Yeah,that's exactly Evil Dead 2.Anyway,I just saw it earlier today and it was darkly funny and at times,terrifying just like the film's tagline says.Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn is the sequel to the 1981 low-budget hit horror film The Evil Dead.The film is still directed by Sam Raimi who also directed the first Evil Dead.The film has a small cast that consists of Bruce Campbell,Sarah Berry,Dan Hicks,Kassie Wesley DePaiva and Ted Raimi.The film begins with a re-cap of the events of The Evil Dead and then continues with Evil Dead II's story that tells Ash's survival against the demons' attacks together with a group of strangers.
Most horror film sequels have weak plot,weak acting,dumb characters,and over the top violence.Well,Evil Dead 2 is the exact opposite.It has a nice plot that sticks well with the first film,although I haven't seen it as it tells Ash's survival in the cabin together with a group of strangers.The acting here is good for a horror film,because of the way Bruce Campbell portrays his good turned insane character Ash Williams and the one liners he delivers are just a delight.The supporting actors did well too,Sarah Berry felt like a rather solid character,as she served as a good partner with Ash during the film's middle part and in the climax where she recites the words from the Necronomicon.And Berry's performance on her character,Annie Knowby was rather good.The two remaining supporting actor/actress' performances were nice too,but felt rather dumb and unlikeable.It's almost like that the hillbilly,Jake (played by Dan Hicks) almost ruined the film,but good thing he didn't.I still liked him because of his hillbilly persona due to the fact that he's used to the woods.But one character I was sort of annoyed of was Kassie Wesley DePaiva's Bobby Joe.She felt annoying all the way,because of the way she acts.But still,her character archetype was normal for a horror movie.I mean,almost every horror movie has a character like that. But still,her acting was good.It was just I was sort of annoyed of her character.But among all the characters,the only 2 I liked were Ash and Annie Knowby.Both of them were the smart ones,whilst the other 2 were sort of dumb.Not to be racist because they were hillbillies,but they really acted like that.But among the two hillbillies,Jake was the better one IMO.The horror was on and off,as the film played horror in a satirical darkly funny way.The film had a lot of gore,but didn't consist of guts flying everywhere,but instead,it had blood.lots of blood! In a fairly excessive amount.The film had horror written all over it but it felt more like a comical,comedic horror movie rather than a serious one.But it's the comical,wacky tone that made it good,with high entertainment value.But despite the silly,goofy but violent moments,the film was frightening and horrifying,some scenes might be disturbing for some viewers.But the horror scenes were well done,specially the one where (SPOILER ALERT) Ash brings Linda's head to the work shed and he cuts her head with a chainsaw.Now,that scene was terrifying enough.But what's more scary and creepy is that freaking witch,Henriette.And as the film gets close to the climax,it gets more scary and more terrifying.Anyway,the film is well directed as it is still directed by Sam Raimi,who also directed the first.He was really able to blend wacky comedy with terrifying horror.Plus,the script was written well,the dialogues were good,and the one liners were bad ass.Also,I loved the camera work.Amazing zoom-ins and I love the demon attacker's POV shots.Evil Dead 2 is a sequel that is too good to suffer sequelitis.The film has a great amount of wacky charms and it is enough to terrify.At least to terrify some easily scared viewers.Thus,Evil Dead 2 is a smart horror-comedy that will make you laugh and will make you shout.If you loved Part 1,you will most likely love this too.It's too good not to be loved.
Groovy.Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn gets a bloody 7.9 stars over 10.
Evil Dead 2 is available on DVD distributed by Magnavision Home Video but only has limited stocks,so get it while it's still available.
Who's laughing now?! Why not check out this clip from the film:
*Video courtesy of Movieclips.com
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