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(ENG/SPA) The Evil Dead of 1981@promete0sz1083d
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  1. Evil Dead (1981) review: The beginning of an era.@richardalexis1160d

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    All the pictures in this post were taken directly from the movie by me

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    Although in the most mainstream sector of the medium, many of us know him for the successful Spiderman trilogy, as well as for the recently released "Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness", the truth is that most of the forays that Sam Raimi has had as a director have Being in the horror genre, in fact, it could be said that his style is so particular that he forged a whole new cinematographic language with such power that it ended up influencing the work of many filmmakers.

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    For this very reason, it seemed ideal to me to see for the first time the first film of his career "Evil Dead", a classic of contemporary horror that displayed a considerable number of remakes and sequels (the most recent being Evil Dead Rise, available in theaters since just a couple days ago).

    As I have said on several occasions, "art does not exist in a hermetic way" and to understand the artistic and cultural value of a work like Evil Dead, we must understand the context in which it arises... You see, Evil Dead was not only the Raimi's first film in the director's chair (who by the way was only 21 years old at the time), but apart from that it was a low-budget film where scarce resources had to be used to the maximum to materialize the ambitious ideas contained in the film's simple script.

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    In essence, apart from paying homage to the horror cinema of the time, Evil Dead existed as an exaggeration and satire to each of its elements, dissecting in a burlesque tone the clichés of the genre and existing in a limbo between comedy and horror. fear.

    Its premise is quite simple: a group of university students decides to spend a few days in a cabin in the middle of nowhere, when they get there they come across a book and some recordings of a "demonic" nature, quickly, they will see that it was not a joke in bad taste and what a point of living an inescapable hell.

    The narrative details are not important, the Evil Dead characters are nothing more than shells with superficial personalities that serve as a canvas to carry out all kinds of grotesque and violent scenarios, the performances are extremely forced and dramatic, and although the makeup and special effects are rudimentary, everything adds up to create a solid ode to everything that B cinema represents, where, as I mentioned a few paragraphs above, the limitations end up taking advantage of the best possible way.

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    Evil Dead was the cradle of many wonderful things, it was the starting point for one of the most important horror directors today, and he created a whole audiovisual language that continues to remain relevant... All this without even mentioning the jump to the fame that gave the incredible Bruce Campbell, who stars in the film and is probably one of the most beloved actors in all of history.

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    Todas las imágenes en este post fueron sacadas directamente desde la película por mi

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    Aunque en el sector más mainstream del medio muchos lo conocemos por la exitosa trilogía de Spiderman, así como por la recientemente estrenada "Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness" la verdad es que las mayoría de las incursiones que ha tenido Sam Raimi como director han Sido en el género del terror, de hecho, podría decirse que su estilo es tan particular que forjó todo un nuevo lenguaje cinematográfico con tanta potencia que terminó influyendo en el trabajo de muchísimos cineastas.

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    Por esto mismo me pareció ideal ver por primera vez el primer film de su carrera "Evil Dead", un clásico del horror contemporáneo que desplegó una cantidad considerable de remakes y secuelas (Siendo la más reciente de estas Evil Dead Rise, disponible en cines desde hace solo un par de días).

    Cómo he dicho en varias ocasiones, "el arte no existe de forma hermética" y para comprender el valor artístico y cultural de una obra como Evil Dead, debemos comprender el contexto en el cual surge... Verán, Evil Dead no solo fue el primer filme de Raimi en la silla del director (Quien por cierto solo tenía 21 años de edad para entonces), sino que aparte fue una película de bajo presupuesto en dónde los escasos recursos debían aprovecharse al máximo para materializar las ideas tan ambiciosas que contenía su simple guión.

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    En esencia, aparte de rendir homenaje el cine de terror de la época, Evil Dead existía como una exageración y sátira a cada uno de sus elementos, diseccionando en un tono burlesco los clichés del género y existiendo en un limbo entre el la comedia y el miedo.

