03-05-2015, 12:02 PM
At risk of being expelled from Doom, I’ll admit to not having seen either of these. Evil Dead II was on the 366weirdmovies list, and it seemed wrong to watch it without checking out The Evil Dead, so I watched them both. Lady Cranefly chose to watch as well.
Both are fraught with horror clichés (a small group of people get trapped in the woods; the moment there is sex, the killing starts; people wander off by themselves for no good reason; the demons keep coming back after being killed). Then again, this was the '80s, and these were likely early entries into these tropes. Also, there’s a lot of inventiveness and inspired twists. Bruce Campbell is brilliant. He put his heart and soul into these movies. Evil Dead II is his tour de force. He’s totally manic; his body language, expressions, pratfalls (cringe-worthy!) and comedic timing are masterful. It’s almost exhausting to watch. I can’t recall another horror movie that sets itself up so fast and then has unrelenting horror.
Actually, Evil Dead II and Bubba Ho-Tep would make a great double feature, showing Bruce Campbell at his most manic and most reflective and subdued.
Both are fraught with horror clichés (a small group of people get trapped in the woods; the moment there is sex, the killing starts; people wander off by themselves for no good reason; the demons keep coming back after being killed). Then again, this was the '80s, and these were likely early entries into these tropes. Also, there’s a lot of inventiveness and inspired twists. Bruce Campbell is brilliant. He put his heart and soul into these movies. Evil Dead II is his tour de force. He’s totally manic; his body language, expressions, pratfalls (cringe-worthy!) and comedic timing are masterful. It’s almost exhausting to watch. I can’t recall another horror movie that sets itself up so fast and then has unrelenting horror.
Actually, Evil Dead II and Bubba Ho-Tep would make a great double feature, showing Bruce Campbell at his most manic and most reflective and subdued.