The most under-rated film ever?

Rating: 10/10 (22 December 2001)

Every once in a while, a film comes along that just seems to slip through the net. Ask many film-lovers about this movie, and often they won't even have heard of it. Mention "Evil Dead", and they will definitely remember the first one, and possibly the second. How did this happen? Is it because it is just a bad movie, best forgotten? Well, you would be forgiven for thinking so.
The amazing thing is that this is, quite simply, one of the best films I have ever seen. It is also probably responsible for setting up a new genre, that of "comedy fantasy horror". The unfortunate thing is that the original "Evil Dead" movie became so associated with the "Video Nasty" tag in the 80s, that anything attached to the franchise tended to be avoided by anyone except horror fans.
This is a real shame, because many people who would have otherwise enjoyed the film immensely, were put off by the association.
All I can say is, that as a person who is not a great fan of the original Evil Dead movie, this is one film that I have watched an unhealthy number of times, and will continue to do so.