I liked it more than the first one, a lot more

Rating: 6/10 (4 November 2000)

The first Evil Dead was a stupid 70's horror movie. If anyone else tries to tell you otherwise, don't believe them. I'm not saying that I didn't like the movie, I like it a little. I just thought it was a cleche 70's horror movie. It had original scenes, but the plot was stupid and unoriginal, and the dialog was just as cheesy as the 2nd movie.
Now that I've said that, I'll talk about the second movie. The movies have a lot in common, many of the same scenes from the first movie are remade in this film. The big difference is that this movie is just as stupid, but it doesn't take itself seriously. It's a comedy. It's sort of a spoof of the first movie. The first movie was serious, and tried to scare you, but this movie tries to make you laugh. When you're watching this movie, try and keep a "Pulp Fiction" frame of mind: dark comedy with gory, unpleasant images.
I'm not saying this movie is a hall of famer. Not at all. The plot is far too stupid and the dialog is far to awful to win any awards of any kind. Evil Dead 2 just as stupid as the first movie. Only this movie has the balls to admit it, and LAUGH IN YOUR FACE!
My only major problem with the movie is that they try to summarize (redue) Evil Dead One in the first few minutes. And it sucks. I wasn't too wild about the first movie, but this redue is awful. It should have been cut out all together. Also, the stop-motion-animation is real crappy, like the first movie
6 out of 10
PS: You can't beat a guy with a chainsaw attached to his arm. That just kicks ass! GROOVEY!!!!! Okay, time for me to calm down...