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- 1983
- TV-14
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 25 m
- 1983
- TV-14
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 25 m
- 1983
- TV-14
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 25 m
- 1983
- TV-14
- New Line Cinema
- 1 h 25 m
The Evil Dead
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8.1
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
71
73% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
18% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
9% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
71
73% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
18% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
9% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Unquestionalby it's an instant classic, probably the grisliest well-made movie ever. [26 May 1983]
Shot on 16mm for less than $50,000, Sam Raimi's visceral debut remains a benchmark of modern horror. Plot and acting are minimal - five stooges inadvertently awaken demonic forces - but then this isn't about intellect or intricacy: it's about intensity and intestines. [1 Oct 2001]
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 331 User Ratings
8.1
83% Positive
276 Ratings
276 Ratings
11% Mixed
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
6% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 331 User Ratings
8.1
83% Positive
276 Ratings
276 Ratings
11% Mixed
36 Ratings
36 Ratings
6% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
This would get max stars for the hilarious shovel decapitation moment alone. Awesome effects throughout, wish I'd seen this much sooner, had seen bits and pieces but never got around to the full experience.
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its totally something i mean bloody as **** random **** happening while the undead is happening i can't really tell you what i have experienced right now it was something tho
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Unbound by cinematic convention, Raimi unleashed his free-range camera, and ghoulish, omnipresent sound effects to create a bleak, paranoid atmosphere and a raft of sudden, effective shocks.
Raimi's script is riotously deadpan, his compositions undeniably breathtaking and inventive. [6 March 2002]
The film is ferociously kinetic and full of visual surprises, though its gut-churning reputation doesn't seem fully deserved: if anything the gore is too picturesque and studied, an abstract decorator's mix of oozing, slimy color, like some exotic species of new-wave interior design.
You could say this is all good gory fun, and The Evil Dead remains a triumph of brains over budget. But in retrospect, you can’t help wondering if Raimi and co didn’t have some women issues to work through?
Too bad it's hog-tied by a ridiculously familiar plot, uneven direction and characters of such dizzying simplicity that you wish the demons would get to them just to smack some sense into their heads. [26 Sept 1983, p.D3]
Cheesy, wacky, excessive and unique, "The Evil Dead" may be a movie that I ultimately value more for starting the career of Sam Raimi than for its merits as a piece of entertainment, but that doesn't mean my watching this for the first time was anything short of enjoyable. Dated in all the ways you'd think it'd feel more modern and modern in all the ways you'd think it'd feel more dated, "The Evil Dead" is a complicated movie to digest in the year of our Lord 2020. You find yourself impressed with the makeup and effects, yet disappointed with the performances and music. You appreciate the film's contributions to the genre and its totally unorthodox feel, yet lament the existence and question the purpose of the infamous "tree ****" scene. To compartmentalize such things is always suboptimal, and the experience overall was definitely wild and weird, but not one I'll forget so soon.
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I finally get why people consider Evil Dead II as one of the best and superior film sequels. For as much as I found this one truly innovative in terms of its stylish direction, some ideas, amazing camerawork and fantastic stop-motion animation, claymation and practical effects in general, it's in grave need of more self-awareness to compensate for its great lacking in substance and justify its unbelievably dumb characters. It's still good fun, though.
(6/10)
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Clearly outdated movie that looks ridiculously today. It lives from their gore effects, but they are looking so cheap today and there is nothing more of the movie: the story is simple, the characters superficial, the actors average.
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Evil Dead (1981)
Sinopsis:
En una misteriosa y aislada cabaña, un grupo de adolescentes resucitan por accidente a unas fuerzas demoníacas con un conjuro.
Opinión:
La verdad no me gustó mucho, en aspectos técnicos está bien lograda para ser de bajo presupuesto, pero en general me pareció plana y poco elocuente, los personajes actúan mejor estando poseídos que cuando no lo están y eso que los poseídos tienen una chispa y personalidad que raya en lo caricaturesco y cuando estaban en estado normal no parecían ni tener idea de donde estaban parados.
No se si seguir viendo las secuelas y el remake, ya que no tuve una muy buena primera impresión.
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Production Company
Renaissance Pictures
Release Date Apr 24, 1983
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating TV-14
Genres
Tagline They got up on the wrong side of the grave.
Awards
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Online Film & Television Association
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
