Still the best

Rating: 10/10 (14 October 2007)

I first watched this film years ago, and I still love it. The casting was great, the effects were awesome for the time and budget, and the acting was above average. Above average isn't that good? Well, take into consideration that this was the first major film of most of these actors and actresses careers, and the first major film for Sam Raimi (true legend) and Bruce Campbell (Horror movie God!).
This movie is about a group of teens who buy a cabin in the woods and have a party. After snooping around the cellar, they uncover an old reeled-tape player, reeled-tape, a shotgun, some shells, and a torn Hills Have Eyes poster. Ash (Bruce) and Scotty (Hal Delrich) bring the player and tape upstairs so they can listen to it. Upon doing so, they unleash the deadites from the Necronomicon, which was originally "created" by H.P. Lovecraft in several of his short stories. The Necronomicon was basically a book bound in human flesh, inked in human blood, that contained nothing but evil spells, art, and the occasional cheese ball line.
After a woman gets raped by a gang of violent tree branches, she becomes a zombie possessed by one of these evil creatures. Some of the hardcore Evil Dead fans know the "deadites" are Indian spirits bent of revenge. After everyone except Ash falls victim to the spirits, he wages war against these "monsters". With shotgun, shovel, and chainsaw in hand, Ash decapitates, burns, and slices these creatures until daylight... Is this the end? Does Ash go unharmed? Of course... Or does he?