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The Evil Dead

1981

Sam Raimi

Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker, Richard DeManincor ...

6.6

22,778

Horror. Fantasy Five friends travel to a cabin in the woods, where they unknowingly release flesh-possessing demons.

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Phelim O'Neill The Guardian	"'The Evil Dead' stands above its mostly forgotten peers in the 80s horror boom."	POS
United States	Luke Y. Thompson Forbes	"Its horror absolutely worked on me (...) If it does its job right (and it still does, on me at least) you're engrossed enough in the story that a dated effect doesn't matter"	POS
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"'The Evil Dead' is most impressive for Raimi’s unnerving wide angle work and his uncanny, almost unreal ability to suggest the presence of intangible evil (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Variety	"While injecting considerable black humor (...) Sam Raimi maintains suspense and a nightmarish mood in between the showy outbursts of special effects gore and graphic violence"	POS
United Kingdom	Steve Grant Time Out	"Short on characterisation and plot but strong on atmospheric horror and visual churns, this movie blends comic fantasy (...) with recent genre gems like 'Carrie' and 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' to impressive effect."	POS
United States	Pat Graham Chicago Reader	"The film is ferociously kinetic and full of visual surprises (...) There are lots of clever turns on standard horror movie formulas"	POS
United Kingdom	Alan Jones Radio Times	"[It] is short on story but long on excessive gore and innovative camerawork (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"It's impossible to take all this blood seriously. So, instead of being sickened, we're strangely amused (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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