the best horror film for 20 years

Rating: Null/10 (23 July 2000)

Arguably,the Evil Dead is the most audacious,fun and entertaining horror film made since,well since cinema began! The story is totally unoriginal and the acting is average at best,yet what we have here can only be described as superb!From the moment the kids arrive at the cabin until the final moment of the film you find yourself gripped by the chills and thrills so outrageous at times that laughter is the most common reaction.For instance,most films dealing with a vicious sexual assault in a forest would have to be controversial,not here,by having the attacker be the trees themselves the last reactions you have are depression and revulsion. Overall the Evil Dead is fantastic entertainment very much in the vein of the horror comics some of us old enough to remember read as kids,it's gory, occasionally jumpy, wickedly funny and a bit like a good ride at the fairground, unforgettable!