Bruce Campbell rawks hard in this sequel
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Spoiler Alert: This is a review of a sequel. If you have not seen the first one, Evil Dead, then you best go watch it now because this review gives away the ending to that.
Go ahead. We'll wait.
You back? Well, you'll be dead by dawn! Dead by Dawn! You see, Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn picks up exactly where the first left off. A different actress is playing Ash's girlfriend, but since she ends up getting cut to pieces and buried early on, this matters little.
Ok�€� so Ash has cut up all the evil demons, girlfriend included, and buried them. Now he tries to leave the scary woods but finds he can't. Oh noooo! Back to the cabin for our hero, where his dead girlfriend digs herself out and kinda reassembles her body...sorta... and proceeds to do a seductive dance for him. Not schlocky enough for ya yet? Keep watching!
We're gonna suck your soul! Suck your soul!
Now, you may get sucked into thinking that this time, armed with a bigger budget, Raimi decided to make the serious horror flick that he failed on last time. This would be correct... clear up until the infamous hand scene. Raimi may have gone for horror at first, but again it ended in comedic gory schlock. Ash's severed hand flips him off in one scene. We were rollin! Right after he cuts off his own possessed hand, he moves some books to get to some bandages and the camera pans to the book pile... on top is "Farewell to Arms'. Still think this was meant to be serious horror?
And yes folks, fear not, the woods once again do get laid... and the book is again the culprit, but this time it also holds the key to opening a portal to get rid of the evil forces.
Bruce Campbell is once again Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams... the guy who made the mistake of heading out for the abandoned cabin. This time Ash himself gets periodically possessed, but mostly it's his evil hand, which he cuts off at one point (see above)... which sets up the schlocky scene of the century. Campbell plays this one just as campy as the first one, possibly even more so. He pretty much does all his own 'stunts' in this... if you could call them stunts.
Suck this!
Go ahead. We'll wait.
You back? Well, you'll be dead by dawn! Dead by Dawn! You see, Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn picks up exactly where the first left off. A different actress is playing Ash's girlfriend, but since she ends up getting cut to pieces and buried early on, this matters little.
Ok�€� so Ash has cut up all the evil demons, girlfriend included, and buried them. Now he tries to leave the scary woods but finds he can't. Oh noooo! Back to the cabin for our hero, where his dead girlfriend digs herself out and kinda reassembles her body...sorta... and proceeds to do a seductive dance for him. Not schlocky enough for ya yet? Keep watching!
We're gonna suck your soul! Suck your soul!
Now, you may get sucked into thinking that this time, armed with a bigger budget, Raimi decided to make the serious horror flick that he failed on last time. This would be correct... clear up until the infamous hand scene. Raimi may have gone for horror at first, but again it ended in comedic gory schlock. Ash's severed hand flips him off in one scene. We were rollin! Right after he cuts off his own possessed hand, he moves some books to get to some bandages and the camera pans to the book pile... on top is "Farewell to Arms'. Still think this was meant to be serious horror?
And yes folks, fear not, the woods once again do get laid... and the book is again the culprit, but this time it also holds the key to opening a portal to get rid of the evil forces.
Bruce Campbell is once again Ashley 'Ash' J. Williams... the guy who made the mistake of heading out for the abandoned cabin. This time Ash himself gets periodically possessed, but mostly it's his evil hand, which he cuts off at one point (see above)... which sets up the schlocky scene of the century. Campbell plays this one just as campy as the first one, possibly even more so. He pretty much does all his own 'stunts' in this... if you could call them stunts.
Suck this!
Comments
This was a great trilogy. My family actually saw part two first on cable tv before dvd's were introduced. It was quite a few years later that I bought the set on DD one by one and watched them all! The background stuff on the DVD's is fun too!
Great review of the DVD. I like that you put exactly what is on it. Kool and the gang!
"DbD" was the best of the first two movies.
L.
Sounds more gruesome than funny.
Yup, this happens to be one of my all time favorite horror flicks. I enjoy the first 2 Evil Dead movies BUT the 3rd one Army Of Darkness was a disappointment. As a matter of fact when it comes on tv now its no longer billed as Evil Dead 3: Army fo Darkness, its simply Army of Darkness
This is the one of the three I need to complete the cult trilogy - - great review!
I get confused by alll these dead movies, I never remember which one goes with which.. Evil Dead, Day of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, etc... Whatever, my whole family loves them so we'll be sure to check this one out! Great article!
Don't let them suck my soul!
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