The Best Of The Evil Dead Series

Rating: 9/10 (19 March 2000)

If you were to watch the entire Evil Dead series (Evil Dead 1+2, Army Of Darkness) you would notice a transition in the genre of the movies. Evil Dead mostly leans towards a typical horror film, that believe or not, still gives me chills, while Army Of Darkness is a comedy/horror that openly parodies Indiana Jones, Gulliver's Travels and The Three Stooges. Evil Dead 2 is a happy medium between the aforementioned and gets about as perfect as a sequel can.
Evil Dead 2 is a B-movie that pokes fun at B-movies. Sam Raimi took no pains to hide the fact that he had a minuscule budget and the effect is some really wonderful moments involving animated mounted dear heads and the creature you never see but only through it's vision. Bruce Campbell is also brilliant in this film, especially when his hand turns on him ala Dr. Strangelove.
I think this film is spectacular and the best of the series. It is well worth watching, as well as the rest of the series.