A Masterpiece Of Low-Budget Horror Film-Making

Rating: 9/10 (17 October 2005)

Sam Raimi's THE EVIL DEAD is one of the best examples ever made of what can be done on a small budget. Acting is great, FX are great, story is great, and even the cinematography and style are great. The story is pretty simple: some friends go to a cabin in the woods and find a strange book and some tapes in the basement. Turns out the book is the fabled NECRONOMICON, a tome that was created for the purposes of black magic and summoning demons. When the campers start fooling around with the book and tapes, they unknowingly unleash the demonic hordes!
THE EVIL DEAD is truly a horror classic. Bruce Campbell is excellent as ASH (a role he reprised for EVIL DEAD 2, and ARMY OF DARKNESS). The gore and other FX still hold up to this day, and is still a blast to watch. If you haven't seen this one, you know nothing about horror! 9/10