    Su premisa es bastante simple: Un grupo de estudiantes universitarios decide pasar unos días en una cabaña en medio de la nada, al llegar ahí se topan con un libro y unas grabaciones de naturaleza "demoníca", rápidamente, verán que no se trataba de una broma de mal gusto y que punto de vivir un infierno inescapable.

    Los detalles narrativos no son importantes, los personajes de Evil Dead no son más que caparazones con personalidades superficiales que sirven como lienzo para ejecutar toda clase de escenarios grotescos y violentos, las actuaciones son extremadamente forzadas y dramáticas, y aunque los maquillajes y efectos especiales resultan rudimentarios, todo se suma para crear una oda sólida a todo lo que representa el cine B, en dónde como mencioné unos párrafos arriba, las limitaciones terminan aprovechándose de la mejor manera posible.

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    Evil Dead fue la cuna de muchas cosas maravillosas, fue el punto de partida para uno de los directores de terror más importantes de la actualidad, y creo todo un lenguaje audiovisual que sigue manteniéndose relevante... Todo esto sin siquiera mencionar el salto a la fama que le otorgó al increíble Bruce Campbell, quien protagoniza el filme y probablemente sea uno de los actores más queridos de toda la historia..

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  2. [Esp/Eng] Ingeniosamente Terrorifica (Evil Dead 1981) / Ingeniously Terrifying (Evil Dead 1981).@nbarrios671714d
    Una década prodigiosa en cuanto a terror se refiere caracterizada por ingenio, historias de fantasmas, asesinos, brujas y posesiones satánicas. Imposible no pensar en El Resplandor (1980), Viernes 13 (1980), Pesadilla en la calle del infierno (1984), Al final de la escalera (1980), La Mosca (1987), La Cosa(1982), Portergeist (1982), Maniaco (1980), Posesión (1981), Noche de paz, noche de muerte (1984) y muchisimas otras.

    En esta oportunidad quiero hablar de Evil Dead (1981), siendo esta mi participación en la tercera ronda del concurso organizado por @wiseagent.

    Sam Raimi arroja literalmente a nuestras caras una nueva concepción del muerto viviente mezclando los atributos presentados por George A. Romero con demonios capaces de poseer el cuerpo humano. Al ver la película sentimos que estamos en presencia de espíritus burlones con una cara muy parecida a la de Linda Blair en El Exorcista. La ambientación es deudora de la película de Tobe Hooper La Masacre de Texas, y el uso de adolescente que van a sufrir lo indescriptible es un recurso utilizado en Halloween de John Carpenter y en Viernes 13 de Sean S. Cunninghan.

    La primera vez que me enfrente a esta película la vi en la oscuridad, solo y en formato VHS, sin subtítulos, debo decir que estuve sometido a sobresaltos y sustos, me envolvió su atmosfera malsana y sus poseídos malvados y juguetones.

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    Cinco jóvenes: Ash Williams y su novia Linda, acompañados por la hermana de Ash, Cheryl, su amigo Scotty y su novia Shelly, se dirigen a las colinas de Tennessee para vacacionar en una cabaña aislada. En el camino evitan chocar contra otro automovilista, luego se asustan cuando el puente cerca de la cabaña comienza a colapsar mientras cruzaban. Esa noche, la mano de Cheryl es poseída por un ente misterioso, dibujando así una cara maligna. No menciona el incidente a los demás ya que piensa que es obra de su imaginación.

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    Cuando la puerta del sótano se abre misteriosamente durante la cena, Ash y Scotty bajan para investigar y encuentran una versión sumeria del Libro de los Muertos, (encuadernado en piel humana y escrito con sangre), junto con una grabación que cuando se reproduce, invoca demonios y espíritus malignos. Al reproducir el conjuro malvado los espíritus vuelven a la vida.

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    Más tarde, al escuchar voces, Cheryl sale a investigar y es atacada y vejada brutalmente por árboles poseídos por demonios, logra escapar, pero los demás no creen en su historia. Ash acepta llevarla a la ciudad para encontrar un lugar para pasar la noche. Sin embargo, el puente de acceso a la cabaña está destrozado.

