![]() ![]() ![]() Everyone who saw it loved it, but its low budget and schlocky nature made it difficult to get it picked up. The original Evil Dead was released in 1981 with a one-cinema premiere. ![]() But it was far from an overnight success. The first Evil Dead movie put director Sam Raimi, producer Robert Tapert and star Bruce Campbell on the map. And yet, it’s still all such wide-eyed childish fun that it’s hard not to smile along. ![]() Twenty-five years later, it’s harder to ignore the paper-thin characterisation, the occasional thoughtless misogyny and the movie’s complete disregard for the basic laws of reality. I was a traditionally geeky fantasy-obsessed kid, and the combination of cool witty protagonist and animated skeletons blew my tiny mind. I first saw Army of Darkness as a teenager on a VHS rented from Xtravision, and I’m not exaggerating to say that I thought it was the greatest movie ever.
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