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| ACTORS: | Bruce Campbell |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Sam Raimi |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1983 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Elite Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | NC-17 |
| FEATURES: | Color |
| TYPE: | Horror |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 790594726522 |
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Customer Reviews of Evil Dead (Special Edition)
An Army Of Primitive Screwheads Unleashed Before director Sam Raimi brought Darkman and comic book superhero Spider-Man to the big screen, he wrote and directed a low budget horror zombie film, called The Evil Dead. While short on money, the movie still benefits from Raimi's wildly inventive imagination and the first of many memorable performances by the brilliant B actor Bruce Campbell.
Five college friends decide to get away together and spend time at a cabin in the woods. When "Ash" Williams (Campbell) and his cohorts arrive, they discover a mysterious tape, and decide to find out what's on it. Once the tape is played though, it unleashes evil forces from the ancient "Book Of The Dead", that will slowly turn them into "Deadites". As it turns out, the only way to defeat these walking creatures, is by dismembering them.
The Evil Dead had a bugdet of only $375,000, and yet, while it shows throughout, Raimi's creative energy compensates for any problems due to the lack of funds. Filled with fun, excitement, and gore-a-plenty, the film never lets up once it gets going. Sure, the acting is over the top, but that's part of the fun. I can't say enough about Campbell either. He is just great here.
The Evil Dead has had its share of reissues on DVD. The extras stay pretty much the same. The 2002 Anchor Bay Edition includes two commentary tracks. The first from Raimi and Producer Robert Tapert is fun, but as you might expect, these men end up being upstaged by star Bruce Campbell, and his funny recollections for the second audio commentary. I'm laughing as I type this--just thinking about it. There's 18 minutes worth of home movie style footage of behind the scenes and outtakes on the set. Theatrical trailers, TV spots, a poster and stills gallery, and talent bios round out the disc's bonus material. Replacing the liner notes written by Campbell for the '99 DVD, is the 24 page booklet featuring an interview with "The Ladies of Evil Dead", Betsy Baker, Ellen Sandweiss, and Sarah York.
Like Joe Dante's The Howling, and the more sophisticated Halloween, from John Carpenter, The Evil Dead proves that money doesn't really matter, in film, if you have imagination and sheer will to make it work. Recommended, along with its sequels, Evil Dead II and the topper Army Of Darkness
A good package for fans of the series, despite the price.
Having seen (and owned) "Evil Dead" in many different forms, it is nice to finally get an all-inclusive version. Anchor Bay is notorious for lousy video transfers (the VHS version of Halloween), but this one is surprisingly good. This neat little "Book of the Dead" is a great collectible, assuming you have the cash for it.
Rather than give a plot synopsis (if you are reading this, chances are you've seen the movie many times), I will say that this is the only real "Horror" movie in the Evil Dead Trilogy. While "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn" and the later "Army of Darkness" were more comedy than horror, the first installment is a strait-forward horror outing. What sets it apart from other 80's horror movies is Sam Raimi's stylish direction and Tom Sullivan's extremely gross special effects. "Evil Dead" is perhaps the goriest of all the 1980's horror flicks, with blood, guts, and body parts flying everywhere. But it is done in such a way as to make it a stylish horror movie, not a snuff film like a lot of early 80's "Video Nasties".
Anchor Bay gave us quite a package with this edition, so fans of the series can rejoice. Included are no less than 2 documentaries, one by Bruce Campbell himself called "Fanalysis", which give an insight into the world of fandom as seen at conventions. Campbell makes a piece similar to that is "Trekkies", showing all types, and all degrees, of fans. The "Evil.Dead" fans, by the looks of things, are the most civilized out of the bunch. The second documentary is called "Discovering Evil Dead", which has interviews with two early proprietors of home video who discovered "Evil Dead", and were responsible for getting it released to the general public. Also included are the outtakes, bios, trailers, and other supplements.
The quality of the movie itself it nice, even though I have heard people complain about the "matted" widescreen. The only other prints I have to compare it to are the Thorn EMI release from the early 80's, and Anchor Bay's abysmal re-release that I bought in 1998. The image is clear, but a bit grainy in parts. This is to be expected in a print as old as this, and especially in low-budget movies, also like this. I have always loved "Evil Dead", and am happy that I now own it on DVD
My biggest complaint is the price tag, which is steep no matter how you look at it. This costs as much as some DVD box sets, and considering the extras, this is still only 1 DVD with a fancy book included. If you are a diehard fan of the series, and want to own a "Deluxe, Limited Edition" print of this movie, than this is definitely the thing for you. If you are indifferent to the extras and just want a good quality print with perhaps a few supplements, than the other editions are a better bet.
the ultimate horror movie!
This film is the ultimate horror movie. Great sneaky gore with a good storyline (unlike most horror movies) and not-so-bad acting or directing to be such a low budget film.