of a film packed with shocks, gore, and wild humor, a film that remains a benchmark for the genre. Ash (cult favorite Bruce Campbell) and four friends arrive at a backwoods cabin for a vacation, where they find a tape recorder containing incantations from an ancient book of the dead. When they play the tape, evil forces are unleashed, and one by one the friends are possessed. Wouldn't you know it, the only way to kill a "deadite" is by total bodily dismemberment, and soon the blood starts to fly. Raimi injects tremendous energy into this simple plot, using the claustrophobic set, disorienting camera angles, and even the graininess of the film stock itself to create an atmosphere of dread, punctuated by a relentless series of jump-out-of-your-seat shocks. The Evil Dead lacks the more highly developed sense of the absurd that distinguish later entries in the series--Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness--but it is still much more than a gore movie. It marks the appearance of one of the most original and visually exciting directors of his generation, and it stands as a monument to the triumph of imagination over budget. --Simon Leake
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- Book of the Dead edition packaging
This review is primarily for the Book of the Dead packaging, but I will delve briefly into various presentations of the film.
I originally bought the Book of the Dead version when it was first released by Anchor Bay. The obvious luster of this packaging struck me with excitement as soon as I saw it. At the time I had the Elite version, which I immediately sold to fund the new purchase.
This packaging is awesome. The binding is latex and looks and feels great. The pages inside ... Read More
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- Nowhere near as good as the second one..dont bother
VERY slow and boring, poor special effects, ..Bruce Campbell is great, but...the movie blows overall. Go and buy the SECOND in the series: Army of Darkness....THAT movie is HYSTERICAL and GREAT..you will understand why there is such a huge cult following for THAT movie!
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- A Mix of the Pedestrian and the Distinction
The Evil Dead, being the very first in the Evil Dead series, naturally, seems a bit less distinctive than it's wild sequal Evil Dead 2 (Lauging doors?), though Evil Dead was never a run of the mill movie to begin with.Evil Dead isn't funny like later Evil Dead films, but then again, that was the whole point of it, and Evil Dead manages manages to be tense, a bit frightening, with little subtle humor, unlike movies such as Dead Alive and Army of Darkness.Evil Dead, while not a masterpiece, is a distinctive ... Read More
Rating: 
- Simply perfect
One of the greatest horror films of all time just gets better as you watch it. This movie is loved by all. It is a classic.
Rating: - The Greatest Horror Movie sincethe Exorcist
The Evil Dead by Far is the 2nd most scariest Movie ever made portraying
Human's being possesed by Demon's. Of course We all know the Exorcist
is #1. I seen the Movie for the first time when I was 10 at a Drive-In.!!!
It was a double bill, Texas Chainsaw Masacre, and then the Evil Dead, the
cost of admission: $2.00
So if You want your Girlfriend or Wife to be Clinging to You like Super Glue, Lower the Light's, Blaze Up some Candles and put The Evil Dead in
the DVD player. ... Read More
- Book of the Dead edition packagingThis review is primarily for the Book of the Dead packaging, but I will delve briefly into various presentations of the film.
I originally bought the Book of the Dead version when it was first released by Anchor Bay. The obvious luster of this packaging struck me with excitement as soon as I saw it. At the time I had the Elite version, which I immediately sold to fund the new purchase.
This packaging is awesome. The binding is latex and looks and feels great. The pages inside ... Read More
- Nowhere near as good as the second one..dont botherVERY slow and boring, poor special effects, ..Bruce Campbell is great, but...the movie blows overall. Go and buy the SECOND in the series: Army of Darkness....THAT movie is HYSTERICAL and GREAT..you will understand why there is such a huge cult following for THAT movie!
- A Mix of the Pedestrian and the DistinctionThe Evil Dead, being the very first in the Evil Dead series, naturally, seems a bit less distinctive than it's wild sequal Evil Dead 2 (Lauging doors?), though Evil Dead was never a run of the mill movie to begin with.Evil Dead isn't funny like later Evil Dead films, but then again, that was the whole point of it, and Evil Dead manages manages to be tense, a bit frightening, with little subtle humor, unlike movies such as Dead Alive and Army of Darkness.Evil Dead, while not a masterpiece, is a distinctive ... Read More
- Simply perfectOne of the greatest horror films of all time just gets better as you watch it. This movie is loved by all. It is a classic.
- The Greatest Horror Movie sincethe ExorcistThe Evil Dead by Far is the 2nd most scariest Movie ever made portraying
Human's being possesed by Demon's. Of course We all know the Exorcist
is #1. I seen the Movie for the first time when I was 10 at a Drive-In.!!!
It was a double bill, Texas Chainsaw Masacre, and then the Evil Dead, the
cost of admission: $2.00
So if You want your Girlfriend or Wife to be Clinging to You like Super Glue, Lower the Light's, Blaze Up some Candles and put The Evil Dead in
the DVD player. ... Read More
