Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn
Monday 23rd April
I’ve just finished watching Evil Dead II. Here’s the review I wrote on 43T…
I was surprised how good this film was… from start to finish I absolutely loved it. Sometimes I was sitting on the edge of my seat, sometimes I was jumping out of my skin, and sometimes laughing at the really over-the-top outfits, puppets, animation and gore.
Some really nice scenes from a composition/lighting point of view, and it certainly pushes the boat out on camera effects.
But overall, just a great splatter/gore/shock movie – really not my style normally, but this one is done with such panache!
Recommended.
Sod spiderman and the like, Sam Raimi did his best work on the evil dead series. If i recall correctly the original was actully an entrant in the Cannes film festival. Absolutely fantastic films!
now that you have seen this one though you HAVE to watch “Army of Darkness”. Its not quite as artistically done but its still got the same gore and twisted humour.
Btw… Bruce Campell is a sexy mother fracker!
Steve
24 Apr 07 at 5:28 am
Top film! Army of Darkness is definitely worth a watch!
UKCodeMonkey
24 Apr 07 at 12:30 pm
Ooh. I need to watch my Evil Dead DVDs. I bought them years ago, still haven’t watched. I want Bruce’s autobiography too.
plume
24 Apr 07 at 8:48 pm
Ooooh I wasn’t aware he had done one. Going to have to look for that little beauty on amazon.
Steve
25 Apr 07 at 5:24 am
Great film.
(makes note to have another Evil Dead evening).
Army of Darkness is funny as well.
Bruce Campbell is just ace, (in pretty much everything I’ve seen him in).
Have to look out for him in Spiderman 3. I’m sure he must be in there somewhere.
rollasoc
25 Apr 07 at 7:06 am