50'000 $? How did they do that?(!IF YOU DON'T WANNA KNOW ABOUT THE STORY SKIP THIS REVIEW!)

Rating: 10/10 (23 March 2000)

Evil Dead is by far the most frightening horror film I have ever seen and I can't imagine how any film could possibly top it. The budget (50'000 $) is laughable because the film contains so many effects that it is almost unbelievable it was done on such a small budget. The actors and actresses did a decent job (at a salary of 100$ a week) although they weren't experienced at all. Sam Raimi's direction is absolutely outstanding, maybe the best ever seen in an American film.
The story is about five students who go to a cabin in the woods. They find a tape with the voice of a professor trying to translate the "Necronomicon", the Book of the Dead. By playing the tape the students unleash the evil power that lives within the woods. Gradually they are turned into blood-thirsty zombies until there's only one of them left. Ash (Bruce Campbell) now has to fight not only his former friends but also the evil that is trying to get him too.
The film is ultra-horrifying and ultra-violent. It is a masterpiece of horror and will probably scare you out of your wits if you see it for the first time. But it is also very inventive and adds some entirely new elements to the horror genre. Truly "the ultimate experience in grueling horror"!
Along with "Halloween" this is my favored horror film!
My rating: 10/10 (The sequels are very good and also very different from this one)