Evil Dead 2 Review

 

Evil Dead 2 (also known in some public materials as Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn) is a comedy horror flick, and the sequel to The Evil Dead. It was produced by Renaissance Pictures and distributed by Rosebud Releasing Corporation. Evil Dead 2 was written by Sam Raimi and Scott Spiegel and directed by Sam Raimi.

The story is despite surviving the events of the first film, Ash is still trapped at the cabin. While Ash is not only trying to survive once again, but he is also trying to maintain his sanity. Just to make matters worse a new group have arrived. Now Ash and this new group must work together to not only stay alive, but find a way to put a stop to this evil.

• Negatives

I've got nothing. So, just move along.

• Mix

We've got a bit of stop motion this time around. While there are a lot of moments were it's pretty good, like that dance sequence with a headless deadite. There were a few times when it wasn't good. It's mainly towards the end, but it still does leave a bad impression.

• Positives

Now for more positive things, such as the humor. There was a bit of that in the first, but here it's definitely comedic. Especially with the slapstick. Seriously, Bruce was amazing during those aspects, just like he was with the horror elements.

Your probably wondering about the gore. I mean, the first movie had a lot of splatter, what about this? Yep, you get some gore here as well. Whether it's for horror, comedy, or a mix of both, Raimi and co. did an excellent job with the blood and stuff. But much like the first movie the filmmakers use it wisely, as suppose to use as a desperate need for scares.

I once again have to praise the make-up artist. With an increased budget they were allowed to get more creative with the deadites. We've got deadites that are decaying to nothing but bone, or they're corpses but they're very bloated. That last one especially grossed me out. And it wasn't only humanoid designs either, this time around there was also some really good looking creatures as well. So once again, props to the make-up artist.

Now to talk about our main star, Bruce Campbell. I don't know if there's any I can say about him in this film, that hasn't already been said. He's just fantastic. It didn't matter what the scene was, he nails it. He works great with the comedy. He was fantastic with the more scary parts, but he was amazing when it was time to be a charismatic badass.

The last thing I'll praise is Ash himself. More specifically his transformation. The writers did what you're suppose to do with a character for a sequel. You change them. What I mean by this is Ash in Evil Dead 2 isn't the same Ash from the first flick. His experience in the first clearly changed him. In The Evil Dead, he's much more quiet and scared of everything that's going on. In this, he's taking everything he learned from his previous encounters, and becomes the badass that we all know and love. Which was a fantastic display of character development.

Evil Dead 2 is a fantastic sequel. We've got great dark humor, nicely done gore, outstanding make-up, Bruce Campbell being amazing as always, and our main character going through great transformation. While a major of the stop motion is good, there are times when it just can't be forgiven. But you can let that pass because of the overall experience.

My final rating is Great.

I had a blast with the sequel just as much as I did with the first. Anyhow, once again I'll be stepping back from the horror genre. Because on Thursday, Oct 20th, I'll be reviewing the newest DC animated movie, Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.