The Little Film That Could.

Rating: 9/10 (8 September 2014)

Well here we are with "The Evil Dead". Sam Raimi, probably has one of the most charming stories of how he got into the industry. He and childhood friend Bruce Campbell, created a 30 minute short entitled "Within The Woods", practically inspired by the works of H.P Lovecraft. This helped Raimi convince people to secure a larger budget for the next production thus "The Evil Dead" was made, and thus the rest is history.
Five college students vacation in a furbished cabin in the remote woods. After they find an audiotape reciting incantations that release a plethora of demons and spirits, each of the group suffer various forms of demonic possession. Who and will survive? Regardless it's gonna lead to ridiculous amounts of blood use.
It pretty much proves that regardless of budget, certain ideas and executions can become timeless and more iconic than a lot of these Hollywood franchise remakes we see today. Funny enough Sam Raimi had really became an influence to me when I began to take interest in darker movies. I remember watching "Spider-man" (2002) at the age of 10, and I was just blown away at the angles, camera tracking during the web swinging, and the abandoned building at the end was so eerie. How wonderful to know that all this was carried on from his earlier works. Shot for very long hours, and the cast were local friends and family who kept constantly dropping in and out of production. Bruce Campbell is one of the most underrated actors ever, yet I think he'll forever remain this kind of "B-Movie" icon for all the right reasons. But as said earlier, this movie is insane. It was made on a shoe string budget, has so many unique special effect moments and the finale is an incredible testament to the art of stop-motion before CGI now wiped it's arse over everything.
Final Verdict: Another landmark of the Horror genre. If you haven't had the time to see it yet, make some. 9/10.