1987 · horror · comedy
Evil Dead II
Directed by Sam Raimi1h 24m1987
Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.
Our read: Evil Dead II (1987) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive horror · comedy entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, breathless, extreme horror / comedy, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- kinetic
- extreme
- inventive
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