Kind of like the movie The Exorcist, if you have never seen Evil Dead, you get hounded. It is a film known and loved by many people and put director Sami Raimi on the map. The movie also has an "out of control" manner to it which I find appealing. I love this movie.
The plot revolves around a college student going to a Tennessee cabinet and as time goes on, learns of the demons inside. A film that could be now part Blair Witch Project, a little of the later sequels of Phantasm and also many voodoo films but at the time it was made, it was not like that. It was a film that is very different for it's time.
Evil Dead brings everything to the table. There are characters with depth and juice and includes the lead Bruce Campbell who put out a great performance that received a lot of attention. There are also great possession scenes with an Exorcist feel to them. Also included are killers spawned from demons and trees and all working on the same level. The guts and gore are put in their proper place with just the right timing.
This film also has great cinematography which is something you wouldn't expect in a movie like this. It has different aspects to it and adds tension with close-ups which add creepiness and much of this is unexpected.
As a person that grew up where Sami Raimi grew up and about an hour away from the college that he left to make this film, this helped me connect to this film which caused me to like it even more, That said, it is a film most people would probably like no matter where you live. Evil Dead is a film that pushes all the right buttons, makes all the right moves and eventually unspools into one little tight package that we now call a classic.
4.5/5
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