Good, but not as good as 2 and 3

Rating: 10/10 (23 February 1999)

Evil Dead is a good cult movie, but has many errors. One of them is that it's supposed to be a disturbing and scary movie, but has an over the top and pretty cheesy plot. That's probably why 2 and 3 added loads of comedy which turned those two into marvelous movies. But having it serious, though, it doesn't really work. I give it credit for the directing and sort of disturbing scenes, but I highly recommend that you see Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness first. Evil Dead 2 is sort of a remake of it, so it won't hurt you at all by seeing those 2 first.