Released six years after The Evil Dead, the cult hit sequel Evil Dead II sees the hero of the first
movie, Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) back at the cabin in the woods with his
girlfriend Linda. When a tape recording unleashes evil spirits and his
girlfriend is first possessed and then dismembered, Ash is left alone to fight
the evil and at times his own body until the daughter of the cabin’s
Archaeologist previous inhabitant joins him in the battle against malevolence.
I saw the original Evil Dead for the first time a few weeks
ago and loved it. It was intense, gruesome and funny and last week I was also
impressed with the remake which while not so funny, was just as intense, much
scarier and more gruesome than I could manage. Evil Dead II is different again from its predecessor in that it
forgoes a lot of the traditional horror and indeed most of the scares, in
favour of creating a hilarious and downright bonkers movie which is
entertaining from start to finish.
