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Originally Posted by alkytrio666
To me, it's everything horror stands for in my mind. It's campy, it's funny, it's over-the-top gory, it's scary, it's outrageous, and it's got a good cast that performs well without being star-studded.
Sam didn't try to force anything when he made the film; he just got a solid ensemble of filmmakers and put together a movie that wasn't made to make money (though it did), and that wasn't trying to impress anybody (though it did).
It is just plain scary fun, with no strings attached. I could say the same about Evil Dead 2, Dawn of the Dead (1978), An American Werewolf in London, and The Thing as well, but none triumph like Raimi's masterpiece.
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exactly my thoughts. everything was perfectly balanced. atmosphere, scares, gore and cheezy fun was all delivered in perfect amounts. One of my favorite parts of the film is the way Raimi experimented with camera angles and did things that people would never dream of doing back then. ex. shooting a scene with the camera tilted diagonally.