no where near as good as the original, evil dead 2 turns horror into a silly comicbook adventure.
the beginning gives us a condensed, and highly revised, version of the original as the opening scenes. from there it turn into elongated scenes of delirium, dementia, and demonic possession. it takes forever for anything to really happen, theres not much for comedy, and the gore is ... read more
Description:Writer-director Sam Raimi's extremely stylized, blood-soaked follow-up to his creepy Evil Dead isn't really a sequel; rather, it's a remake on a better budget. It also isn't really a horror film (though there are plenty of decapitations, zombies, supernatural demons, and gore) as much as it is a hilarious, sophisticated slapstick sendWriter-director Sam Raimi's extremely stylized, blood-soaked follow-up to his creepy Evil Dead isn't really a sequel; rather, it's a remake on a better budget. It also isn't really a horror film (though there are plenty of decapitations, zombies, supernatural demons, and gore) as much as it is a hilarious, sophisticated slapstick send-up of the terror genre. Raimi takes every horror convention that exists and exaggerates it with mind-blowing special effects, crossed with mocking Three Stooges humour. The plot alone is a genre cliché right out of any number of horror films. Several teens (including our hero, Ash, played by Bruce Campbell in a manic tour-de-force of physical comedy) visit a broken-down cottage in the woods--miles from civilization--find a copy of the Book of the Dead, and unleash supernatural powers that gut every character in sight. All, that is, except Ash, who takes this very personally and spends much of the of the film getting his head smashed while battling the unseen forces. Raimi uses this bare-bones story as a stage to showcase dazzling special effects and eye-popping visuals, including some of the most spectacular point-of-view Steadicam work ever (done by Peter Deming). Although it went unnoticed in the cinemas, the film has since become an influential cult-video favourite, paving the way for over-the-top comic gross-out films like Peter Jackson's Dead Alive.--Dave McCoy... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Anchor Bay Release date : 27 September 2005 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 0013131321593 UPC: 013131321593
“no where near as good as the original, evil dead 2 turns horror into a silly comicbook adventure.
the beginning gives us a condensed, and highly revised, version of the original as the opening scenes. from there it turn into elongated scenes of delirium, dementia, and demonic possession. it takes forever for anything to really happen, theres not much for comedy, and the gore is definitely not serious anymore. theres plenty to see in the film and its worth a sit through, but it more or less fills in the holes between the excellent original and the zany army of darkness. this film lives up to neither and is ultimately pretty flat.
still its far from bad and its entertaining enough on its own. when i originally saw these i saw them all in reverse order. i can bar” read more
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