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06/20/08
The Evil Dead (1979)
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Reviews Counted: 41
Fresh: 41
Rotten:0
Average Rating: 8.2/10
Consensus: This classic low budget horror film combines just the right amount of gore and black humor, giving The Evil Dead an equal amount of thrills and laughs.
Runtime: 2 hrs 6 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Director Sam Raimi's first film has achieved legendary status since its 1982 release, and for good reason. Though perhaps not as widely seen as its two sequels, EVIL DEAD 2 and ARMY OF DARKNESS, THE EVIL DEAD is arguably the best of the three.... [More]
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly
Director: Sam Raimi
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Reviews for The Evil Dead
Director Sam Raimi attacks the movie with a brutal kind of kinetic creativity, moving the camera in truly unique patterns.
12/20/07
The Evil Dead's no-holds-barred resourcefulness places it among the masterpieces of the genre.
10/24/07
If you can overlook the mostly lame-o acting, cheeseball effects and fumbling drama, there's enough fledgling genius here to fill another thousand horror movies.
09/24/07
Energetic, original and icky, Raimi's splat-stick debut is a tight little horror classic that deserves its cult reputation, despite the best efforts of the censors.
09/24/07
Sam Raimi directed this 1983 horror feature fresh out of film school, and his anything-for-an-effect enthusiasm pays off in lots of formally inventive bits.
09/24/07
Top Critic Not for the faint of heart or those uninitiated in the ways of modern horror, it's a hoot for fans of the genre.
09/24/07
While injecting considerable black humor, neophyte Detroit-based writer-director Sam Raimi maintains suspense and a nightmarish mood in between the showy outbursts of special effects gore and graphic violence which are staples of modern horror pictures.
09/24/07
Top Critic Short on characterisation and plot but strong on atmospheric horror and visual churns.
01/26/06
With a flurry of dismembered body parts, the film spells its intentions in scaring with complete, relentless excess.
10/08/05
Le premier film d’une excellente trilogie [...] mais les deux autres volets sont davantage des incontournables.
10/28/04
Think "The Blair Witch Project," but with the witch holding the camera.
09/16/03
Latest News for The Evil Dead
October 21, 2008:
Fourth Evil Dead Still on Raimi's Back Burner 
Remember a few months ago, when Sam Raimi hinted that he and his brother Ivan might be sitting down to write a fourth "Evil Dead" movie in August? Well, there still isn't a script. More...
September 08, 2008:
Evil Dead: The Musical Coming to Theaters...in 3-D?
Producers of the off-Broadway hit "Evil Dead: The Musical" are in negotiations with Sam Raimi to clear the way for a 3-D film adaptation of the show. More...
August 15, 2008:
Bruce Campbell Talks Evil Dead 4
Sam Raimi's been teasing the press with comments about a possible Evil Dead 4 lately, and Bruce Campbell has joined in, telling MTV "When he's ready, I'm ready." More...
May 05, 2007:
Campbell Open to Evil Dead 4 and Bubba Nosferatu
Even though he's in charge of the massive "Spider-Man" franchise and in the running for films like "The Hobbit," Sam Raimi always says he wants to make... More...
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