The Evil Dead trilogy

[The_Return]

Originally Posted by can't get enough gore

i dont consider AOD to be part of a trilogy

Why not?

Yes its a very different movie, but it's just an extention of ED2's plot...isnt that what a sequel is?

Im sure you count Dawn and Day of the Dead to be sequels to Night, and they have a lot less in common than ED and AoD

[The Mothman]

Originally Posted by alkytrio666

The Evil Dead will forever and always reign supremely over any and every other horror movie.

agreed. what are your reasons for loving it so much?

[alkytrio666]

Originally Posted by The Mothman

agreed. what are your reasons for loving it so much?

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.

[a mccuaig]

I love the evil dead trilogy, but I don't think I can watch them for a few more years. I got evil dead overload.:eek:

[The Mothman]

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.

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.

[Despare]

Originally Posted by The Mothman

shooting a scene with the camera tilted diagonally.

That shooting style has carried over with him so will and really adds to a lot of his stuff, for me at least. When I was watching Spiderman 2 and DocOc was in the operating room, as soon as the chaos started and the tentacles went crazy that whole scene was shot in such a similar fashion. You could just look at it and know that it was Sam's stuff.

[alkytrio666]

Yes, he's certainly developed a kind of signature camera movement- he knows how to really carry (or shove) us through the movie. The Evil Dead feels like it should be a carnival ride, the whole thing is a funhouse of whacky, exhausting horrors; you never know what's going to pop out, and from where.

[The Mothman]

Theres a lot of stuff i still ponder about how he went about doing it. Bruce's feet sweep across the camera and it transitions to another scene. wonder how he did that.

[Rob Bottin]

Originally Posted by Posher778

There's probably like 5000000 threads on this.

Well, I didn´t found any other one so....

[can't get enough gore]

Originally Posted by The_Return

Why not?

Yes its a very different movie, but it's just an extention of ED2's plot...isnt that what a sequel is?

Im sure you count Dawn and Day of the Dead to be sequels to Night, and they have a lot less in common than ED and AoD

guess i never thought of it like that

how about they come out with a book of the dead that has all three films????