Horror > Raimi, Sam Horror

The perfect modulation of Horror and Comedy.

Advantages: Improves on the original is nearly everyway. Bruce Campbell is the man!. A trumendous blend of genres.
Disadvantages: Your mother might not like it...

...plaudits and cult status THE EVIL DEAD gained after it's release way back in 1981 it was certainly not a movie for everyone (your mom for example). So the movie wasn't exactly a blockbuster and Sam Raimi was still stuck making low budget flicks. So when the studio decided to give him the modest sum of 3 million dollars to make EVIL DEAD 2 he chose to make it less gory and more humorous. An idea that worked surprisingly well, not only did it take ...
...it is common misconception that EVIL DEAD 2 is a remake of THE EVIL DEAD. The truth is that this is indeed a sequel but because Raimi couldn't get the right's to show a re-cap of the first film he shot a simplified 5 minute version of the whole of the first movie and stuck it at the front of this one. Instead of Ash (Campbell) and his 3 friend's, it's just him and his girlfriend Laura who show up at the start of the film. Laura is possessed and attacks ...

moxon123 04.02.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Evil Dead 2 (DVD)

banned

Advantages: good story line
Disadvantages: poor special effects

The Evil Dead ws written produced and directed by Sam Raimi and starred Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss and Betsy Baker. The film is about five college students and their holiday in the Tennessee woods, which turns into a nightmare when they find an video that is a key to unlocking evil spirits. The film caused alot of contryversy all over the world and many countries including Finland, Iceland, Ireland and Germany would not show it and germany ...
...throughtout the film. A cut version was made and this came befor the british public in 1992. There is still alot of contryversy surrounding the film even today but you can now legally buy the uncut version. The Ultamate Experiance In Gruling Terror as it is called on the front of the cover i think doesn't really match the dvd as it has alot of gore but i didn't really find it scairy at all. The DVD contains many special features including a full ...

xoxbenxox 21.06.2007 · Read full review
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Review of The Evil Dead (Vanilla) (DVD)

Drag Me to Hell- Will drag you to hell with its weak story!

Advantages: Decent performance from Alison Lohman,good visuals at times.
Disadvantages: Weak story,illogical writing.not scary at all.

Director Sam Raimi's Drag Me to Hell stars Alison Lohman and Justin Long and is a horror film that made much buzz.I am not a fan of horror flicks and hardly watch any film of this genre.After hearing great things about the film i finally decided to give it a watch.And boy,was I disappointed! Christine works in a bank and is vying for the assistant manager's position when an old lady comes to her for her loan extension. When his boss tells her she ...
...to work as the assistant manager,she rejects the old lady's extension against her own will. What follows is a dreadful series of events after she is been cursed by the old lady. The film is all about the curse and how she tries to get rid of it.The devil wants to take away her soul and she has to somehow think of getting away from it. Between all this,the screen space is divided between her boyfriend and a couple of fortune tellers who try to help ...

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Review of Drag Me To Hell

if you go out in the woods tonight...

Advantages: unique classic horror film
Disadvantages: production getting a bit dated

...a little cabin out in the woods. they're having a good time out in the middle of nowhere when they find a strange old book (the necronomicon, or "book of the dead"). thinking that it's just hooey, the two guys in the film recite the incantations written in the book, not heeding the warnings written on paper and left on tape by the paranormal researcher who was there before them. seems he was playing around with the spirit realm, and that it resulted ...
...by evil spirits released when the words in the book were spoken, and turned into "zombies" (pretty much; they are at first alive, but can still move around even after they take more beating than the average human can). pretty soon ash is the only one left untainted, and he has to fight against what was once his friends to survive the night. the concept is a unique one and really hasn't been exploited that much (surprisingly, considering what a cult ...

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Review of The Evil Dead (Limited Edition) (DVD)

I'll swallow your soul!

Advantages: Case,Running Time"Exclusive, Bruce Campbell.
Disadvantages: Dont wont to ruin it,

This is an out-standing DVD special edition of the Evil Dead 1 film made in 1981, directed by Sam Raimi (Spiderman 1&2/Grudge) and performed by Bruce Campbell (Numerous cameo-roles in films). None of the other actors in this film have gone on to glory than Raimi and Campbell. Raimi is a now established film director, where as Campbell biography sums up his career, "Confessions of a B Movie Actor". Evil Dead is a great film, which has gone on to ...
...live on forever in all horror film fans minds and always has cameo roles now in modern horrors, i.e Posters on the wall etc. The Evil Dead went on to greats, as a second Evil Dead was filmed aswell as a 3rd, but as always, its the first Evil Dead will be remembered the most. Costing a mere $350,000 (estimated), the special effects in this film are like none other before and the camera workmanship is great. Filmed by students in USA, its a great ...

steveking5000 31.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Book Of The Dead (aka The Evil Dead) (DVD)