The Evil Dead trilogy

[pinkerton]

Originally Posted by alkytrio666

Is that a Nekromantix avatar I've been skimming over all this time?

Great band, when the hell are they gonna make a new album?!

Yep, its the Nekromantix, my favorite psychobilly band.I have no clue on the album though.:(

[alkytrio666]

Originally Posted by pinkerton

Yep, its the Nekromantix, my favorite psychobilly band.I have no clue on the album though.:(

I used to be really into Psychobilly, I'm not so much anymore.

The Nekromantix, however...excellent group, I still enjoy them. Great lyrics, great music, and they have so much fun doing it! I love their "Undead 'N' Live" CD.

[the_real_linda]

i love evil dead...and most things renaissance pictures have produced...i love bruce campbell and sam and ted raimi....hmmm ted raimi.....evil dead made me want to make films

[WeaponX]

I love them all for their great mix of campiness with real horror. A pioneer of this type of combo that we see often now. It was silly but still frightning and just generally fun to watch. Buckets of blood and great action and ED 1 had the great low budget feel that made it stick out from the rest. I love AOD too no matter what people say. It is silly and campy but hell it is just fun to watch and funny as hell. There is no shame in laughing your ass off and being scared shitless at the same time. Infact...it is quite fun.

[Rob Bottin]

Ok, how do you rank ém then?

My list:

1. Army of Darkness 10/10
2. Evil Dead II 9/10
3. The Evil Dead 9/10 Haven´t seen it since 2004 then.

[Posher778]

I rank them how they came out.

[The Mothman]

Evil Dead
AOD
Evil Dead II

[Kane_Hodder]

A lot of people will tell you that they are good, some will say they are brilliant, awesome, great etc. etc. No negative adjective can be added to describe these 3 films. You dont meet anyone who tells you "I hate Evil Dead or its sequels". But everyone forgets to mention one thing, maybe they know it but it doesnt come to mind rightaway. Evil Dead is a LANDMARK film. Any film which came before it didnt concentrate on 100% horror, there were characters, story telling, etc. before the horror was rolled out.
But Evil Dead starts off with that bizarre Raimi style camera roll which depicts an ancient demon stirring and waking up in that old abandoned pool in the forest, and the truck swiping right in front of the car at the beginning is the first jump of a series of jumps. Then the wooden swinging chair thumping into the house, and abruptly stopping when someone approaches the door, thats a classic jump. Evil Dead 2 concentrated more on the humour part and succeeded quite well. To me it will be Aliens which followed Alien, not exactly the same analogy but you know what I mean. Army of Darkness was equally great as part II, but the basis of the story was medieval evil. Bruce Campbell made part III great, plus Raimi's unique film-making made it even more better. I remember Army of Darkness having a different ending, when Ash takes one extra drop than the precribed drops and wakes up in the future. It was an interesting introduction to Evil Dead 4 possibly, but maybe Raimi had enough and shot a different ending to part III and thats what we see today.
All 3 films are great in their own way, and Evil Dead will always be Alien, with part II being Aliens. It depends on which way you like your horror dished to you. Extreme and brutal, part I. Humor and gorific like Dead Alive, part II. Humor dashed with the Laurentiis medievil horror touch, part III.
I rate them part I, II & III, in the order they released. I think that as good as parts II and III are, they simply CAN NOT better the original, and what contribution it has given to the horror genre of cinema.

[joshaube]

Evil Dead I & II (tie) 8.5-9/10
with Army of Darkness a few places behind. 7/10

i have been longing to see this movie thanks