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    De vuelta en la cabaña, una Cheryl poseída les dice a todos que los demonios los matarán y apuñala a Linda en el tobillo con un lápiz, esta es encerrada en el sótano por Scotty Seguidamente, Shelly ataca a Scotty, quien luego la desmembra con un hacha. La entierran, y Scotty, se va para buscar un camino alternativo a través del bosque.

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    Ash observa a Linda, descubriendo que ella también está poseída. Scotty regresa, sufriendo graves heridas causadas por los árboles poseídos y antes de perder el conocimiento, le comenta a Ash que existe una salida. Linda y Cheryl intentan engañar a Ash haciéndole creer que ya no están poseídas, y le atacan. El echa a Linda fuera de la cabaña y atiende las heridas de Scotty, pero ella se cuela por la puerta trasera y ataca a Ash con una daga, que él usa para matarla.


    Ash intenta desmembrar a Linda con una motosierra, pero se ve incapaz de hacerlo y la entierra. Ella resucita y lo ataca, siendo decapitada con una pala por parte de Ash.

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    De regreso a la cabaña, Ash descubre que Cheryl escapa del sótano, y armándose con una escopeta, la encuentra escondida afuera disparándole en el hombro. Luego desciende al sótano para buscar más cartuchos, allí escucha voces y ve sangre brotando de numerosas grietas y aberturas en las paredes.

    Scotty, poseído, intenta matar a Ash, mientras Cheryl atraviesa la puerta. Durante esta pelea, Ash observa que el Libro de los Muertos ha caído cerca de la chimenea y comienza a arder, pasándole lo mismo a Cheryl y Scotty. Mientras Cheryl ataca a Ash, este le arrebata el libro y lo arroja al fuego. Con el libro quemado, Cheryl y Scotty se desmoronan y al salir el sol Ash se dirige al exterior, se percibe que un mal invisible corre a través del bosque, atraviesa las puertas de la cabaña y desciende sobre él. Se da la vuelta y grita de terror, luego la película comienza sus créditos finales.

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    Los orígenes de la película.

    El film surge de un cortometraje del año 1978 titulado Within the Woods, obra de un jovencísimo director de 19 años , llamado Sam Raimi, el cual realizo con algunos amigos:

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    Este cortometraje tuvo la particularidad de que era proyectado en un cine local de Michigan, Estados Unidos, antes del clásico de culto The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

    Desmenbrando la película.

    Posteriormente, y dado que el cineasta no recibe oferta alguna para rodar, su hermano Ted Raimi, y sus amigos Robert Taper y Bruce Campbell deciden juntar sus ahorros para realizar una versión de esta obra en formato de largometraje. Adicionalmente, este equipo se dio a la tarea solicitar donaciones a amigos y familiares y contactaron a negocios locales para venderles participaciones en la película. Finalmente reunieron la cantidad de 350.000 dólares. Aquí, les presento una foto de un periódico con todos los actores reunidos junto al equipo técnico un día de Acción de Gracias en el año 1979.

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    Rodada entre 1979 y 1980 una de las primeras ideas presentes en la película es la del Necronomicón, un libro infame que contiene fórmulas mágicas para invocar a los demonios, presente en muchas obras del escritor H.P Lovecraft. Raimi quería en un principio darle ese nombre a la película, pero para evitar problemas con otros cineastas que ya lo habían usado la película es rebautizada como El libro de los muertos. Tras unos primeros pases, uno de sus mecenas, (y agente de ventas del film), Irving Shapiro le recuerda a Raimi que los adolescentes de la época no irían a ver una película con la palabra libro en su título por lo que este decide ponerle The Evil Dead.

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    El héroe de la película Ash J. Williams está protagonizado por Bruce Campbell, en su primer trabajo profesional como actor, además de eso fue financista de la película y colaborador en todos los aspectos del filme. En principio iba a morir, menos mal que Raimi recapacito y decidio mantener vivo a este personaje icónico ya del cine de terror B, el cual resulta insuperable matando muertos vivientes.

