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90% Score
by Horror Fans Based on 11 Reviews & 342 Quick Votes
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Director(s): Sam Raimi
This auspicious feature debut from Sam Raimi — shot on 16mm in the woods of Tennesse for around $350,000 — secured the young director's cult status as a creative force to be reckoned with. The nominal plot involves five vacationing college kids — Ash, his girlfriend Linda, and their classmates Cheryl, Scott and Shelly — making an unplanned stopover in an abandoned mountain cabin surrounded by impenetrable woods. Before settling in for the night, they come across an ancient-looking occult tome filled with dense hieroglyphics and macabre illustrations, a dagger fashioned from human bones, and a reel-to-reel tape recorder. The taped message, dictated by a professor of archaeology, describes the contents of the Sumerian "Book of the Dead," filled with incantations used to bring otherworldly demons to life, giving them license to possess the living. The message goes on to explain that those possessed by these demons can only be stopped by total bodily dismemberment. When played among the group later that evening, the professor's recorded translations of the ritual chants traumatize the strangely prescient Shelly ... and simultaneously release an ominous presence from the depths of the forest. The evil spirits take to their dirty work with gusto, first assuming control of Shelly and transforming her into a cackling, murderous hag with superhuman strength; the others imprison her in the fruit cellar and chain the trapdoor shut. The spirits then begin to possess the other women, including Linda — who immediately turns on Ash with a barrage of punches and sadistic taunts. Unable to bring himself to chop up his lover's corpse, Ash gives her a more customary burial in the woods — which proves to be a big mistake. As the others succumb to demonic influence, Ash's horrific predicament becomes increasingly grim until, when all hope seems lost, he stumbles upon a final, desperate solution to the ghoulish onslaught ... well, maybe not.
Despite the shoestring production values, Raimi has fashioned a tight, lightning-paced fever dream of a movie, filled with operatic overacting and outrageously gory effects that give the project a comic-book feel. Based on an earlier 8mm short titled Within the Woods this feature version was fraught with distribution difficulties before finding its first audience overseas. After considerable word of mouth, the film became a hit on home video, where it achieved further notoriety thanks to its highly-publicized banning in Britain amid the notorious "Video Nasties" censorship campaign. Raimi, along with producer Robert Tapert, writer Scott Spiegel and much of the same crew, cranked up the story's comic aspects several dozen notches for the rollicking semi-remake, Evil Dead 2.
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This film shares the distinction of sharing "my favorite movie" with "Evil Dead II". I like them equally but for different reasons. Mainly, "Evil Dead" is scary and "Evil Dead II" contains a lot of humor whil... Evil Dead Review by Billy D
It looks like made this flick for 50 bucks with some duct tape and bubble gum. Great job. It's a totally fun, non-pretensious, old fashioned, doesn't explain every little detail, horror movie from the 70's. With post-mod... The Evil Dead (1981) Review by BlackTequilaKiss
The beginning of a legend and a cult classic by all standards. This movie is the one that definitively shows that a small budget horror flick can still leave a mark years on and is a movie I still love and respect in equ... The Evil Dead Ultimate Edition Review by Goon
The Evil Dead is the film that put Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi on the map. Both of them have went on to become quite successful at what they do. Despite the fact that Bruce has never really gone mainstream he is still v... Evil Dead Review by Moviemaven
At first glance, Sam Raimi's notorious Evil Dead may seem more campy than scary. But there is good reason that this low-budget masterpiece has delved its way into horror film history. I don't mind telling you that when ... Evil Dead Review by Mr. Black
It was the coolest movie i'd seen since Dawn of the Dead. The setting and the humor in it was good. And for it being as much of a low budget film as it was that makes me like it more. It was graphic and thats how I like ... Evil Dead Review by Steve Lewis
Instant Classic.. You can't put in words how much this movie means to all the horror fans out there. A group of young people become trapped in a remote cabin in the woods. A mysterous and evil force know as Candar... Evil Dead Review by Norrock The Zombie Eater
Join Us As the Demons Say.cause this is the ultimate B as in bad ass horror movie. This would have to be my 2nd fav series besides George Romero's living dead series. This is a very fun creepy gorey movie. If you call yo... Evil Dead Review by Danny Smith
created by sam raimi (i know i spelt that wrong) when he was only a teenager at high school!, the evil dead tells the tale of ash and some freinds as they head out to the woods for a weekend, inside the old cabin they di... Evil Dead Review by TERRORWATCH
In 1981 a movie that would go on to shock the world of cinema was brought to us in the form of a VSH tape called Evil Dead. Directed by Sam Raimi he created a cursed picture also remaining a splatter movie, one shock of ... Evil Dead Review by Googopqp
The gore fest Video nasty classic from the 80's, The Evil Dead is a masterpiece for the horror community and is masterfully done for a first film, directed by Sam Raimi. Bruce Campbell, who is now a horror legend, stars ...
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