Low Budget Classic

Rating: 7/10 (13 September 2017)

While not possessing the humorous qualities that made Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness nerd culture classics, The Evil Dead is a great low budget, independent horror film from a small group of friends looking to make it in the harsh world of cinema. Filmed for dirt cheap, The Evil Dead had to come up with ways in which to take shortcuts that would make it look good and be scary without looking silly. Thus was the first person perspective Sam Raimi is known for invented. Claymation, cheesy blood hoses, and milk vomit add to the enjoyable inventiveness of this movie.
There's not much to say. The actors are all subpar, even Bruce Campbell is still gonna need a few years to iron himself out into a B-movie god. The story is weak and the script isn't particularly memorable, it'd only be with the next iterations we'd see the memorable parts. I feel that if this weren't attached to two other much better movies it'd have been lost, but despite that it's still an enjoyable cinematic treat and one of the most respectable horror films of the eighties.