Swallow this!

Rating: 7/10 (29 April 2001)

This movie is like a Kandinsky meets, or perhaps eats, Alfred Hitchcock type of movie. What the heck does that mean??!! It means take the suspense from a Hitchcock movie and throw it around into a tale of something so abstract, absurd, and irrational you have no clue what you're dealing with but all you know is that it's edge of your seat fun. It all works in the end, and this movie is easily a cult classic. I warn you, do not watch this movie with a working and analytical brain because you will crunch it up and toss it out. Nothing means anything in this movie! It's just good ol' sick fun. And when I say sick, believe me I mean sick, there are fountains of blood and very graphic scenes of decapitation and just about everything else! The name Ash instantly become that of a superhero, and quite frankly he is one of my favorite! There are many memorable qoutes you'll here from this movie, my favorite is definitely when the monster starts yelling "I'll swallow your soul..." and Ash put a shotgun to its head and says "swallow this" in a calm, matter-o-factly kind of voice!! If you're a synic, a pessimist, or a realist stay away from this one. But if you're crazy then watch this and you will be crazier by the end!