Quick Reviews!!

Rating: 8/10 (22 November 2004)

POSSIBLE SPOILERS!!
one of the original video nasties and a classic piece of gory movie-making. This offers some genuine scares and shocks rather than full on slapstick gore that the sequels provide as we watch Ash and his friends fight off Armies of darkness after getting stranded in a cabin in the woods. After reading from the Book of the Dead, evil breaks loose, taking the souls of everyone, leaving Ash as the sole survivor.
Grainy, cheap, with amateur actors, The Evil Dead succeeds where many big budget films do not, offering real scares and entertainment. Raimi may not have a 'message' to 'give' in the film, but that is irrelevant. What the audience wants is gore, and we get it. Campbell's acting skills are a welcome bonus. Very funny, and one film every horror fan should see and hopefully love. 8 out of 10