truly original and fun

Rating: Null/10 (30 October 2000)

This movie reminds me of The Blair Witch project. Not that the two films have anything in common except how they were made. With pure originality. The kind that says "we got our own way of doing things, our own style, and let's see how the public takes it." if Blair Witch tried to be like films of the past it would never have been the success story that it was. Well, that's exactly how I feel about Evil Dead 2. It didn't try to be like other horror movies. It tried to do its own thing. In fact it didn't even have a tone like other horror movies. It had the blood and semi gore, but it was funny instead of scary. The difference was shockingly great. I had never seen anything quite like it. It had the kind of humor of such movies as The Full Monty and Joe Versus The Volcano where there is nothing particularly funny except the way it feels. The environment. No one liners, just hysterical setups. That's comedy at its best. Where its not tailored so everybody will like it or even get it, but so those who do get it see how amazing it is. You'll either love this one or hate it. If you hate it than I hate you because you are the kind of person who keeps restrictions on the film industry. The kind of person who wants every movie to be relatively the same. Well, I applaud people who make movies like this or like Arlington Road and have visions that haven't been seen before and are risky yet clever. Evil Dead 2 is remarkable because it knows how to have fun and yet it didn't learn it from anywhere. It came up with its own way to do it. In other words there are a bunch of reasons why this film is worthwhile and excellent.