"Hey! Whatta Ya Say We Have some Champagne, Hey Baby?!"

Rating: 10/10 (17 November 2019)

In EVIL DEAD 2, Director, Sam Raimi re-imagines, re-vamps, re-invigorates, and resets his original film. In addition, he parodies it, casting Bruce Campbell as the sort-of-hero-containing-all-Three-Stooges-in-one-body, Ash! Within seconds, it's clear that none of what is transpiring is in the least bit serious, and that Raimi and Campbell are having a blast! Looking back, this movie was unlike anything else of its era. Almost every scene is a classic! The frantic, roving, chasing camera is a life force all its own! The other, more traditional characters are mere cogs in this maniacal machine! The story, about the legendary Book Of The Dead, is just an excuse for the Director to run amok, creating one of the most memorably loony experiences ever snared on film! Your ribs will ache, even while you're bombarded by oceans of blood, pus, and goo! For his part, Bruce should have won an honorary Oscar Meyer Wiener for his unnatural, hyper-animated performance! Oh yes! You WILL believe that his right hand is a separate character, and you'll never read A FAREWELL TO ARMS in quite the same light, again! Annnd, indeed, you WILL believe that eyeballs can fly! No need to imbibe or smoke anything funny before watching this movie, because EVIL DEAD 2 will get you high!...