The way to watch this movie & the original.

Rating: Null/10 (23 October 2002)

After viewing Evil Dead 2 last night and having seen Evil Dead I last week, I came to this conclusion and it confused me at first.
POSSIBLE SPOILERS
Rent both movies.
Watch the first all the way through. At the end, after he is being chased, pretend that is the intermission. Throw in Evil Dead 2, and fast forward through the beginning of ED2 to the part where ash is running from the demon (same part as the ending to the first movie). Start watching. By watching it this way, you get the full story. Since all the people died (except for Ash) in the first movie, it simply was not necessary to include them in the beginning of this film. So Evil Dead I gives you the whole story of events on how the demons are released, who was all at the house, etc. Evil Dead 2 includes the 15 minutes in the beginning as a general idea of what happened. All of the major details are intact. But watching Evil Dead I then skipping over the first 15 minutes of the second movie is a much better way of watching the two because it gives you the FULL story. What details could anyone include in 15 minutes in relating to it's 2 hour predecessor. SO, if you are confused, ASH DOES NOT GO TO THE HOUSE TWICE. It is the same trip. :) BRILLIANT, in my opinion.