Sam Raimi's "The Evil Dead" is a pretty good horror movie and overall, I enjoyed watching it, but to say that this movie is above criticism simply isn't plausible.

The movie is about five young people, probably in their mid to late 20's, who decide to venture off to this remote cabin deep in the woods somewhere. The viewer is immediately introduced to some kind of evil phenomena as he/she watches from the evil entity's vantage point moving from place to place...I like that about the movie as I think it creates a atmosphere of pure and unalduterated evil which is stalking its unsuspecting prey. As the movie proceeds, the audience begins to see that these five youngsters are indeed not alone and when one girl named Shelly is literally raped by the woods, strange things begin to happen. Ultimately, Ash is confronted with a situation that involves all four of his friends (including his girlfriend whom he seemed to love) being killed and turning into some evil kind of zombie like being. The special effects in this movie are pretty good and this provides some good but somewhat overdone extreme gore scenes. Ash must either kill these zombies who were his friends, or he risks becoming one of the Evil Dead himself.

Now, as I was reading the Amazon.com reviews about this movie, I was so excited about seeing "The Evil Dead" and receiving my DVD copy. Being a strict horror movie purist and having little patience for nonsensical and corny comedy in horror movies, I probably should have been a bit more skeptical before viewing this movie.

There is some cheap and stupid comedy in this flick, but the horror outweighs the bad considerably and I walked away after viewing this movie with a satisfied feeling that I had watched a worthwhile and entertaining horror movie. That being said, I do not think this movie warrants the raving reviews that it has received...people that believe this is a 5 star movie cannot possibly be 100% pure horror movie fans.

I think the overall plot is quite good, but could have been developed better. There are some pretty good scares and gore scenes in this movie. The acting is average and the directing is pretty good. Nevertheless, I give this movie a weak 3 STAR rating and recommend it to horror movie fans, but I cannot honestly say that this movie is a horror movie classic...it is good, but it is NOT great or a classic by any means. However, that being said, a 3 STAR rating from me is quite good because I am a rather tough horror movie critic.

For much of the gorey and bloody scenes, it was very entertaining, and for the most part humorous. Though this movie's story plot isn't that great, I think you could ignore it and still enjoy it. The one thing that really stumps me is that the dead can be re-animated by playing a tape, that really bothers me. Besides that almost everything is pretty good, although the character Ash is almost always covered in blood or a bunch of blood is being splattered on him, and in some ways they overdid it a bit too much.

I would recommend that people watch this movie, highly entertaining, gorey, and humorous, which is oddly enough a great combination. I will say that that was one horny tree, and if you would be interested in what that means, go watch the movie!!!

When you closely examine THE EVIL DEAD, you may ask yourself, why is this movie considered a horror classic? The acting is pretty bad, even Bruce Campbell is ineffectual in the early scenes of the movie, but once the demons kick in, Campbell turns on the talent and assuages a classic hero in Ash. The gore is plenty, but the special effects are rather cheesy, down to the oatmeal that comes out of one of the demons near the end. But one can't deny director Sam Raimi's incomparable style and energy. There is suspense in every scene in the cabin; the incessant barrage of blood and violence in the final scenes is both repulsive and mesmerizing. Notice how Raimi uses Campbell's and his girlfriend's eyes in two very different ways. Initially, it's a lover's game over whether or not she's going to open a surprise gift; later, it's a demonic game when he's preparing to bury his former lover's demonic body. I guess the reason THE EVIL DEAD stands at the head of its class is its bold desire to be as frighteningly horrific and sardonically humorous at the same time, with no respite for the weary. It's claustrophobic intensity and its over the top action makes THE EVIL DEAD one of our most unique and thrilling horror films, spawning two commendable sequels as well and making both Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi very successful young men.

Groundbreaking,original,super artistic,ballzy,smart,VERY SCARY!a genuine(blue-print)horror movie! In my opinion this is truely without a dought 1 of the top 20 greatest horror films of all time! Director Sam Raimi's debut is a masterpiece.

This movie is Sam Raimi's best. If you think a horror film can't scare you, Look closer.

I saw this movie the other night and it rocked. I don't give a flying f*** what it was rated, I loved it! The DVD is incredible. The sound is great (like when Ash is in the cell looking) and it really gets you. The picture is great and its in widescreen. So PEOPLE NEED TO PLEASE STOP B****ING ABOUT THE DVD! IT WAS MEANT TO BE IN WIDESCREEN SO LEAVE IT ALONE!