A true cult classic.

Rating: 7/10 (27 July 2001)

Folks, this film defines "cult." I love a good horror film, but these days the're just so hard to find... so when you catch something like "The Evil Dead," you just can't help but feel jazzed.
I was 13 when I saw this movie (but don't let that marr your opinion of the proceeding words) and I was truly scared. I love that adrenaline rush, and this one delivers it. It wasn't the gore - this is one of the few films that puts the viewer on unstable ground and makes them nervous, and THEN uses gore to heighten the terror. Blood and guts doesn't do the trick alone. Sam Raimi, the genious that he is, uses masterful techniques that thousands of striving directors lunge for but miss so terribly.
Wait for a stormy night, put off dinner for a while if you're squeemish, pop in the videocasette, and enjoy! You'll truly love it. I know I'm always disappointed when I rent a tape with high hopes and it turns out to be a dud. But this is one of the few films, along with "Dawn of the Dead," "The Hills Have Eyes," and the uncensored version of "Natural Born Killers", that have managed to frighten and disturb me!
"The Ultimate Experience in Gruelling Terror." I give it *** out of four (hey, I like horrors, but this aint no "Gone With the Wind"). Carefull though, it is NC-17...what with all that goop and all.