Sam Raimi's Masterpiece! ***** out of 5

Rating: Null/10 (26 June 2005)

Well, let me go ahead and tell ya.... everyone has a favorite and this happens to be my personal favorite 'Evil Dead' entry.
It's always been a big battle between II and this one, but in the end I think this one wins out.
I doubt there's a single movie out there with more memorable lines than this one. You have the severed arms, an army of marching skeletons, sword and scorcery, and bare trees amongst tombstones in a dank creepy graveyard. It just draws me in. And the fact that there's a bumbling, smart aleck, wise cracking, chainsaw wielding, hero in the middle of all this makes it all the better.
This was the first film I ever saw in the series. This introduced me to the character 'Ash'. This is a good reason why I'm a horror fan.
Now I realize that there isn't quite as much gore and guts in this entry, but it really doesn't matter. It works very well without too much gore. However, it isn't entirely bloodless. It does feature a huge fountain of the stuff shooting out from a well.
You still get lots of demon possession but it's all set against a splendid swashbuckling adventure story.
There really isn't a word I can use that would express my feelings and love for this film. In short the only word I can sum this film up in is...
'Groovy'.