Five bags of popcorn

Rating: 10/10 (20 November 2016)

The LA Times once called The Evil Dead the "grisliest well-made movie ever," which is largely accurate. Every time you think The Evil Dead might start to let up or change pace, it gets more disgusting, challenging and surreal. Essentially, the film melds the relentless evil of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" with the demonic spirituality of "The Exorcist" to produce an unforgiving, DIY, low-budget masterpiece. The various creative, resourceful effects and complicated, cheap rigs only add to the respect I have for The Evil Dead. It is my favorite illustration of how death comes ripping anytime, and in any way it chooses.