And this week's Friday night movie has been.....The Evil Dead!
Well i once told myself that I would have to watch the Evil Dead trilogy - and in correct chronological order - so October seems a good time as any.
As is my understanding the Evil Dead movies have a reputation of combining humor and horror. That however doesn't appear to be the case here. This? Well, it's bloody. And it does come across as being a triumph of movie making on the cheap. And it's bloody. And it has some decent atmosphere. And it's bloody. And it boasts horrific but inventive special effects. And it's bloody. And it apparently rewrote the rulebook for slashers. Oh and did i mention it's bloody?
But in the terms of being a horror and humor hybrid, it's less of a humorous movie and more disturbing - particularly through the lens of thirty odd years of age.
Tucker and Dale Vs Evil it ain't.....
Still if a horror movie is meant to challenge an audience in a discomforting manner, well this movie succeeded at that end.
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