Evil Dead

*Stone Ill* · 11-29-2003, 11:26 PM

Hey, I watched the last half hour of Evil Dead 2 a few months ago, and my bro bought AOD a month ago and I can definately say that it's an amazing 'series'. I've never seen the first one, but can I count on it being as good as ED2, AOD? I mean, if I enjoyed those, would I enjoy ED? Because I heard from some people that ED was the worst one and had very cheesy effects. I don't mind the cheesy effects, but is it really that bad?

*cqb101* · 11-29-2003, 11:34 PM

It's not bad, none of them are bad, but it's definately my least favorite of the three........

*Stone Ill* · 11-29-2003, 11:43 PM

Oh, well that's good to know. I'll probably pick it up just for the fact of having all of the ED movies.

*cqb101* · 11-29-2003, 11:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Stone Ill

Oh, well that's good to know. I'll probably pick it up just for the fact of having all of the ED movies.

Yep, you definately should. I aslo found it doesn't have as much replay value as the others. Like AOD I can watch over and over again, and never get tired of it whereas I get really bored with ED after a watch it a few times in a month.....

Heres hoping they make an Ash vs. Freddy vs, Jason movie, or even better an Evil dead four!

*Stone Ill* · 11-30-2003, 12:20 AM

What about ED2? Is that a movie that you can watch repeatedly within a month? I know for a fact that within the first week of owning AOD, I watched it 4 times. Hell, I even watched the Directors Cut with Commentary today! Er..yesterday (it's 1:17am).

*cqb101* · 11-30-2003, 12:46 AM

Yep, When I got ED2 I watched it 2 times in three days.....But AOD has the most re-watch value, IMO.

*Tetsu Deinonychus* · 11-30-2003, 12:49 AM

AOD has the best Ash one-liners!!!

*Brodie* · 11-30-2003, 09:42 AM

Evil Dead 1 is good, maybe not the best, but it's really good. Well, if you like B movies and Bruce Campbell. It has some replay value if you watch it once, then listen to the commentaries, both Bruce Campbell's and Sam Raimi's, you'll find tons of stuff, like the poster of Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes. It was torn to show that Evil Dead was much scarier than Craven's flick. Then you notice that Nancy is watching Evil Dead 1 in Wes Craven's Nightmare On Elm Street. Another nod to Raimi's flick. So in Evil Dead 2 (by far my favorite) Raimi got his prop department to hang 2 different Freddy Krueger gloves, one in the tool shed, and one in the basement. That adds to ED2's re-watch value. And as for AOD, that's just a fun movie to watch, but it's fun to see how Campbell got from ED1 to AOD, and how Raimi got from ED1 to Spider-Man.

Relay · 11-30-2003, 10:39 AM

I think there is a progression to the style of the movies. ED1 was really trying to go for a straight horror theme. It wasn't funny like AOD (unless you count the B-movie aspect) and it mainly went for the gory, scary stuff. ED2 was not as scary as ED1, but it had a few more of the funny elements like in AOD. It is not as funny AOD, but it's got a few funny parts in it. AOD is just funny. It's not really scary at all. It's just full of Ash one liners basically. I'm not saying that any of these movies are really scary (to me anyway) but that is what they were trying to go for in ED1 and ED2. So basically through the series, as funniness increases, scariness decreases and vice-versa. All three great movies.

I have actually met Bruce Cambell. I talked with him for a little while and I got his autograph. He told me to "Stay groovy." It was awesome.

*The Stryker* · 12-05-2003, 12:08 AM

ED1 was the Scariest By far

AOD was.....eh it was ok

but ED2 had the perfect mix of funny and scary

so ED2 is my favorite out of the trilogy

and it might become a quadrilogy if we keep our hopes up! Raimi has been said to say that he wants to do a fourth Evil dead movie after he is done with the Spider-trilogy

keep fingers crossed!!!!

