xhonzi said:
The other day, I heard someone say that there were 3 types of people in the world: Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness. Clearly my lovely wife is none of these, but I am squarely Army of Darkness. A little less so ED2, and even less so ED. I don't know how the remake factors in.
The remake was very much along the lines of The Evil Dead, only modern day and with a big budget. If you didn't like the original, or horror films in general, avoid it. It is really gory, and had some really brutal cringe worthy moments in it. Not to say it was all serious, it was silly in a typical horror film sort of way.
I loved Evil Dead 2 and I still think it might be my favorite, but I really do love Army of Darkness. They are so different, it is almost hard to pick one over the other in a way that isn't true with most series of films. So, I am not sure if I would say I am an ED2 person or an AoD person... Ultimately I think I'd have to fall on ED2. But I'm not sure I'd love ED2 the way I do if it wasn't followed up by AoD.
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I watched the original last night, and the tree rape scene makes me uneasy. In fact, the tree scene and the pencil scene from the original still wig me out a bit. There was a similar tree scene in the remake, but less explicit, and not nearly as disturbing. And fortunately, the pencil bit was nowhere to be found. That part always makes my ankle hurt. The Oldsmobile makes an appearance, which made me super happy.
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Sounds like Raimi is getting ready to write the script for Army of Darkness 2, which would be absolutely awesome! Seems this new Evil Dead has gotten some pretty good reviews, and that they have already green light a sequel. I won't complain about more Evil Dead. With all the crap floating around out there, and all the stupid remakes of everything and modern day sequels to everything, remaking and continuing The Evil Dead is one of the few I can totally get behind and be in full support of. With Raimi, Campbell, and the rest of the crew involved, a sequel to Army of Darkness would be hard to mess up. It is pure silly camp to begin with, and a brand of pure silly camp I'd love to see more of. The post-apocalyptic alternative ending to AOD, which Raimi has always said he prefers, would make the perfect picking up point for a sequel featuring an aged Ash Williams. If they do make it, I really hope they continue the theme of one film picking up right where the previous film left off.