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Now showing on DuranDuranTulsa's Horror Show...The Evil Dead (1981) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #movie #movies #horror #theevildead #evildead #SamRaimi #brucecampbell #deadites #ellensandweiss #betsybaker #TheresaTilly #tedraimi #haldelrich #vintage #vhs #80s #durandurantulsa #durandurantulsashorrorshow

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The Evil Dead

directed by Sam Raimi, 1981

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Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist will be released on Blu-ray on August 1 via Synapse Films. The 2018 documentary highlights the life and art of Evil Dead special effects artist Tom Sullivan.

It features archival Super 8mm, Hi8, VHS, audio, and photo materials, plus interviews with Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi, Josh Becker, Danny Hicks, Hal Delrich, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly, Scott Spiegel, and more.

Directed by Ryan Meade, Invaluable is presented in high definition with uncompressed PCM English 2.0 Stereo. It features reversible artwork, including new art by Joel Robinson.

The disc carries nearly four hours of extras, including Other Men's Careers, a documentary on filmmaker/Evil Dead alumnus Josh Becker. A full list of special features is below.

Special features:

Other Men's Careers - A documentary on filmmaker Josh Becker with Bruce Campbell, Lucy Lawless, Rob Tapert, and more

Unedited interview with The Evil Dead cinematographer Tim Philo

Extended interview segments with Josh Becker

In the Spotlight 1989 interview with Tom Sullivan

Invaluable trailers

Motion stills gallery

Cosmos Locos - 2011 short film directed by Ryan Meade featuring Tom Sullivan

Bong Fly - 2013 short film directed by Ryan Meade

Bong Fly behind the scenes

Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist is a feature-length documentary about the life and art of Tom Sullivan, who created The Evil Dead’s iconic special effects and make-up. Assembled with amazing behind-the-scenes content and all-new interviews, it’s a unique and sentimental portrait of a man who helped make one of the greatest horror franchises of all time.

Pre-order Invaluable: The True Story of an Epic Artist.

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The Evil Dead (1981)

Historically, successful horror films have relied more on the feelings they provoke and their originality than good performances or cutting-edge special effects. The Evil Dead is a perfect example of this in action. The rules of this supernatural story are at best loosely introduced, the special effects were made on the cheap and all of the actors have more than a few moments that aren’t convincing. While you're watching, none of that matters. This film has so much energy it sucks you right in and while it’s rough around the edges, the camera movement makes it look like a million bucks (rather than the $375,000 production it actually is). You watch it once and instantly become a member of the fan club.

University students Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell), his girlfriend Linda (Betsy Baker), his sister Cheryl (Ellen Sandweiss), their friend Scott (Hal Delrich) and his girlfriend Shelly (Sarah York) travel to an isolated cabin in the woods. In the cabin's cellar, they find a tape recording of the Sumerian Naturom Demonto. Once played, it summons demonic forces which mercilessly attack the group.

This is a horror comedy; a particular kind of horror-comedy that’s become a trademark of writer/director Sam Raimi. This is splatstick. Evil Dead pours on the gore. As the demonic forces attack Ash and his friends, they get caked in blood and guts. It’s so extreme you pass beyond the realm of revulsion. It feels wrong to find what's happening funny, until you start laughing.

You might be apprehensive about embracing the comedy at first because the film is actually frightening, or at the very least, disturbing. When Linda gets attacked, a sharpened pencil is jammed into her ankle, and then wiggled back-and-forth to make sure you understand how much it would hurt. When Cheryl goes to investigate strange noises in the woods, the results are the stuff of nightmares. Literally. It’s so surreal you’re not sure what you saw actually happened. "Could this movie really go that far? We were laughing ago, and we kind of feel like laughing now because… well, you just don’t see that kind of thing anywhere!"

The Evil Dead knows the rules of a horror movie. Most importantly, it knows when to break them and when not to. Between all the dripping and oozing, there are several false jump scares, and they work. Unexpectedly well because that initial tension is broken by something that turns out to be harmless. The release you want comes in a chuckle - exactly the reaction The Evil Dead was hoping for.

Now let's talk camera work. Long shots that move faster and faster as we get closer to the person in the frame fill you with a panic you wouldn’t expect from this scrappy little production. Even when you can see the seams, the idea propelling these visuals radiates through the screen and consumes you.

This movie is a lot like Night of the Living Dead, The Exorcist, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and The Three Stooges all blended together - while still alive - into a sticky red goo that’s wholly original. It’s so well directed, with such inventive camerawork and so effective at doing what it wants to do, you have to describe The Evil Dead as an imperfect masterpiece: a movie you probably couldn’t in all good consciousness give 5 stars to, but is a lot more fun and a lot more watchable than most 5 star movies you see. (Original version on Blu-ray, October 8, 2021)

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The Evil Dead (1981) dir. Sam Raimi

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The Evil Dead (1981)

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The Coen Brothers in Crimewave. Frances McDormand in Crimewave (she’s the nun at back right). Richard DeManincor (with the moustache) in Crimewave (1985). 

