Day 2 of the special Halloween edition of Netflix Flick Pick continues with a 2 for 1 special. These films clearly have fans of blood and gore in mind but sacrifice nothing in terms of pacing and horror. I’m talking of course about the films that made Bruce Campbell a cult icon, tonight’s Netflix Flick Picks, The Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn. I’ve already written about The Evil Dead as the subject of an earlier Netflix Flick Pick and you can read that in its entirety here. If not enjoy this snippet:
“The film is steeped in lore. As the story goes the film got financing after being shown as a short before The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Then, the extremely low budget independent film got made but couldn’t get US distribution until Stephen King saw it and wrote a rare review that raved it was the ‘most ferociously original horror film of the year.’ This of course led to one of the most iconic horror franchises of all time and oh yeah it launched the careers of the Cohen brothers who worked as editors on the film.”
The Evil Dead is an intense, horrifying, bloody gorefest but Evil Dead 2 is the rarest of things, a sequel that is actually better than the original. Dead 2 tells essentially the exact same story as the original, only it does everything better. Better script, better directing, better acting, better special f/x, more horror, more blood, more gore, more action and it even throws in some fantastically dark comedy throughout the movie to balance out the intensity of the horror. It also wins the award for best use of a chainsaw ever. What am I talking about? Just watch and find out.
In fact watch them both, back to back even. It’ll take less time than watching a Lord of the Rings movie. No knock on Tolkien, I’m just saying these films are a good investment of your time as director Sam Raimi is at his creative best in these films, showing an incredible combination of resourcefulness and visual mastery the likes of which have rarely ever been seen. While the franchise has just been rebooted, it appears Raimi will be bringing the fourth installment of the original franchise, Army of Darkness 2 to theaters. Here’s hoping it’s as good as Evil Dead 2.
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