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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: STARZ/SPHE
EAN: 0013131190397
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, THX, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Starz / Anchor Bay
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDTS 5.1
Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
MPN: D11903D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Starz / Anchor Bay
Region Code: 1
Release Date: March 05, 2002
Running Time: 85 minutes
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Theatrical Release Date: April 15, 1983
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Product Description:
Director Sam Raimi's first film has achieved legendary status since its 1982 release, and for good reason. Though perhaps not as widely seen as its two sequels, EVIL DEAD 2 and ARMY OF DARKNESS, THE EVIL DEAD is arguably the best of the three. It is the story of five college-age friends who travel to a cabin in rural Tennessee where the stumble upon the Book of the Dead, an ancient tome bound in human flesh and inked in blood. After unwittingly awakening the unspeakable terror told of in the book, each of the friends is transformed into the evil dead, one by one, except for Ash (Bruce Campbell). So, Ash is left with no other way to survive than to dismember the living corpses of his sister, girlfriend, and two of his friends. Shot on a shoestring budget, the film boasts some impressive camera work and extremely over-the-top gore effects as well as a sense of humor much more subtle than the tongue-in-cheek aesthetic of the two sequels.
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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
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Evil Dead is a movie I don't appreciate, Is pointless and no plot, just gore and of course Young dumb people staying in the woods, Why would you stay in a creepy cabin? Mama didn't raise no fool, But that's horror movies, people doing dumb stuff. Although Bruce Campbell is a legend.don't watch if your queasy.
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THE EVIL DEAD
(USA - 1982)
Aspect ratio: 1.37:1
Theatrical soundtrack: Mono
Whilst on vacation at an isolated backwoods cabin, five students are terrorized by ancient spirits which possess and kill them, one by one.
Clearly the work of talented filmmakers going places, this OTT gore-fest is alternately loud, excessive, stylish and disgusting, in roughly equal amounts. Debut director Sam Raimi throws everything into the mix, perhaps to atone ... Read More
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Believe it, ladies and gentlemen. The Evil Dead is a bloody, gory, explicit, and sometimes darkly humorous low-budget horror movie. There's no doubt about it. If you have a weak stomach, you'll probably find yourself puking in the toilet halfway through the film. Good thing I don't have one (no offense). This is a gore-filled masterpiece. It really is. If you think Saw and House of 1000 Corpses (both of which are great horror films, by the way) are bloody and gory, wait until you see this one. Like ... Read More
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This was a suprizing DVD! It was surpizing in the fact that I really loveded it! I had never seen any of the Evil Dead movies but was told to watch them. I am a huge Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi fan and this did not disapoint! I would deff say that if you're a horror fan and a Bruce and Sam fan this ones a must see!
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Love this film. Lots of blood,guts and violence. Loved the setting,storyline and atmosphere and background music. This used to scare the mess out of me as a kid and still gives me nightmares even now when I watch it. I still have bad dreams about the evil spirit in the forest. Don't listen to people The only thing I would complain about is that some of the effects don't hold up that well,but this picture is over twenty years old so we can over looks that.Buy this and make sure you get the remastered ... Read More
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