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Evil Dead (Special Edition)
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
EAN: 0790594726522
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, NTSC
Label: New Line Cinema
Languages: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Manufacturer: New Line Cinema
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: New Line Cinema
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 30, 1999
Running Time: 85 minutes
Studio: New Line Cinema
Theatrical Release Date: April 15, 1983
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Editorial Review:
In the fall of 1979, Sam Raimi and his merry band headed into the woods of rural Tennessee to make a movie. They emerged with a roller coaster of a film packed with shocks, gore, and wild humor, a film that remains a benchmark for the genre. Ash (cult favorite Bruce Campbell) and four friends arrive at a backwoods cabin for a vacation, where they find a tape recorder containing incantations from an ancient book of the dead. When they play the tape, evil forces are unleashed, and one by one the friends are possessed. Wouldn't you know it, the only way to kill a "deadite" is by total bodily dismemberment, and soon the blood starts to fly. Raimi injects tremendous energy into this simple plot, using the claustrophobic set, disorienting camera angles, and even the graininess of the film stock itself to create an atmosphere of dread, punctuated by a relentless series of jump-out-of-your-seat shocks. The Evil Dead lacks the more highly developed sense of the absurd that distinguish later entries in the series--Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness--but it is still much more than a gore movie. It marks the appearance of one of the most original and visually exciting directors of his generation, and it stands as a monument to the triumph of imagination over budget. --Simon Leake
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - As a "serious" movie, this is awful, and I LOVE IT!
In order to enjoy this movie, you simply cannot take it seriously. If you watch it expecting to be scared or enlightened, you will be severely disappointed. However, if you're just looking for a brainless good time, you need look no further. The bad special effects and overdone acting make for a wonderfully campy and hilarious combination.
Rating:  - This movie hits you in the face and doesn't stop hitting till the end
Anyone who watches horror movies knows how creepy a simple cabin in the woods can be. Throw in some dark scenery, evil trees, buried demons and a book made of human flesh called the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis and you know that something gory is about to happen. The five innocent University students who are planned a relaxing retreat in Tennessee have no idea what they are in for as they are about to uncover the deadly dark secrets that have been haunting the area for ages. Even undisturbed the morbid ... Read More
Rating: - An incredible ride!!!
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The Evil Dead
Review
B.L.Morgan
Rating 4 Daggers Of Death
First of all, if you really like gory horror and have never seen The Evil Dead, then you should stop reading right now and go out and rent it. Watch it, then read this review. The first time I saw The Evil Dead was at The Midnight Madness Horror Movies in ... Read More
Rating: - Ultimate? Nope. Not yet.
For it to be TRULY ultimate, it needs to include the short WITHIN THE WOODS. It doesn't. So I guess we'll be seeing more of the same in the future.
Rating: - Yes, it's a classic!
Just a quick note on THE EVIL DEAD: since the film was shot in 16mm, any edition on DVD which is matted may be incorrect. The aspect ratio in 16mm is 1:33 to 1, which looks great on a regular TV screen. True, the film was shot to be released theatrically in 1:85 to 1, which would include matting. The 2002 Anchor Bay standard edition is Fullscreen, using what appears to be the entire 16mm frame. Since George Lucas' THX mastered the print, I would assume that everything is as it should be (and ... Read More
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