Pure Evil!

Rating: Null/10 (13 March 2003)

EVIL DEAD & EVIL DEAD 2 (1983) (1987) *** each. Bruce Campbell became an indie horror cult hero thanks to gonzo filmmaker Sam Raimi for his breakneck camera techniques in these disturbingly, graphic violent horror flicks made on a shoe string budget with buckets of visceral gore and blood to spare involving square jawed hapless human cartoon Ash (Campbell - all slapstick virile gusto) - and his friends on a woodland outing in an abandoned cabin unwittingly unleashing a demonic force to be reckoned with when they read The Book of The Dead summoning hellish nightmares and unsettling results including the sequel's use of Ash's appendage as a chainsaw accessory (!) Rapid moving camerawork, awkward framing and amateur acting all comingle perfectly in this fetid stew of campy terror including a forest's stalking and raping of comely young women !