Another Walk Into The Woods

Rating: 9/10 (13 June 2005)

"Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn" sort of re-creates the first one (Because they couldn't get the rights to the first one, they had to do it this way). Ash and his girlfriend Linda go to the cabin and find the Book of The Dead and the tape recorder left by Professor Knowby. Playing the tape, the evil is unleashed and Linda is soon possessed by the demons. Ash ends up killing her, but he soon becomes possessed by the evil and has to cut off his hand. Meanwhile, the cabin has some company in the form of Annie, the professor's daughter, their assistant and 2 country folks. Soon, they become trapped by the evil in the forest, as well as Annie's mother, now possessed, who is down in the cellar.
The second entry in the series is not as graphic as the first(One unfortunate soul ends up swallowing a flying eyeball), and plays it mostly for laughs (Groovy!). Consider it "horror lite." Still, it is a good follow up to the original. The ending, of course, leaves the possibility of a sequel (See "Army Of Darkness.").