Best of trilogy

Rating: 10/10 (18 December 2003)

As far as I'm concerned, Evil Dead 2 is easily the best of the series. It strikes the perfect balance of balls-to-the-wall horror (as seen in Evil Dead) and humour (as seen in Army of Darkness). Bruce Campbell's second go at playing Ash also results in a much more interesting character. He's more charismatic than in the first film, but avoids the cartoonish action-hero version of Ash seen in the third film.
The movie is so full of memorable scenes that it's easy to excuse the occasional bit of bad acting or low production values. Besides, I don't even think the effects look as bad as some people claim. I don't care what anyone says, I still think the puppet monsters and stop-motion effects are just as (if not more) convincing
than most of the CGI creations in many modern action movies. It all adds to the atmosphere.