MikesPizzaShack · 12-05-2003, 01:03 AM

i own evil dead 1 and army of darkness on VHS but ive never seen evil dead 2...prob should huh? well anyways the series is awsome. heres a Easter egg about evil dead 1

In the movie, Evil Dead, there's a shot of the basement of the cabin thry're in. On the rear wall is a poster for Wes Craven's film, The Hills Have Eyes, but the poster is torn in half. Sam Raimi put this there as if to say, " Hey Wes, your's was pretty scary, but check out the Evil Dead!"
In turn, in the scene from A Nightmare On Elm Street when Johnny Depp is eaten by his bed, he happens to be watching Evil Dead on his TV.
So in Evil Dead II, the poster is a Dream Warriors poster, and the battle continues.

got that from www.eeggs.com kewl huh?

*cqb101* · 12-05-2003, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by MikesPizzaShack

i own evil dead 1 and army of darkness on VHS but ive never seen evil dead 2...prob should huh? well anyways the series is awsome. heres a Easter egg about evil dead 1

In the movie, Evil Dead, there's a shot of the basement of the cabin thry're in. On the rear wall is a poster for Wes Craven's film, The Hills Have Eyes, but the poster is torn in half. Sam Raimi put this there as if to say, " Hey Wes, your's was pretty scary, but check out the Evil Dead!"
In turn, in the scene from A Nightmare On Elm Street when Johnny Depp is eaten by his bed, he happens to be watching Evil Dead on his TV.
So in Evil Dead II, the poster is a Dream Warriors poster, and the battle continues.

got that from www.eeggs.com kewl huh?

Already been posted.......

*Anarky* · 12-26-2003, 01:04 PM

Hey, I was just surfing around looking for easter eggs in movies. I checked Army of darkness. And it says

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During the enormous fight scene at the end, you can see one of the infamous Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles battleing away. He's there. Just look.

Is that true? My brother kinda lost my DVD...

*cqb101* · 12-26-2003, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by anarky

Hey, I was just surfing around looking for easter eggs in movies. I checked Army of darkness. And it says

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During the enormous fight scene at the end, you can see one of the infamous Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles battleing away. He's there. Just look.

Is that true? My brother kinda lost my DVD...

I'm too tired to check tonight, but I'll definately check tomorrow morning. I just wish it said what part of the fight.

*Stone Ill* · 12-27-2003, 01:29 AM

I bought ED and ED2 today. I watched ED. It's pretty cheesy and not scary.. and that's what made it funny and a great movie!

Leonardo_Warrior_Turtle · 12-27-2003, 07:00 PM

I think the funniest parts in the Evil Dead movies are when Ash is scared ****-less, you see him run from a monster yet you don't see the creature, and of course his one liners. Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness are just great movies. Gotta love Rami and Campbell!

Mikey the Party Turtle · 12-27-2003, 07:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Stone Ill

I bought ED and ED2 today. I watched ED. It's pretty cheesy and not scary.. and that's what made it funny and a great movie!

Wait till you see EDII. It's the best of the trilogy, IMO. (Second being AoD Director's Cut and ED being last even though it's a great movie.)

*Stone Ill* · 12-27-2003, 09:48 PM

I just finished watching ED2. It's a pretty kickass movie, although I still like AoD more.. maybe it's because it was the first whole Evil Dead movie I saw. I also own the Directors Cut version of AoD.

It was a great trilogy, though BC looked a lot different in ED than he did in ED2. And I mean A LOT. I know there was 5 years difference, but still.

But what's with the white hair Ash has at the end of ED2? It's not there in AoD.. and also, I know that at the end of ED2 they are 'hailing' him and in AoD they enslave him.

Mikey the Party Turtle · 12-27-2003, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Stone Ill

I just finished watching ED2. It's a pretty kickass movie, although I still like AoD more.. maybe it's because it was the first whole Evil Dead movie I saw. I also own the Directors Cut version of AoD.

