Distributed by: New Line Cinema.Sam Raimi’s ultimate horror experience is back in theaters one-night-only with a terrifying new soundtrack by original composer Joe LoDuca! Production company: Renaissance Pictures. Produced by: Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Bruce Campbell, Gary Holt, Irvin Shapiro. It stars Bruce Campbell (Ash), Ellen Sanweiss (Cheryl), Hal Delrich/Richard DeManincor (Scott), Betsy Baker (Linda) and Sarah York/Theresa Tilly (Shelly).ĭuration: 85 minutes. The Evil Dead is directed and written by Sam Raimi and produced by Robert Tapert. It’s more than just an occult slasher with possessed people who get gruesomely killed, it’s camp at its best. The Evil Dead has to be liked not only for its graphic gore and blood soaked possessed characters but foremost for its excellent cinematography, art design and practical effects which make the story come to life. At least it started a whole new concept idea for future horror movies in a remote cabin cut off from everything and surrendered to whatever horror the ignorant young adults stumble upon.
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The special and practical effects used to fill up a light bulb with blood, the fun camera alternations between the perspective of the locked up Cheryl who peeps through the hatch and the others in the room is fun and brings even more dynamics to the film.Īnd don’t forget the ominous book and tape recorder they find, which adds to the horror fun and plays an important role throughout the rest of the franchise.Īnd last but not least, this ‘cabin in the woods’ movie could be (one of) the first horror movies that entirely takes place in a cabin. Their portentous presence builds up a foreboding tense atmosphere of terror and dread, without even showing them. The movements of the spirits through the woods, the way we see them invisibly lurking in front of the cabin looking through the window. The point of views from the cameras, the different perspectives, from different heights and dutch angles, askew angles, the fast paced movements of the cameras and the strong editing, are almost lost through this excessive gore. You may, due to the excessive amount of blood, and gore and graphic horror, forget how beautifully and artfully this film is shot. All these visual, practical, and creative elements add to the originality of this film. There’s an excruciating long death scene, a rape scene caused by forest vines, a lot of demonic giggling, and a hint of dark humor. Due to knives, metal rods, axes, a chainsaw even, we get some exploding heads, chopped off limbs and limbs crawling across the floor.
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The Deadites are very creepy and body parts and blood is everywhere. The practical effects are a joy to watch, many bodily mutilations are very explicitly filmed. It paid well off and resulted in a brilliant film. Like the invisible spirits who run through the woods or are lurking in front of the cabin, camerashots from disorienting angles, and very committed actors willing to get absolutely filthy. Actually the best scenes originated from a lack of money and a very creative solution. Just creativity, inventiveness and some determined people. It proves that you don’t need a lot of money to make an excellent film. This film is a perfect example of creative low budget film making.
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When they find a strange book called the Naturom Demonto or the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis in the creepy basement and a taperecorder which they play, an incantation is spoken aloud that wakes up the evil spirits of the forest who want to possesses and kill them one by one. It’s a gore fest to the max, it’s over the top campy bloody fun that resulted in an outstanding franchise with remarkable remakes/reboots/sequels.Īsh Williams and his girlfriend Linda, his sister Cheryl, his best friend Scotty and friend Shelly spent a short holiday weekend in a remote cabin in the woods. It combines the occult, the supernatural, zombie-like possessed people and the total atmosphere of terror and dread which inevitably has led to the cult status it obtained. With great camerawork and original shots, a tense atmosphere is created aside from all the gory fun. The Evil Dead is a low budget project by college friends Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell, that resulted in a highly creative and inventive body horror with loads of blood and bodily fluids dripping from your screen. The Evil Dead is a blood soaked occult slasher and an over the top fun gore fest.