The Evil Dead Reviews
July 5, 2009
An inspired gross-out horror pic.
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| Original Score: B
June 20, 2008
No, they don't make 'em like this anymore, folks.
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| Original Score: 4/4
December 20, 2007
Director Sam Raimi attacks the movie with a brutal kind of kinetic creativity, moving the camera in truly unique patterns.
September 24, 2007
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.
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| Original Score: 4/5
September 24, 2007
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.
September 24, 2007
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.
September 24, 2007
Not for the faint of heart or those uninitiated in the ways of modern horror, it's a hoot for fans of the genre.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
September 24, 2007
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.
January 26, 2006
Short on characterisation and plot but strong on atmospheric horror and visual churns.
October 8, 2005
With a flurry of dismembered body parts, the film spells its intentions in scaring with complete, relentless excess.
October 28, 2004
Le premier film d'une excellente trilogie [...] mais les deux autres volets sont davantage des incontournables.
Original Score: B
March 24, 2004
A milestone in low-budget horror
Original Score: 4/5
March 12, 2004
Original Score: 4/5
February 13, 2004
Original Score: 4/5
February 10, 2004
Original Score: 3/5
January 14, 2004
To what perverse strains of human nature do movies like this appeal?
January 13, 2004
Original Score: 4/5
November 15, 2003
Original Score: 5/5
November 2, 2003
One of the best low-budget horror flicks ever created!
Original Score: 5/5
September 16, 2003
Think "The Blair Witch Project," but with the witch holding the camera.
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| Original Score: 8/10