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    La locación principal es una cabaña ubicada en los bosques Morristown en Tenesee, literalmente se estaba desmoronando a pedazos

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    Raimi en aquella época no podía darse el lujo de tener una Steady Cam , el cual consiste en un sistema que permite que una cámara de cine o televisión sea atada al cuerpo de un operador, y así el movimiento que percibe el espectador sea similar al punto de vista subjetivo del personaje. La solución para hacernos ver el punto de vista de estas entidades malignas fue atar la cámara a un tablón, que posteriormente Campbell y Raimi levantarían suspendidas en el aire y a su vez correrían a toda velocidad por los bosques en los cuales filmaban.

    La sangre usada en la película era de jarabe de maíz con colorante rojo, las tripas de los zombies tenían como ingrediente principal crema de maíz teñida de verde, y la espuma fue hecha a base de leche semidescremada.

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    En 1977 Wes Craven lanza la película Las colinas tienen ojos, y en ella incluía un poster de la película Tiburon, el efecto de Craven era hacer entender al público que su película daba más miedo que la de Spielberg. Repitiendo esta jugarreta Raimi presenta los restos de un poster de la película de Craven en el sotano.

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    La secuencia en la que Cheryl sufre el ataque de los árboles endemoniados dota a la película de un momento cumbre, fue extremadamente complicada de hacer ya que incluía efectos de stop motion. Igualmente, destaca que es la escena del film más censurada, al día de hoy todavía se le acusa de ser demasiado brutal y denigrante.

    Los actores y los miembros del equipo pasaron 12 semanas filmando en el bosque, quemaban muebles para combatir el frio, sin ducharse y embarrados de tripas y sangre falsa. El rodaje por fin acaba en octubre de 1980. Revisando lo filmado, Sam Raimi, Ted Raimi y Bruce Campbell se encontraron con que había que repetir varias tomas, y los actores ya en sus casas se negaron a hacerlo. Así, los tres decidieron volver a rodar las escenas necesarias pero apareciendo ellos mismos como dobles de cuerpo, incluyendo las partes de las actrices.

    Al final, Raimi tenía 117 minutos de celuloide por montar y editar, para ello contaron con la ayuda de Edna Paul una montadora de Detroit cuyo asistente era un desconocido para entonces Ethan Coen.

    La película se pauta para estrenarla en un cine de Detroit y para ello Sam Raimi y Bruce Campbell imprimieron sus propios tickets y tendieron la alfombra roja, logrando vende 1.000 entradas. A pesar de este primer pase exitoso la película fue rechazada por los distribuidores estadounidenses por considerarla excesiva y muy sangrienta.

    Irvin Shapiro, (además de mecenas de Raimi y agente de ventas de la película), resulto ser uno de los fundadores del Festival de Cannes, consiguiendo en el año 1982 que la cinta se proyectase fuera de concurso con la suerte de que uno delos espectadores era Stephen King, quien acudió al certamen a presentar su colaboración con George A. Romero la película Creepshow. King califica a la película como: “el filme de terror más feroz y original del año”, lo que basto para que la Empresa New Line se hiciera con los derechos del film y por fin el mismo lograse ser llevado masivamente a los cines, figurando en sus posters la frase dicha por Stephen King.

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    Evil Dead resulto ser un éxito comercial, recaudando más de 2.4 millones de dólares en los Estados Unidos y 27 millones de dólares a nivel internacional, con un presupuesto de 350 mil dolares.

    Dado su alto contenido hemoglobínico la película se prohibió en Finlandia, Reino Unido, Islandia, Alemania, Suecia y Malasia.

    El film es conocido en América Latina como: Terrorificamente Muertos, El despertar del Diablo, Muerte diabólica, Posesión infernal, y Diabólico.

    Cuenta con dos secuelas, la divertida por su mezcla de terror y comedia Evil Dead II (1987), y Army of Darkness (1992), más centrada en la fantasía.

    En el año 2013, se realizó un remake de la primera película dirigido por Federico Álvarez, el cual obtuvo muy buenas criticas.

    Entre los años 2015 y 2018 se emitió la serie de televisión Ash vs Evil Dead, con un tono que mantiene el contenido sangriento de la primera película y el tono de comedia de la segunda.

