a brilliant gorefest in the veins of Romero

Rating: Null/10 (7 July 1999)

What I like most about this movie, is its extreme low budget. When you first glimpse at Evil Dead, it looks like an average Late Night trash film, which it is in few ways. But even though it is cursed with a low budget, this movie has its skills. Spectacular camerawork, tracking shots, nice gore effects for such a low budget, and some good ol' violence. Sam Raimi shows his trademark in overexaggerated violence, which could be found in Darkman, and Army of Darkness. The direction is so raw, yet very well done, and the effects are very very impressive. And Bruce Campbell foreshadows to all of us, that he would one day be a well known actor, as in Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness. All movie buffs must see this film!