The gaudily gory, virtuoso, hyper-kinetic horror sequel/remake uses every trick in the cinematic book, and confirms that Bruce Campbell and Raimi are gods.
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09/21/07
Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
98 %
Reviews Counted: 42 Fresh: 41 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.9/10
Consensus:
Evil Dead 2's increased special effects and slapstick-gore makes it as good -- if not better -- than the original.
Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins
Synopsis: In this sequel-remake of the original EVIL DEAD, a group of people are trapped in a cabin while ancient evil lurks outside and threatens a fate worse than death. Can brawny wiseguy Ash save the day, or will his dead girlfriend come back to cause more trouble? An influential comic horror movie... [More]
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Starring: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley, Richard Domeier
Director: Sam Raimi
Composer: Joseph LoDuca
Screenwriter: Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel
Producer: Rob Tapert
Composer: Joseph LoDuca
Screenwriter: Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel
Producer: Rob Tapert
Reviews
Top Critic
The best in the series and one of the top horror movies of the 1980s.
09/21/07
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One of the most visually inventive, relentless, and truly original films ever made
04/17/01
Top Critic
The Evil Dead II is the sort of film which it is really impossible to describe or summarise. You simply have to come along and experience it for yourself.
01/01/00
The Evil Dead remains the stronger film... but this sequel/remake is something of a masterpiece unto itself.
10/28/07
Good acting would not have served the material well, since it would have diluted the comedy quotient and made the campy elements seem cheap and cheesy.
09/21/07
Maximum visceral impact is what this film is all about -- and it delivers.
09/21/07
Top Critic
A flashy good-natured display of special effects and scare tactics so extreme they can only be taken for laughs.
09/21/07
Top Critic
The pop-up humor and smirkiness suggest Raimi's aspiring to the fashionable company of the brothers Coen, though on the basis of this strained effort I'd say he's overshot the mark.
09/21/07
Best slapstick seen in a horror flick. If Charlie Chaplin were alive today and into terror, he'd be directing this movie. Okay, maybe not -- but at least he wouldn't be dead.
10/14/05
Evil Dead 2 is a grade-A masterpiece of morbid mayhem. Find me a horror geek who doesn't agree and I'll take a chainsaw to a body part of your choice.
10/04/05
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