#his mind (and hand). a delightful‚ playful‚ darkly subversive take on the big studio horror sequel and honestly just a brilliant film
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Evil Dead II (Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn, 1987)
"Honey... you're holding my hand too tight."
"Baby, I ain't holding your hand."
#evil dead ii#horror imagery#gore tw#blood tw#evil deadology#sam raimi#1987#american cinema#horror film#scott spiegel#bruce campbell#sarah berry#dan hicks#kassie wesley depaiva#denise bixler#richard domeier#ted raimi#john peakes#lou hancock#snowy winters#joseph loduca#like the first film‚ i (smug‚ foolish) felt sure i knew exactly what i was getting into with this one; like the first film‚ i was genuinely#unprepared for quite how good this is. now working with a (slightly) bigger budget‚ Raimi breezes through a quick retooling of the first#film and then expands the story‚ bringing in more characters and more lore. he also starts to twist the vibe: where 1 was a pretty dread#filled existential horror‚ this sequel is heavily informed by the influence of Looney Tunes cartoons‚ the Three Stooges‚ anything and#everything Raimi and his core group loved. the result is a ceazy genre defying mashup‚ a weirdo splatstick masterpiece that crucially still#foregrounds Raimi's highly original vision and gift for doing the unexpected (the laughing scene is simultaneously absolutely ridiculous#and one of the most unsettling moments in 80s horror). Campbell's Ash appears to have developed too‚ entering the film a much more mature#more self assured presence than the Ash of ED1; he promptly gets his ass handed to him by ghost wind and spends the next half hour losing#his mind (and hand). a delightful‚ playful‚ darkly subversive take on the big studio horror sequel and honestly just a brilliant film
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