The Evil Dead 2 Limited Edition Double Play Steel Book DVD+Blu Ray

Sam Raimi's "The Evil Dead" became a massive cult hit almost immediately -- but not entirely for the reasons he had hoped. Yes, some parts of it are scary, but it's also hilariously over-the-top.So when it was time to give the world "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn," Raimi decided to embrace the joke. Sure, it still has some horrific moments (possessed lady in the basement! Ash stuck down there with her!), but the movie is now being deliberately over-the-top for the sheer joy of it -- fountains of gore, quotable lines, chainsaw hands and laughing deer heads. And of course, Bruce Campbell has completely graduated into his memelike status here, as a demon-slaying mass of manly awesomeness.It begins with a heavily abridged retelling of the first movie, where Ash (Campbell) and his girlfriend Linda (Denise Bixler) take a romantic vacation in a rickety old cabin, but stumble across a weird old tape recorder and the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis (aka, Book of the Dead). An evil force possesses Linda, and Ash is forced to behead her with a shovel. Got it? Onto the story!After being possessed for a grand total of six seconds, Ash finds himself trapped in the haunted cabin, with no way of getting back to civilization. He's slowly driven insane by demonic hallucinations, and the undead Linda reassembles her very-rapidly-decayed body so she can attack Ash once more. This time, she bites his hand and possesses it, forcing Ash to take very extreme measures to protect himself. Think a chainsaw. Used for amputation.Meanwhile, ANOTHER quartet of disposable individuals are approaching the cabin, led by Annie (Sarah Berry), whose father left behind the tapes on the Necronomicon. Not only did he leave the Necronomicon and the tapes in the cabin, but his possessed wife Henrietta (Lou Hancock and Ted Raimi) is buried in the basement -- and she wants out. More horrible killings, possessions and demonic evil ensue.Despite having a few million dollars more, "Evil Dead 2" retains the same low-budget charm as the original. The story takes place in the same weird little cabin, there's a cast of about five or six people, and demonic possession is represented by some charming stop-motion and clever makeup. Sam Raimi has definitely polished his special effects with all that extra money (Ash talking to himself in the mirror), and has added a few for comedic effect (the laughing deer head, geysers of blood!), but hasn't lost the rough edges that made the first so delightful.He's also dialed his directing up a few notches. It's still a horror movie with a sense of creeping dread, especially as we discover more about the Necronomicon and the undead horrors that come from it ("We are the things that were and shall be again!")But Raimi fully embraces the over-the-top ("I'll swallow your soul! I'LL SWALLOW YOUR SOUL!" "Swallow this!") and in-jokes (Ash pins down his hand... with "A Farewell to Arms"), with plenty of delightfully quotable lines (... groovy"). There's also a lot more weaponry in it, since Ash swaggers through the film with a sawed-off shotgun (which he fires into demon faces) and a chainsaw that he ends up attaching to his arm. It is almost as awesome as it sounds.This is also the movie where Bruce Campbell blossoms into the one-liner-slinging, larger-than-life, gun-and-chainsaw-swinging cult icon he is today -- he plays Ash as the kind of cool yet frenetic guy that every guy would like to imagine he would be in a supernatural crisis, and he is utterly delightful. The other actors do serviceable jobs as characters you don't know very well, but Bruce simply expands to fit the movie with no room for anyone else to steal (or chew) the scenery with such aplomb and charm."Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn" is one of those rare sequels that has more money and polished special effects, but doesn't lose what made the first movie so much fun. Instead, it takes everything that was fun... and amps it up.

Works great

The quality is so good I thought the image was grainy until I realized it was so clear I was seeing individual mist droplets. The sound quality is equally as good. The original " Evil Dead" was a box office flop. It did however gain a Cult Classic following. This, second installment was written to make the 1st installment (meant to be straight horror) into the greatest horror/comedy trilogy of all time! It has become emersed into pop culture, you will hear people quoting parts of this movie all the time. See references to it in modern shows....in fact it became so popular a series was made of it. And it's all because of the brilliant writing that made it possible to make a trilogy out of a Cult Classic!

Disclaimer: I do not have 4K, I bought this because it comes with the Blu-Ray and I’ll still have the 4K disc for when I make the jump.As for the Blu-Ray disc, it’s a great way to watch the sequel to Sam Raimi’s ultimate experience in grueling horror. It has the movie and some extra features such as a cast/director commentary track, a “making of” feature, trailers, etc. It’s everything you would want from a Blu-Ray of Evil Dead 2.As for the movie itself, it has well earned its iconic reputation. Evil Dead 2 is strongest when it’s just Bruce Campbell going insane, but even the weaker aspects of this movie are some of the best that ‘80s horror has to offer (& that’s saying a lot!) This title takes the first Evil Dead movie, ramps up everything to the point of comedic absurdity, and improves everything from a pure technical/filmmaking level. Somehow, what we got was a horror sequel-parody that, unlike other similar projects (Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 comes to mind), doesn’t feel like it went to connect to avoid the failure that comes with sequelizing a classic, but rather stands toe-to-toe with it’s predecessor— arguably even surpassing it

Had to grab this 4K copy since this is one of my fav films and it doesn’t disappoint as the film looks great in 4K as the picture holds some of the grainy look but has been cleaned up to make it look crisp and colourful. It is like watching the film for the first time.Sound is good too as you can get some a room in the surround.Some nice extras in the set that give it some added value.Really worth picking up for any Evil Dead II fan!

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Excellent

Con esta secuela Sam Raimi demuestra verdaderamente quién es; ya había tenido la oportunidad de conseguir y ver la opera prima y primera parte de la trilogía de The Evil Dead, realmente una película que difícilmente podría ser superada salvo por su mismo director que lo demuestra en este reboot/secuela; una gran película de comedia, principalmente de farsa con tintes de horror que sabe mover bien los hilos y te genera grandes carcajadas al igual que buenas dosis de sustos y escenas que rayan en lo absurdo que no llegan a molestar e incluso dan mayor fuerza a la propuesta del director y es gracias a esta secuela lo que realmente demuestra el sello particular de Raimi que se puede seguir observando en su trayectoria cinematográfica.Hablando del contenido, no he visto el material extra que contiene; eso si, solo está (en formato DVD) solo en inglés y sin subtítulos, lo cual debe de considerarse