Still a cool flick after all these years

Rating: 8/10 (28 September 2005)

Sam Raimi's first film, before moving on to more mainstream fair.
What hasn't been said about it that hasn't been said before.
I still enjoy it and very glad I OWN the *special edition DVD*.
Must admit the first 20 minutes, the poor cheesy acting does grate, but sure does make up for it for the final hour.
I am not usually a hard horror fan, but you don't need to be a horror fan to enjoy this, it has all great cinema trademarks: had cool SOUND EFFECTS, FLASHY EDITNG and great EFFECTS and REALLY COOL Camera-work. The story is secondary to this movie...ha ha ha! It gets very splattery...but in the end its basically a very black comedy disguised a zombie splatter film.
In the sequels Raimi unveils all the comedy in a more slapstick manner.
I always prefer the first, but then again I *LOVE* black comedy!
If you haven't got it on DVD. ITs NEEDED for ANY serious DVD collection!!!!