A bad first attempt.

Rating: 1/10 (20 April 2003)

Fortunately Sam Raimi more than makes up for this with his next installment. I suppose if you like pure gore, you'll like this film. For those who like their horror to actually be entertaining, either through plot, special effects or cheesy one liners, you'd do better to skip this one and see the second. Or just see Nighmare on Elm Street instead. ***SPOILERS AHEAD*** First of all, Ash was a wuss. He does actually get as far as chaining his zombie girlfriend to the table before wimping out, but I missed the Ash that wouldn't think twice about chainsawing a zombie to pieces. The tree rape scene... what the hell? We're in a movie with zombies, and this girl gets raped by TREES?! The one girl gets possessed by being stabbed with a pencil, the other just has the evil rushing toward her and she screams. So don't tell me it "shows how the evil enters her body." The other people were possessed much more quickly and without the disturbing hentai scene. Completely unnecessary. ***END SPOILER*** If you're going to make a bad movie, at least make it funny. Skip this one and watch ED II, or better yet, Army of Darkness.