It was a great trilogy, though BC looked a lot different in ED than he did in ED2. And I mean A LOT. I know there was 5 years difference, but still.

But what's with the white hair Ash has at the end of ED2? It's not there in AoD.. and also, I know that at the end of ED2 they are 'hailing' him and in AoD they enslave him.

At the end of ED2, when he sees the spirit in the flesh, it scares so much he gives him gray hair.

If you edit all three films you can have all of them as one movie.

*Stone Ill* · 12-28-2003, 01:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Mikey the Party Turtle

At the end of ED2, when he sees the spirit in the flesh, it scares so much he gives him gray hair.

Haha.. I get it now. It didn't really make much sense to me earlier.. or the first time I saw the last half of ED2..

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Originally Posted by Mikey the Party Turtle

If you edit all three films you can have all of them as one movie.

Yeah you could. But you'd probably need to cut stuff off from the beginning and ending of ED2.

And on a semi-unrelated note, I found this at the Superhero Hype! Boards:

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Saturday 15th November 2003: Deadpool Update:
Kervin has sent in the following info on Deadpool " Artisan films which
owned the rights to The Deadpool movie was bought by Lions
gate. Now as of Nov 1, Lions Gate say said they will putting
out a Deadpool movie which is slated for release around 2005 or
2006. The top runners for Wade are Bruce Campbell , Bruce
Willis and Charile Sheen. But they will not know for sure until
they have done some costume test. The movie is gonna be more Matrix-esque than anything and they are in talks right now with James Wong director of The One to make the movie."

Bruce as Deadpool? Hmm.. could be interesting if he is picked.

11-29-2003, 11:26 PM	#1
Stone Ill Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Burlington, Ontario Posts: 2,397	Evil Dead Hey, I watched the last half hour of Evil Dead 2 a few months ago, and my bro bought AOD a month ago and I can definately say that it's an amazing 'series'. I've never seen the first one, but can I count on it being as good as ED2, AOD? I mean, if I enjoyed those, would I enjoy ED? Because I heard from some people that ED was the worst one and had very cheesy effects. I don't mind the cheesy effects, but is it really that bad?

11-29-2003, 11:34 PM	#2
cqb101 Cinephile Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Salem, MA Posts: 8,489	It's not bad, none of them are bad, but it's definately my least favorite of the three........ __________________ Facebook

11-30-2003, 12:46 AM	#6
cqb101 Cinephile Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Salem, MA Posts: 8,489	Yep, When I got ED2 I watched it 2 times in three days.....But AOD has the most re-watch value, IMO. __________________ Facebook

11-30-2003, 12:49 AM	#7
Tetsu Deinonychus The Iron Dinosaur Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Studio Snowlion HQ Posts: 3,021	AOD has the best Ash one-liners!!! __________________ (Image hosting by Postimage.org) And here's a list of all my old wacky threads!

11-30-2003, 09:42 AM	#8
Brodie Certified Teacher Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bizarro Metropolis Posts: 6,495	Evil Dead 1 is good, maybe not the best, but it's really good. Well, if you like B movies and Bruce Campbell. It has some replay value if you watch it once, then listen to the commentaries, both Bruce Campbell's and Sam Raimi's, you'll find tons of stuff, like the poster of Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes. It was torn to show that Evil Dead was much scarier than Craven's flick. Then you notice that Nancy is watching Evil Dead 1 in Wes Craven's Nightmare On Elm Street. Another nod to Raimi's flick. So in Evil Dead 2 (by far my favorite) Raimi got his prop department to hang 2 different Freddy Krueger gloves, one in the tool shed, and one in the basement. That adds to ED2's re-watch value. And as for AOD, that's just a fun movie to watch, but it's fun to see how Campbell got from ED1 to AOD, and how Raimi got from ED1 to Spider-Man. __________________ Stupendous Monster

11-29-2003, 11:43 PM	#3
Stone Ill Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Burlington, Ontario Posts: 2,397	Oh, well that's good to know. I'll probably pick it up just for the fact of having all of the ED movies.

