Raimi Strikes Again...Genius Horror Abounds

Rating: Null/10 (24 August 2002)

Much like the original, Evil Dead 2 is pure genius in both it's simplicity and execution on screen. Sam Raimi proves he a true genre great....kid at heart...and above all else...fanboy
Evil Dead 2 succeeds in that i doesn't really brake new ground, or try to improve upon an incredible predecessor...it simply gives the fan's of the original more of what they want....with the sorta tongue in cheek, stomach in throat attitude that a good horror film should have.
This film finds our dimwitted, comicbook-like expression coping hero, Ash (played by Bruce Campbell to perfection yet again), once again trapped in a creepy cabin the woods with some really nasty spirits....once again possessing the living, choppping them up, and having a helluva time doing it. The first thing many people will notice in the film is it's similarity to the original...in the form of it's plot...sequences...and even the way the characters all sort of seem to represent and resemble the characters of the first movie. The film does not embelish in character development, in favor of introducing them as a whole, and then introducing them in parts, bodily speaking that is :)
The gore is much the same, the spirits are much the same, and Ash, our chainsaw weilding hero is much the same as well.
Sam Raimi...much as in the original...borrows from such other horror classics as Night of the Living Dead and Suspiria....wisely taking from them the root of what made them good.
Do not let talk of the closeness of this film to the original scare you off, if you enjoyed the original, or have yet to even see it...you will enjoy this movie. It is delivered to the viewer in such a smashmouth, take no prisoner's way as to never let you really get your bearings or your feet on the ground, opting in stead to sweep you off of your feet, and take you on the ride of a life.
If you can check that little voice inside your head that screams 'plot development, character development, and in a small way your sense of need for something completely new....and prepare your stomach for more the same blood and guts, blood shed and undead thrills...you will find yourself walking away from Evil Dead 2 hopefully feeling as though you have just seen yet another horror classic.
And for those of you who are new to the Evil Dead universe...watch on a clear spring or fall night, with just a few candles on, and the window open...and i dare you not to jump :)