Review of The Evil Dead (1981) by Everett J — 03 Apr 2013
"Evil Dead" is one of the all time best horror movies. It's bloody, crazy, funny, over the top, and just plain entertaining. Made in 1983 it launched the careers of director Sam Raimi, and Bruce Campbell.
Campbell plays the legendary Ash, and if yo didn't know that, or know who Ash is, then stop reading and go watch this and it's two sequels. Ash is the ultimate horror movie hero, but here he is just a teenage kid trying to stop demons from killing him.
The premise is simple. 5 college kids go to a cabin, find an evil book(the Book of the Dead!) in the basement which unleashes demons(aka deadites) upon them. The effects are so dated and cheesey, that it adds some serious charm to this movie.
It doesn't hold up in the scary department, but it holds up as a throwback to the way horror movies should be made. Interesting note, it's actually an NC-17(there is a crazy vine rape scene, yeh.
.vines and rape), and I have a feeling that if this movie came out again it would still get that rating(the remake actually did!). I can't wait for the remake, and rewatching this just affirmed my excitement.
I'm sure it won't be as good, but just going to a theater to see an "Evil Dead" movie is good enough for me.
This review of The Evil Dead (1981) was written by Everett J on 03 Apr 2013.
The Evil Dead has generally received very positive reviews.
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