Raimi has some fun

Rating: 7/10 (3 January 2014)

Five friends go to a cabin in the woods, and find the Book of the Dead in the cellar. Along with the Book, they find a tape recorder with a professor reciting the Book. It brings unspeakable evil from the forest, corruption in their wounds, and evil possessions in the friends.
Director Sam Raimi is having some horror fun in this one of his earliest films. No expense is spared in splashing as much fake blood as possible... for a low budget movie. There are some good moves, but the plot is fairly minimal. There are two interesting things introduced. The first is the Book bound with skin. It's a good looking prop. The second is the tree rape scene. That has to be the most memorable scene from this movie. Also it introduces Bruce Campbell and then there is the copious amount of fake blood. The cleanup must have been insane.