Movie #149: Evil Dead 2

Movie #: 149
Movie Title: Evil Dead 2
Year Released: 1987

Director: Sam Raimi
Notable Cast: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley, Richard Domeier, Ted Raimi

Short Description: The lone survivor of an onslaught of flesh-possessing spirits holds up in a cabin with a group of strangers while the demons continue their attack. (IMDB.com)


Rank on the Top 100 Lists (as of 1/7/2013)

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Empire.com: #49
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Date Watched: 3/22/2016

Grade: 3 out of 5 (Good)

Rationale: Knowing that Evil Dead 2 is part of a trilogy and having seen all three movies I can’t help but compare this one to the others. The Evil Dead was excessive on the gore and demons were non-stop while both seemed scaled back a tad in Evil Dead 2. In Army of Darkness, Bruce Campbell’s Ash is brash, cocky, and a complete badass with many quotable one liners (“Hail to the king, baby”, “This... is my boomstick!”) while you only see him start to transform into that character late in the Evil Dead 2 when he acquires the chainsaw hand and utters his first “groovy”. Ultimately I believe Evil Dead 2 is a nice blend of the The Evil Dead and Army of Darkness even though those films do their parts individual better.