Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)

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And here I was thinking the calamity couldn't be any more tumultuous than The Evil Dead or Drag Me To Hell! In true Sam Raimi style, characters are tossed, slammed, whipped, thrown, jostled all over the screen and covered in all manner of liquids and juices. This is more similar to the Raimi we recently witnessed in Drag Me To Hell.
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 28, 2009 at 9:47 PM

    Don't tell me you never saw this before...

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  2. ChrisAugust 30, 2009 at 12:10 AM

    Believe it or not, before Drag Me To Hell, I had only seen The Evil Dead! Should I have to pay a penalty tax or something?

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  3. the jaded viewerAugust 31, 2009 at 9:44 PM

    Dude. Wow. Evil Dead 2 is the Raimi's masterpiece. Glad you finally caught it.

    It's like watching Peter Jackson's other movies but not watching Brain Dead.

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  4. ChrisSeptember 1, 2009 at 9:11 AM

    Jaded - I know. I was hoping you all wouldn't exile me for just getting to this one!

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2009 at 6:31 PM

    You won't get exiled, but you will get mocked.

    And, Jaded, I live in a world where a) nobody even knows what Braindead is, and b) they don't call it Braindead, they call it Dead Alive (I'm from England, living in U.S.) Brain Dead is an American movie already in existence, so I guess they figured "Braindead" as one word was too confusing...

    Anyway, I'm not letting Chris off by getting distracted by trivia. Shame on you! But did you like it? Come on - tell me you didn't jump up and down when the laughing scene happened...

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  6. ChrisSeptember 2, 2009 at 8:29 AM

    GGG - Okay. I can take mockery. Let the fun begin!

    When the laughing scene began, I was in awe. My jaw dropped, and I took it in for a few seconds. Slowly, I said, "Oh...my...God"--a grin turning upward with each word. Then, a euphoric sensation and my own laughing fit!

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  7. Nick SayersSeptember 10, 2009 at 2:00 AM

    Evil Dead 2 is hands down my fav horror film. Everything is superb in it.

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