pure class

Rating: 9/10 (11 June 2005)

How this film doesn't appear in the top 250 is beyond me. Silence of the Lambs at number 2 - give me a break! Evil Dead put the H back in Horror films, it shocked people, it scared people and just below the surface was the humour - used much more in the sequels. It also contained one of THE great performances from, at the time, an unknown Bruce Campbell who went on to show how good he is in Evil Dead 2. Yes it was low budget, but the makers never tried to do too much with their limited resources, simply concentrating on scaring the living daylights out of the viewer. The last great horror film before Wes Craven decided horror was only for kids (Scream,Wishmaster etc).