11-30-2003, 12:20 AM	#5
Stone Ill Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Burlington, Ontario Posts: 2,397	What about ED2? Is that a movie that you can watch repeatedly within a month? I know for a fact that within the first week of owning AOD, I watched it 4 times. Hell, I even watched the Directors Cut with Commentary today! Er..yesterday (it's 1:17am).

11-30-2003, 10:39 AM	#9
Relay Hench Mutant Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: North Cacalacky Posts: 400	I think there is a progression to the style of the movies. ED1 was really trying to go for a straight horror theme. It wasn't funny like AOD (unless you count the B-movie aspect) and it mainly went for the gory, scary stuff. ED2 was not as scary as ED1, but it had a few more of the funny elements like in AOD. It is not as funny AOD, but it's got a few funny parts in it. AOD is just funny. It's not really scary at all. It's just full of Ash one liners basically. I'm not saying that any of these movies are really scary (to me anyway) but that is what they were trying to go for in ED1 and ED2. So basically through the series, as funniness increases, scariness decreases and vice-versa. All three great movies. I have actually met Bruce Cambell. I talked with him for a little while and I got his autograph. He told me to "Stay groovy." It was awesome.

12-05-2003, 12:08 AM	#10
The Stryker Stupid Rich Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Room 237 Posts: 11,152	ED1 was the Scariest By far AOD was.....eh it was ok but ED2 had the perfect mix of funny and scary so ED2 is my favorite out of the trilogy and it might become a quadrilogy if we keep our hopes up! Raimi has been said to say that he wants to do a fourth Evil dead movie after he is done with the Spider-trilogy keep fingers crossed!!!! __________________ @~<3 Mom~@

12-05-2003, 01:03 AM	#11
MikesPizzaShack Hench Mutant Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 466	i own evil dead 1 and army of darkness on VHS but ive never seen evil dead 2...prob should huh? well anyways the series is awsome. heres a Easter egg about evil dead 1 In the movie, Evil Dead, there's a shot of the basement of the cabin thry're in. On the rear wall is a poster for Wes Craven's film, The Hills Have Eyes, but the poster is torn in half. Sam Raimi put this there as if to say, " Hey Wes, your's was pretty scary, but check out the Evil Dead!" In turn, in the scene from A Nightmare On Elm Street when Johnny Depp is eaten by his bed, he happens to be watching Evil Dead on his TV. So in Evil Dead II, the poster is a Dream Warriors poster, and the battle continues. got that from www.eeggs.com kewl huh? __________________ Hey Check out my Site WWW.TheFanriot.com and our podcast The FanRiot on iTunes!!!! "Welcome to Mikes Pizza Shack! You order the pizza and I eat it."

12-27-2003, 01:29 AM	#15
Stone Ill Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Burlington, Ontario Posts: 2,397	I bought ED and ED2 today. I watched ED. It's pretty cheesy and not scary.. and that's what made it funny and a great movie!

12-27-2003, 07:00 PM	#16
Leonardo_Warrior_Turtle Stone Warrior Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 858	I think the funniest parts in the Evil Dead movies are when Ash is scared ****-less, you see him run from a monster yet you don't see the creature, and of course his one liners. Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness are just great movies. Gotta love Rami and Campbell! __________________

12-27-2003, 09:48 PM	#18
Stone Ill Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Burlington, Ontario Posts: 2,397	I just finished watching ED2. It's a pretty kickass movie, although I still like AoD more.. maybe it's because it was the first whole Evil Dead movie I saw. I also own the Directors Cut version of AoD. It was a great trilogy, though BC looked a lot different in ED than he did in ED2. And I mean A LOT. I know there was 5 years difference, but still. But what's with the white hair Ash has at the end of ED2? It's not there in AoD.. and also, I know that at the end of ED2 they are 'hailing' him and in AoD they enslave him.