    Actualmente, inicio el rodaje de Evil Dead Rise, que será producida por Sam Raimi y Bruce Campbell. Se está filmando en Nueva Zelanda, prescindiendo esta vez del personaje de Ash, y enfocándose la historia en dos hermanas separadas cuya reunión se ve interrumpida por el surgimiento de demonios capaces de poseer a los humanos.

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    Las interpretaciones son mediocres, los efectos especiales baratos pero efectivos y la historia es simple, pero el director usa estos elementos para someter a los espectadores a una atmosfera terrorífica, subiendo el tono de la película de intensidad poco a poco hasta que estamos sumergidos en una gran ola de terror con toques de histeria y mucho movimiento de cámaras y de actores.

    Hasta aquí mi participación en el concurso de CineTV: The Best Of Horror | CHALLENGE #03 una iniciativa de @wiseagent.

    Muchisimas gracias por disfrutar junto conmigo este repaso a esta rompedora obra de horror con el estatus de culto.

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    English Version.

    A prodigious decade in terms of horror characterized by ingenuity, ghost stories, murderers, witches and satanic possessions. Impossible not to think of The Shining (1980), Friday the 13th (1980), Nightmare on Elm Street (1984),The Changeling (1980), The Fly (1987), The Thing (1982), Portergeist (1982), Maniac (1980), Possession (1981), Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) and many others.

    This time I want to talk about Evil Dead (1981), being my participation in the third round of the contest organized by @wiseagent. .

    Sam Raimi literally throws in our faces a new conception of the living dead by mixing the attributes presented by George A. Romero with demons capable of possessing the human body. As we watch the film we feel that we are in the presence of mocking spirits with a face very similar to Linda Blair's in The Exorcist. The setting is indebted to Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and the use of teenagers who are about to suffer the unspeakable is a device used in John Carpenter's Halloween and Sean S. Cunningham's Friday the 13th.

    The first time I faced this film I watched it in the dark, alone and in VHS format, without subtitles, I must say that I was subjected to shocks and scares, I was enveloped by its unhealthy atmosphere and its possessed evil and playful.

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    Five young men - Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda, accompanied by Ash's sister Cheryl, his friend Scotty and his girlfriend Shelly - head to the Tennessee hills for a vacation in an isolated cabin. On the way they avoid hitting another motorist, then are startled when the bridge near the cabin begins to collapse as they were crossing. That night, Cheryl's hand is possessed by a mysterious entity, thus drawing an evil face. She does not mention the incident to the others as she thinks it is the work of her imagination.

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    When the basement door mysteriously opens during dinner, Ash and Scotty go downstairs to investigate and find a Sumerian version of the Book of the Dead, (bound in human skin and written in blood), along with a recording that when played, summons demons and evil spirits. By playing the evil incantation the spirits are brought back to life.

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    Later, hearing voices, Cheryl goes out to investigate and is brutally attacked and molested by demon-possessed trees, she manages to escape, but the others don't believe her story. Ash agrees to take her into town to find a place to spend the night. However, the access bridge to the cabin is wrecked.

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    Back at the cabin, a possessed Cheryl tells everyone that demons will kill them and stabs Linda in the ankle with a pencil, Linda is locked in the basement by Scotty Followed by Shelly attacking Scotty, who then dismembers her with an axe. They bury her, and Scotty, leaves to find an alternate path through the woods.

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    Ash observes Linda, discovering that she too is possessed. Scotty returns, suffering serious injuries caused by the possessed trees and before he loses consciousness, he comments to Ash that there is a way out. Linda and Cheryl try to trick Ash into believing they are no longer possessed, and attack him. He throws Linda out of the cabin and tends to Scotty's wounds, but she sneaks in through the back door and attacks Ash with a dagger, which he uses to kill her.

    Ash tries to dismember Linda with a chainsaw, but finds himself unable to do so and buries her. She resurrects and attacks him, being decapitated with a shovel by Ash.

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    Back at the cabin, Ash discovers Cheryl escaping from the basement, and arming himself with a shotgun, finds her hiding outside by shooting her in the shoulder. He then descends into the basement to search for more shells, where he hears voices and sees blood pouring from numerous cracks and openings in the walls.

