When a group of college students finds a mysterious book and recording in the old wilderness cabin they've rented for the weekend, they unwittingly unleash a demonic force from the surrounding forest.
A couple years ago my 70 something year old Dad came up to me and said “hey, there’s this tv show coming out called Ash vs. Evil Dead, it’s based on that movie I’m pretty sure you love, we should watch it”
Oh, we watched it, and we loved it too. And tonight I finally sat down with my old man and we watched The Evil Dead together. We had a blast. 13 year old me would never believe that 33 year old me would ever watch this with my dad... AND that he would love it... even noting to me afterward that “this has a 95% on rotten tomatoes, I can see why.” lol!
Funny thing is, there’s a…
My original thoughts on "The Evil Dead" were lukewarm at best when I first viewed it about a year ago for the Halloween season. Most of my major problems stemmed from the simple fact I didn't find it scary and found some of it to be fairly dated.
Revisiting it, those two issues are still there, yet what has changed is my prospective entering it. See, when I first watched it, I was expecting to be scared out of my mind to the point where I wouldn't be able to sleep at night due to how many have claimed it of doing that especially in comparison to it's two sequels that came after it.
With that mind set, I kept…
Five friends go up to a cabin in the woods, where they find unspeakable evil lurking in the forest. They find a tome called the "Naturan Demanto", Book of the Dead, and the taped translation of the text. Once the tape is played, the evil is released. One by one, the teens are possessed. With only one remaining, it is up to him to survive the night and battle the evil dead.
If you haven't seen this film and you'd read that synopsis, you probably wouldn't think it is one of the greatest entries in the horror genre ever made. You'd probably rank it among the avalanche of other horror films released in the early eighties. The fact that it…
A decaying body revealing more layers of pure madness underneath its regular looking skin as it goes along. Such a beautifully gross nightmare.
I can't believe my dumbass had this at a 3/5 for over a year.
I watched Evil Dead for the first time in my early teens and I remember being both scared and in awe. It wasn't like anything I had ever seen before and I'm overcome with that same awe every time I watch it. While I enjoy Evil Dead 2 it doesn't have the same effect on me (and I find Army of Darkness a little annoying). This is by far THE movie to watch in the trilogy.
Most of you have seen this so I won't feel bad for including some spoilers (if you haven't seen it, stop reading now). I love that there's a "final guy" as opposed to the typical "final girl" but I've always wondered how Ash avoided…
The use of true cinematic techniques to make a pure horror film is just *does French chef kiss*
I didn’t connect with this at all (which may mean I will need to rewatch it eventually) and I do think the dialogue was pretty mediocre and the forest rape scene was only there for shock factor. BUT. Acknowledging that it had a very low budget and Sam Raimi was only 20 years old when he made it, I can say that it was surprisingly good (particularly the last act) and made me eager to watch the next one.
That was honestly one of the best horror movies I've seen in a long time, I genuinely felt horrified. Sam Raimi is now one of my favourite directors and I can't wait to watch more of his stuff.
4/5
Als Vorbereitung für den #Horrorctober geschaut, bei welchem ich dann Army of Darkness sehen möchte.
The Evil Dead funktioniert auch nach 37 Jahren noch wunderbar. Stimmungsvoller Score und Kameraeinstellungen sowie Szenen welche wir heute noch in Horrorfilmen sehen. Dafür merkt man den Effekten doch das Alter an welche somit auch nicht mehr wirklich schocken. Dennoch gab es einzelne Szenen bei denen ich nicht so gerne hingeschaut habe.
Objectively, Evil Dead 2 may be the better made film, but the cheap original is more visceral, nastier and scarier.
Peter Stanley 1,199 films
All the films from all the editions, including those subsequently removed, presently totalling 1199. An easy way of seeing how…
MomSaysItsOK 1,000 films
In April 2018, the subreddit /r/TrueFilm voted for a canon of 1000 films. Close to 300 users submitted a list…