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Hal Delrich on the set on Evil Dead (1981) while wearing his deadite make up

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Ash + His Friend Scott.

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🎬'The Evil Dead' premiered 40 years ago today, October 15, 1981

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Uma Noite Alucinante: A Morte do Demônio (1981)

The Evil Dead

Direção: Sam Raimi;

Roteiro: Sam Raimi;

Gênero: Terror; 

País: EUA.

Nas mãos de Sam Raimi, um diretor extremamente criativo, uma quantidade baixíssima de recursos financeiros transformou-se numa obra-prima do terror e do gore. A criatividade de Raimi fica ainda mais evidente se considerarmos a banalidade do roteiro - cinco amigos acampando numa velha cabana abandonada e mal-assombrada -, e o amadorismo geral do elenco e da equipe de produção. Mesmo com todos os ventos soprando contrariamente, Uma Noite Alucinante: A Morte do Demônio é um filme muito bem realizado narrativamente e, sobretudo, tecnicamente. Mobilizando a câmera com proficuidade, através de movimentos e ângulos ousados, Sam Raimi definiu novas perspectivas para os filmes de terror-gore: são interessantíssimos e arrepiantes os momentos em que a câmera assume a perspectiva da entidade possessiva, flutuando pelo bosque e perseguindo suas vítimas. Os recursos sonoros também foram excelentemente empregados: em diversos momentos, o clima de suspense e terror é prenunciado apenas pela sonorização. Como as possessões demoníacas só são derrotados com o esquartejamento da vítima, o que promove-se no filme é um verdadeiro batismo de sangue. 

Cinco amigos decidem passar a noite acampados numa cabana abandonada em meio a um bosque: entre eles, Ash (Bruce Campbell, desempenhando caricata e ironicamente o papel prototípico do macho estadunidense), sua namorada Linda (Betsy Baker) e seus amigos, Scott (Hal Delrich), Cheryl (Ellen Sandweiss) e Shelly (Sarah York) - esta última, a única solteira do grupo e, sugestivamente, a primeira a ter seu corpo possuído pela entidade demoníaca, acenando subliminarmente com uma associação entre possessão e virgindade. Após uma premonição de que haveria algo estranho no porão da cabana, Ash e Scott descem até lá para averiguar e acabam encontrando artefatos estranhos, como o “livro dos mortos”, um punhal com o cabo feito de ossatura humana e uma gravação que contém a leitura de um ritual invocatório. A audição da gravação provoca involuntariamente o despertar das entidades possessivas que rondavam o local. Até o despertar do dia, os cinco amigos deverão lutar bravamente contra os espíritos demoníacos e por suas respectivas sobrevivências. 

Apesar da fragilidade na caracterização das monstruosidades, aspecto que pode parecer risível para o espectador do tempo presente, Uma Noite Alucinante: A Morte do Demônio ainda é capaz de arrepiar todos os pelos do corpo. 

⭐ 4.3 / 5.0

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Up next on my 80's Fest Movie 🎥 marathon...The Evil Dead (1981) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #movie #movies #horror #theevildead #evildead #SamRaimi #brucecampbell #deadites #ellensandweiss #betsybaker #TheresaTilly #tedraimi #haldelrich #vintage #vhs #80s #80sfest #durandurantulsas6thannual80sfest

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GUEST MOVIE REVIEW: The Evil Dead

GUEST MOVIE REVIEW: The Evil Dead

In the fourth part of CM Saunders’ five-part series, he talks about another one of my favorites, The Evil Dead. Top 5 Eighties Horror Flicks #2 Title: The Evil DeadYear of Release: 1981Director: Sam RaimiLength: 85 minsStarring: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker, Hal Delrich, Theresa Tilly I remember the first time I ever saw The Evil Dead. I was in my early teens, and my folks had…

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The Evil Dead (1981)

This film has one of the largest cult followings, and is considered one of the best horror movies of all time. That, obviously, is only a matter of opinion. This group of friends goes to a cabin in the woods, listens to a tape, and then demons attack and possess all of them with only one survivor. It looked cheap, it was not scary, and the demon makeup was laughable. One of the worst horror movies I’ve ever seen. The fact that it’s on a list of the best is the most pretentious thing I’ve ever heard.

Rating: F. Not once was I entertained.

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The Evil Dead

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The Evil Dead (1981)