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The Evil Dead

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Director Sam Raimi's first film has achieved legendary status since its 1982 release, and for good reason. Though perhaps not as widely seen as its two sequels, EVIL DEAD 2 and ARMY OF DARKNESS, THE EVIL DEAD is arguably the best of the three. It is the story of five college-age friends who travel to a cabin in rural Tennessee .. Read more

Starring Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker, Hal Delrich
Director Sam Raimi
Run time 86 mins
Genres Comedy, Horror

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  • Semi-professional horror rubbish, blown up from 16mm and looking it. When released in England, it was prosecuted as unsuitable for public showing and gained a cult following. It was released on video in a cut version.

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  • 36 out of 48 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Kill her if you can, loverboy.

    'The Evil Dead' is about a group of young adults who travel to a cabin in the woods and discover a 'book of the dead'. No prizes for guessing what happens rest of the film.

    Is it a great film? Of course not. Once the movie hits the 20-minute mark, the notion of plot completely disappears. I didn't expect the gore to be so elaborate. There's plenty of gore (some say that to today's standards, the gore would be considered tame, but I say it's still quite extreme), and it doesn't look too cheesy. The blood looks real, the make-up effects are great. 'The Evil Dead' contains a few scares and the gore effects are often fun to watch (this was before the invention of CGI and I felt impressed knowing that not one effect was computer generated), but I still wish it could've had more plot. After all, we're basically watching one character after another get killed and come back alive again, and all that changes within the repetition of this pattern is the way they get killed. The quality of the acting leaves very little to be desired, but is on par with films of its time.

    There are lots of movies out there that put this in the shade, but there are also a lot, lot worse. Worth a watch, just don’t expect too much. Good for its age.

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Classic old school

    very short review; it WILL make you write 'that film made me lmao!'

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    Matchstick Men

    Drag Me To Hell

    • 01 Jun 2009

    After too long in the blockbuster business – taking great responsibility for the Spider-Man trilogy – Sam Raimi returns to what he does best: which is being very, very bad. Evil Dead fans are going to flip for this. It’s a mean little shocker and as funny as hell. In her best role since Matchstick Men, Alison Lohman is Christine, a loans officer at a bank. As the posters very succinctly put it: “Christine Brown has a good job, a great boyfriend, and a bright future. But Read more

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