Evid Dead II

Review: Your probably asking what the hell is this movie doing on my top 100 movie list. Well...um...let me try and defend it. Curiously, I'm not alone in liking this film, for those that don't know, Sam Raimi's (Simple Plan) Evil Dead II has become a cult favorite among many people, particularly college students. The violence in Evil Dead II is extreme in both its gruesome detail and its sheer volume. Heads are knocked off with shovels, hands are sawed off with chainsaws, headless corpses run around, yet...all of it is filmed in a cartoon-like manner which creates a surreal quality. The whole film is an assault on the senses that it also very, very funny. Bruce Campbell (Ash) is an incredible physical actor and really doesn't need any dialogue to be engrossing. Try to image this guy back in the silent film era. Raimi, who like myself is a Michigan State graduate, gives a nod to State early in the film when Ash's girlfriend is wearing a MSU T-shirt. With bizarre camera angles and twisted humor this truly is an outrageous and daring film and ranks as one of my favorite horror films (others being: The Shining, Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, and Seven). -Review by Aaron Caldwell