For anybody who has never heard of Bruce Campbell, it is my job to inform you that up to this point, your life has been a complete waste of time. Bruce Campbell has a chin that can be seen from all points of the globe at all times. Bruce Campbell has balls that can crush buildings. Bruce Campbell is king, baby. He is also the actor who plays Ash in the Evil Dead movies.
The Evil Dead is a 1981 horror film, written and directed by Sam Raimi. Raimi now is better known for making the Spiderman films, but once upon a time, Raimi was a horror god.
The Evil Dead is a story of five young students who go to an isolated cabin in the woods. They find a tape and play it, this tape being played brings about evil spirits. I bet that wasn't in the tourist brochure.
The film was banned in a few countries and attracted a lot of controversy and became one of the better known "video nasties" in the UK during the 80's. For you none UK folk, Mary Whitehouse decided that because she wasn't getting laid, that nobody else should have any fun either and went on a public cruciade against violent films and rock music. But now she's dead and we have uncut Evil Dead on dvd. We won.
Anyway, The Evil Dead is just an unmatched, awesome mix of gore, horror and comedy. Dark, black comedy. Trees come to life and rape people. We get pencils stuck in ankles. Bitches get chopped up with axes and the decapitated limbs flail about on the floor. Linda, the girlfriend of Ash, reveals what a psycho bitch she is, but i suppose it was Better that Ash found that out before they got married or something. You know what Ash does with annoying girlfriends? He beheads them with a shovel. Oh yeah.
The Evil Dead is a cult classic and with good reason, it's awesome. It's really in your face with the gore and violence but the underlying humour stops it from being too gruesome and makes the whole thing thoroughly entertaining. Although if you are not a horror fan and get scared easily, you might regret thinking "oooo. Sam Raimi. He did Spiderman didn't he? I love those family friendly action hollywood blockbusters. This should be fun"
It's campy, it's funny, it's grotesque. It's the Evil Dead and i love it.
