Review of Within the Woods (1979) by Darrell T — 13 Mar 2013

Decent debut short film from Sam Raimi...a precursor to The Evil Dead. Doesn't have the comedy of The Evil Dead, more pure horror/gore...

This review of Within the Woods (1979) was written by Darrell T on 13 Mar 2013.

Within the Woods has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Within the Woods

Review of Within the Woods (1979)

By Anthony T (639) on 07 Oct 2009

Just goes to show that Sam Raimi can do just about anything with a low budget…

Read Review

Review of Within the Woods (1979)

By Kenny S (360) on 28 Jan 2009

I'm gonna go outside and look for him *rofl…

Read Review

Review of Within the Woods (1979)

By Glenn C (227) on 13 Jan 2013

An excellent short piece- the film quality (on beta) is predictably quite bad, but the acting is actually fairly solid for a very, very rough…

Read Review

Review of Within the Woods (1979)

By Jack C (638) on 16 Apr 2016

Bad, but there is so much potential here for greatness. Sam Raimi later remade this as The Evil Dead with the same cast…

Read Review

Review of Within the Woods (1979)

By Luca D (431) on 07 Dec 2012

Cortometraggio dal bassissimo budget, interessante per quanto riguarda I costumi che non sono malvagi…

Read Review

Review of Within the Woods (1979)

By Tim C (1,157) on 18 Sep 2008

You gotta remember that this is what Started it all, as in the Evil Dead Trilogy…

Read Review

Review of Within the Woods (1979)

By Hans J. E (439) on 22 Jul 2010

This low- budget short movie with Bruce Campbell in one of the roles and Sam Raimi as director paved way for the evil dead trilogy…

Read Review

Review of Within the Woods (1979)

By Carlos S (367) on 28 Jan 2009

I'm gonna go outside and look for him *rofl…

Read Review

Review of Within the Woods (1979)

By Alex S (2,786) on 21 Aug 2014

Interesting short film, this is the film that Sam Raimi and the crew made to earn money so that they can make The Evil Dead…

Read Review

Review of Within the Woods (1979)

By Grayson W (192) on 15 Oct 2015

The short that inspired Evil Dead is slow, but it shows the early talent of Sam Raimi and what started his rise to fame. 6/10…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Shaun of the Dead (2004)

By Flyingtoadxx (3) on 18 Nov 2011

I am not quite sure how any one person can sit through even ten minutes of a film such as this, let alone watch to whole darn thing…

Read Review

Review of Burying the Ex (2014)

By Eddie Goldberger (9) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 17 Jun 2015

How did the guy who made “Gremlins” and “The Howling” direct this cheap-looking, sophomoric, unfunny dreck…

Read Review

Review of Dawn of the Dead (1978)

By Lawrence T (61) on 17 Apr 2017

Complete waste of film when compared to the original. Just what you'd expect from a modern remake…

Read Review

Review of Army of Darkness (1992)

By Panchogul (602) on 26 Mar 2020

No conforme con las primeras dos entregas que fueron del asco, llega esta tercera parte que es aún peor, una completa basura y perdida de tiempo…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

Upgrade

2018

76%696 Reviews

Bullet Train

2022

66%170 Reviews

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

81%344 Reviews

Dune

2021

77%276 Reviews

Deadpool

2016

78%1,333 Reviews

Godzilla vs. Kong

2021

66%184 Reviews

The Prodigy

2019

53%39 Reviews

Three Thousand Years of Longing

2022

65%84 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Within the Woods

1979

55%14 Reviews

Wild Strawberries

1957

85%609 Reviews

The Expendables

2000

58%693 Reviews

A Hijacking

2012

74%202 Reviews

Batman: Assault on Arkham

2014

77%224 Reviews

Pursuit of Happyness

2005

74%731 Reviews

Inside Job

2010

84%764 Reviews

Fame

1980

67%463 Reviews

Raavanan

2010

61%129 Reviews

The Pact

2012

54%425 Reviews