How many people here are fans of Sam Raimi's brilliant Evil Dead series (Evil Dead, Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn, Army of Darkness)?

For all of you that are, what is your favorite of the series, and why?

It's nearly Halloween, and these films definitely deserve a thread of their own!

(For all of you that aren't, please don't bother to post)

Okay, I'll go first:


My own personal favorite is Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn. It is the most over-the-top one of the series, and it features everything that makes this series so awesome:

Great one-liners ("swallow this")!

Ridiculously gratuitous gore!

Bruce Campbell's physical comedy!

Chainsaws!

The demon-possessed dead!

Demon-possessed hands!

Demon-possessed deer heads!

Rednecks getting dismembered!

Lot's of good, old-fashioned scares!

Corpse's performing dance numbers!

Bruce Campbell's Ash replacing his severed hand...with a chainsaw!!!

Did I mention chainsaws???

I mean, this movie has it all! Sure, the first ED has more scares, and Army of Darkness has more comical one liners, but I gotta go with EDII! Bruce is at his best in this one! HAIL TO THE KING, BABY!!!
[This message was edited Tue Oct 29 9:19:56 PST 2002 by TheGillman]

awsome

all 3


2 was best

brigitte fonda cameo in beginning of 3

I love those movies... my favorite is Evil Dead 2.

I liked "Army of Darkness" a lot as well, but I didn't like the director's cut DVD with the original ending as much as the theatrical release.

2 best!

IceNine said:

Totally agree! While the director's cut was a good ending, I think the studio forced him to get creative with the "happy" ending. He delivered an even better ending, that satisfied the idiotic suits, but still stayed true to the feel of the film. This is one of very few instances where I actually like the theatrical cut better than the director's.

TheGillman said:

Did you get the "Evil Dead: Book of the Dead Edition" DVD?

That one is pretty cool... for the packaging.

I'm a fan of these movies because... YIKES, how "B" can you get. ALthough I must admit the first time I saw Evil Dead I was prepared to be scared. Fortunately I couldn't stop laughing!

Ive only seen II-Dead By Dawn. Its like a scary comedy (duh). Well not "duh" because I was under the impression that the first one was a serious horror film. In Dead By Dawn, look for the part where he just says .."workshed".... This is one of the funniest movies eva!

The Evil Dead Trilogy totally rocks! Bruce is tha man!

Bruce is very funny
saw him at a book signing

hilarious

shausler said:

I've met him a couple of times, and he's incredibly cool

Evil Dead II by far...the first movie was rather slow...and Army of Darkness seemed off somehow, it was too stupid...or more targeted at adolescents or something. Evil Dead II hit it right on the head, just goofy enough.

Especially when he jumped on that monsters head and the eyeball flew across the room into that chick's mouth! LOL!!!
[This message was edited Tue Oct 29 10:09:14 PST 2002 by teller]

teller said:

what about his own hand attacking him

Evil Dead II is the bomb!!

In the UK, many moons ago, Jonathan Ross had a series called "The Incredibly Strange Film Show" with an episode dedicated to Sam Raimi. It was superb and is essential viewing for anybody interested in Sam Raimi/Evil Dead series.

Raimi also did:

The Quick and the Dead
Darkman
Spiderman

Any others?

teller said:

For Love Of The Game

a simple plan

i think

shausler said:

that's a badass movie

again brigitte fonda

must have had a thing

1 & 2 r masterpieces. 3 just damn sucks.

What about George Romero's Living dead trilogy ?

Movies directed by Sam Raimi:

Amazing Spider-Man, The (2004)
Spider-Man (2002)
Gift, The (2000)


For Love of the Game (1999)
Simple Plan, A (1998)
... aka Einfacher Plan, Ein (1999) (Germany)
... aka Un plan simple (1999) (France)
Quick and the Dead, The (1995)
Army of Darkness (1993)
... aka Army of Darkness, the Ultimate Experience in Medieval Horror (1993) (closing credits title)
... aka Army of Darkness: Evil Dead 3 (1993)
... aka Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Darkness (1993) (UK: video title)
... aka Captain Supermarket (1993)
... aka Evil Dead 3 (1993)
... aka Medieval Dead, The (1993)
Darkman (1990)


Evil Dead II (1987)
... aka Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
... aka Evil Dead II, the Sequel to the Ultimate Experience in Grueling Terror (1987) (closing credits title)
Crimewave (1985/I)
... aka Broken Hearts and Noses (1985)
... aka XYZ Murders, The (1985)
Evil Dead, The (1982)
... aka Book of the Dead (1982) (USA: première title)
... aka Evil Dead, the Ultimate Experience in Grueling Horror, The (1982) (closing credits title)


Clockwork (1978)
Within the Woods (1978)
It's Murder! (1977)

I've only seen 1 and 2, I still have to give props to 1 because it was raw as hell. The part that really freaked me out is when they was playing cards and the demon was calling the cards without seeing them, that fucked me up, and when the tree got it's freak on. Classic shit!

I've noticed a couple of folks have dissed on AOD. While its not as good as II, it is still a worthy chapter in Ash's saga. What you have to admire with AOD is that Raimi and crew just threw all seriousness out the window, and went for total camp. The one-liners make this movie a must-see! "Gimme some sugar, baby"! Truly classic!

TheGillman said:

Yeah, and Danny Elfman even contributed some music to the film!

IceNine said:

Ahhh, yes! The March Of The Dead! Truly inspired!

TheGillman said:

Yeah...I'm a little unhappy with AOD, but sure enough I end up watching it every couple of years. Ash is my hero!!!

If I'm not mistaken, there is a new Ash movie in the works...? Anyone? Anyone?

teller said:

Unfortunately...no. I asked this question of Bruce when I saw him last. His response was "when monkeys fly outta my butt"!

He is going to be in a movie directed by the guy who did Phantasm called Bubba Ho-Tep. In it, Bruce plays Elvis Presley, who faked his death in the seventies. He winds up in a nursing home, where an evil mummy comes back from the dead to suck the life force out of the elderly residents. Its up to Elvis, and a crazy black guy who believes he's JFK, to put a stop to the Undead beast's carnage. Sounds like a perfect Bruce Campbell film to me!!!
[This message was edited Thu Oct 31 14:00:42 PST 2002 by TheGillman]