As Evil Dead Rise on the to-be-watch, the Halloweenies head back to the cabin for another time. This time they are talking about the magic within the woods. Particularly, the amazing graphics that put the dead in Evil Dead. Also, the evil that is Evil Dead. Beginning with the DIY chaos of the 1981 original to the literal jaw-dropping madness by KNB, no trick is left untreated.
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I find myself loving my personal pick for the most terrifying horror film of all time, 1981's The Evil Dead, more and more each time that I see it. It's the same for sequels (Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness) and soft reboot from 2013, which I do not really consider to be a complete remake, but I would consider it in the top ten top horror movie remakes in the event that I were to. I also find myself noticing something new in this series of gory, intensely violent and sometimes morbidly funny stories of demonic possession each viewing, too.
The most recently re-watched of the original four Evil Dead movies in preparation for the soon-to-be released fifth installment, Evil Dead Rise -the only film I'm anticipating the most no exception. What do you think? primitive screwheads take a moment to read through this breakdown of the fun things that came to me when I rewatched one of the most memorable horror movie franchises ever? Let's begin at the beginning.
Some might be quick to write off The Evil Dead as just another cabin in the forest film, however a more thorough examination of the frightening iconic classic shows just how complex writer and director Sam Raimi's screenplay is. For instance the film's inventive use of foreshadowing, one of the elements of the story that , I'm ashamed to admit, didn't come to my attention until my latest revisit. I love the way the film hinds at Cheryl Williams' (Ellen Sandweiss) eventual fate when she sees the cellar door shutting and opening at will early in as well as when her younger brother Ash (Bruce Campbell in the role that made him a cult horror film icon) discovers a drawing in the Necronomicon that resembles the book when it "comes into existence" near the end.
It's just that I've not really thought about how blood pours out of Scotty's (Richard DeManincor, also known as Hal Delrich) stomach wound like a faucet until now. This was, however, the first time I paid any mind to it. I suppose I was amazed by the look of blood that bears a resemblance to cherries Kool-Aid instead of corn syrup dyed with color. I'm convinced that I recognize the distinctiveness of it more now than ever, even if the blood is more precise in the rest of the series.
Another scene from the visceral final scene of The Evil Dead that has always amazed me is when arms explosively emerge from Cheryl and Scotty's deadbeat Deadite themselves. For years, I just thought that this was yet another reflection of the extraordinary visual skills of director Sam Raimi, but it occurred to me this time around that these arms are demons and, more specifically, of the demons who controlled Ash's pals. Have you seen something so bizarre and terrifying in a supernatural horror film featuring demonic possession such as the one in The Exorcist? I doubt it.