So relentless it works...

Rating: 10/10 (30 July 2003)

Sam Raimi, the same director who was given 139 million dollars to make "Spiderman" started off with 150,000 dollars to make "The Evil Dead," which I personally like better. "The Evil Dead" is the first in the trilogy that features the misadventures of Ash, a gun- lugging, chainsaw-wielding, blood-secreting "sole" survivor of a night of mayhem and horror. Ash, being the main character, basically is faced with the decision throughout the entire movie to either kill his friends, or lock them up in the cellar. I personally enjoyed the film because of its relentless amount of gore. When's the last time you've seen a Necronomicon (Book of the Dead) lick its own face while a demon is hitting someone on the back with a fireplace poker.
The basic plot revolves around a group of five friends who decide to travel to a supposedly remote cabin for a vacation or something. But things go awry after... well it doesn't matter. A real basic summary of this movie would be: teens get killed off and/or transformed one by one into zombies by the evil spirits inhabiting the surrounding woods. Basic zombie/survival horror flick. But this one stands out from the rest for some unidentifiable (to me) reason. Maybe it's because it knows no bounds.
So anyways, if you like NC-17-worthy gore, tree rape, and any way, shape, or form of dismemberment, then this is the movie for you.
*Gore: 10/10
*Suspense: 3/10
*Overall: 6/10