Dead by dawn, dead by dawn!

Rating: 10/10 (13 June 2004)

Evil Dead (1981) was one of the last midnight movies (at least in my area). It was also the most violent, gory and cheesiest horror film I have seen in
the last ten or so years that was highly entertaining. A group of college
kids go fooling around in some old cabin and discover the Necronomicon. Yes, they find the book that H.P. Lovecraft used to love to write about. A book made from human skin and contains a bizarre language and horrific images. Evil Dead was the movie that raised the bar on shock and gore.
Not only did this movie launch the career of Sam Raimi but it made Bruce
Campbell a B-movie legend. Made on the cheap but it brought in a lot of
money and in the process became one of the most talked about horror films
of all time. Several years later, armed with a bigger budget, the same team
produced a semi-sequel/remake that eases on the horror and amps up the
black comedy. An essential film.
Highly recommended.
A+