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Evil Dead: Anniversary Edition [1983] (REGION 1) (NTSC)


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Amazon.co.uk Review

In the Autumn of 1979, Sam Raimi and his merry band headed into the woods of rural Tennessee to make a little movie called The Evil Dead. They emerged with a roller coaster of a film packed with shocks, gore and wild humour, a film that remains a benchmark for the genre. Ash (cult favourite Bruce Campbell) and four friends arrive at a backwoods cabin for a vacation, where they find a tape recorder containing incantations from an ancient book of the dead. When they play the tape, evil forces are unleashed, and one by one the friends are possessed. Wouldn't you know it, the only way to kill a "deadite" is by total bodily dismemberment, and soon the blood starts to fly. Raimi injects tremendous energy into this simple plot, using the claustrophobic set, disorientating camera angles and even the graininess of the film stock itself to create an atmosphere of dread, punctuated by a relentless series of jump-out-of-your-seat shocks. Much of the film's energy is supplied by the "Raimi-cam", a gliding, swooping, rushing camera that suggests a dislocated, otherworldly point of view while injecting a lively if spooky fleetness to the pace. Though it's no comedy, Raimi's dry wit and cinematic cleverness pervades the entire film. The Evil Dead lacks the more highly developed sense of the absurd that distinguish later entries in the series--Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness--but it is still much more than a gore movie: it marks the appearance of one of the most original and visually exciting directors of his generation, and it stands as a monument to the triumph of imagination over budget. --Simon Leake, Amazon.com


Awesome!!!
Review date: 2008-05-27 Rating: 10 out of 10

the film is great even now and this is the best edition!!! the book is great and looks just like the prop. there is a load of extras on the disc such as the FANalysis. the bonus film Running Time is also a great film though it is a bit short. the film (RT) has been filmed in black and white and it is continuous shot (the transitions have been cleverly covered up and so it looks like its has all been filmed in one go). both films are highly enjoyable and show bruce campbell in all his b movie greatness. It is a great edition which is worth buying whether you are a die hard fan or not.

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My very very favorite movie
Review date: 2007-06-06 Rating: 10 out of 10

Hi guys, I really love this movie since I was a 10 years old kid. I saw it at my home in VCR those days and time to time I watched it and enjoy it more and more. Now I have owned this movie in DVD. so even now I really do enjoy to watch this movie on DVD.
I have only one objection on this DVD release because the mated wide screen version is really sucks, a high amount of picture go disappeared behind the black upper and lower mates really looks a poor wide screen conversion. The movie was recorded in full frame 1.37:1 ration and both in home video and the cinema release in 1980's so this should be watched in real full frame version even now.

A CLASSIC !! !! !! !!
Review date: 2006-01-22 Rating: 10 out of 10

The Evil Dead would have been nothing without its over the top gore and blood, The acting is crap, as with the picture quality and the special effects. But the sort of people who did watch this film and didnt mind the violence are probably the sort of people who dont have a film in their collection without these things!
So the film was a hit, but not to the censors, so this was put on the video nast list and banned! (this was also one of the main five most controversial films on the video list along with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Driller Killer, I Spit on your Grave and Tool Box Murders!)
There have been 2 sequels, both (especially part3) have been nowhere near close to surpassing the origonal! Its unique blend of horror and gore has seen that it is to this day famed as one of the most well known zombie/horrors of its kind!
The blood in this film is also well known for bieng as thick as jelly! And looking like jelly! And bieng the colour of (strawberry) jelly! Whatever it is it isnt blood! But the more the better! And The Evil Dead doesnt dissapoint!
And now it comes in this amazing set! Not only does itr come in the coolest box a DVD has ever came in (this reffers to you even if you dont even like gory horrors), it is also packed with loads of extras!
For all gore fans and NOT FOR 'ANTI GORE' PERSONS OR HATERS OF CHEESY B-MOVIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

GIVE ME SOME SUGAR BABY /This edition did it/
Review date: 2005-10-07 Rating: 10 out of 10

It is all about the packaging, and this is one of the best Anchor Bay packages, if not the best at all, and the August/2005 release of The Evil Dead - Book of the Dead comes as a 2dvd set with the second disc inserted along with booklet into the paper holder on one of the pages of the book. The 2nd disc contains the movie RUNNING TIME starring Bruce Campbell, it is a 66 minutes long feature shot in one continuos shot, /such as A.Hitchcock's The Rope /USA 1948/,English:DD2.0+DD5.1+DTS5.1/
There is already a BOOK OF THE DEAD edition of the second EVIL DEAD /Evil Dead 2 - Dead by Dawn 1987/, currently available only in the USA, it has a new design /face on the book now has teeth/ and it is supposed to have a VOICE CHIP /like Shrek 2/ activated by poking into the right eye /a scream or something should come out/.
So long ASH fanatics and give it up for Mr.Tom SULLIVAN, the genious who designed both books and all the stuff in the evil dead movies. G R O O V Y

The first step to a trilogy of pure brilliance.
Review date: 2004-04-23 Rating: 10 out of 10

What a film! This is the first of three brilliant horror movies by theinfamous Sam Raimi. Bruce Campbell is a star and you cant help but lovehis unlucky yet unintended comical nature. This film is basically the sameas Evil Dead 2, you could call it the original Evil Dead 2 but a more fullversion. This film not only frightened its early eighties audience, italso amused them and Raimi always said he would remake the film on abigger budget, hence, Evil Dead 2. Definately a film to watch. BruceCampbell delivers a great performance in a Jim Carrey meets Freddie Krugertype of way and what great directing from the superb Raimi. Buy it, watchit and then watch it again.Classic!

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
Betsy Baker
Ellen Sandweiss
Bruce Campbell
Richard DeManincor
Theresa Tilly

Creators:
Bruce Campbell (Primary Contributor)
Bruce Campbell (Producer)
Ellen Sandweiss (Primary Contributor)
Tim Philo (Cinematographer)
Sam Raimi (Producer)
Sam Raimi (Writer)
Gary Holt (Producer)
Irvin Shapiro (Producer)
Robert G. Tapert (Producer)

Director(s):

Recording label: Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Anchor Bay
EAN: 0013131321494
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 1
Format: Colour, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC,
Release date: 2007-12-18
Universal product code (UPC): 013131321494
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Region code: 1
Running time: 85 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1983-04-15
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: French (Original Language)

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