I consider The Evil Dead one of the best horror movies around, and that's say a lot. Evil dead's plot is simple its about a group of friends travel into the woods to party and have a good time. While exploring the house they stumble upon the notes of the people that owned the cabin (who have dissapeared ) while listening to the audio recording's they hear the incantations from the book of the dead. These incantations unleash the forces of evil and one by one they will die offf ( as the possessed girl states).
Before Sam Raimi did the Spiderman Movies he made a trilogy of evil dead movies. If you watch any of the spiderman movies right after watching the evil dead movies you will notice that he uses the same camera tricks in both movies. The whole idea of the camera being some sort of monster that the audience never sees is brilliant. It also works so well because the movie was made very cheaply (and it shows). Sure it may feel dated, but every time I see it I realize how much horror movies have lost there ideals these days.
The special effects are great for such a low budget, I can see why its rated NC- 17 (besides the tree rape scene, yes I said tree rape). Oh how could i forget Bruce Cambell(the chin as i like to call him)! Bruce Cambell's cult following started with this movie . His performance is okay in this movie, he really shined in The Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn.
Overall I would recommend this movie to anyone who would like to see a nice fun gory movie who wants to see some Blood spurting, heads chopping off, bodies melting in claymation. Or anyone who wants to see horror roots.
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