    Scotty, possessed, tries to kill Ash, while Cheryl breaks through the door. During this fight, Ash notices that the Book of the Dead has fallen near the fireplace and begins to burn, the same thing happening to Cheryl and Scotty. As Cheryl attacks Ash, Ash snatches the book from her and throws it into the fire. With the book burned, Cheryl and Scotty collapse and as the sun rises Ash heads outside, an unseen evil is perceived to run through the forest, through the doors of the cabin and descends upon him. He turns around and screams in terror, then the movie begins its end credits.

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    The origins of the film.

    The film stems from a 1978 short film entitled Within the Woods, the work of a very young 19-year-old director, named Sam Raimi, which he made with some friends:

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    This short film had the particularity that it was screened in a local cinema in Michigan, USA, before the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

    Breaking down the film.

    Subsequently, and since the filmmaker did not receive any offer to film, his brother Ted Raimi, and his friends Robert Taper and Bruce Campbell decided to pool their savings to make a feature-length version of this work. In addition, the team solicited donations from friends and family and contacted local businesses to sell them shares in the film. They finally raised $350,000. Here is a photo from a newspaper with all the actors and crew gathered together on a Thanksgiving Day in 1979.

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    Shot between 1979 and 1980, one of the first ideas present in the film is that of the Necronomicon, an infamous book containing magical formulas to summon demons, present in many works of the writer H.P. Lovecraft. Raimi originally wanted to give the film that name, but to avoid problems with other filmmakers who had already used it, the film is renamed The Book of the Dead. After a few early screenings, one of his patrons, (and sales agent for the film), Irving Shapiro reminds Raimi that teenagers of the time would not go to see a film with the word book in its title so he decides to name it The Evil Dead.
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    The hero of the film Ash J. Williams stars Bruce Campbell, in his first professional job as an actor, besides that he was a financier of the film and collaborator in all aspects of the film. At first he was going to die, luckily Raimi came to his senses and decided to keep alive this iconic character of horror B movies, which is unsurpassed killing undead.
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    The main location is a cabin located in the Morristown woods in Tennessee, it was literally falling apart to pieces
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    Raimi at that time could not afford to have a Steady Cam , which consists of a system that allows a film or television camera to be strapped to the body of an operator, and thus the movement perceived by the viewer is similar to the subjective point of view of the character. The solution to make us see the point of view of these evil entities was to tie the camera to a plank, which Campbell and Raimi would later raise suspended in the air and in turn run at full speed through the woods in which they filmed.

    The blood used in the film was corn syrup with red dye, the zombie guts had green-dyed creamed corn as the main ingredient, and the foam was made from semi-skimmed milk.

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    In 1977 Wes Craven releases the film The Hills Have Eyes, and in it he included a poster of the film Tiburon, Craven's effect was to make the public understand that his film was scarier than Spielberg's. Repeating this trick Raimi presents the remains of a poster of Craven's film in the basement.

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    The sequence in which Cheryl suffers the attack of the demonic trees endows the film with a highlight, it was extremely complicated to make as it included stop motion effects. It is also the most censored scene in the film, and to this day is still accused of being too brutal and degrading.

    The actors and crew members spent 12 weeks filming in the woods, burning furniture to combat the cold, without showers and covered in guts and fake blood. Filming finally wrapped in October 1980. Reviewing what had been filmed, Sam Raimi, Ted Raimi and Bruce Campbell found that several takes had to be repeated, and the actors at home refused to do so. So, the three decided to reshoot the necessary scenes but appearing as body doubles themselves, including the actresses' parts.

    In the end, Raimi had 117 minutes of celluloid to assemble and edit, for this they had the help of Edna Paul a Detroit editor whose assistant was a then unknown Ethan Coen.

    The film was scheduled to premiere in a Detroit theater and for this Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell printed their own tickets and laid out the red carpet, managing to sell 1,000 tickets. Despite this first successful screening, the film was rejected by U.S. distributors as too much and too gory.

    Irvin Shapiro, (besides being Raimi's patron and sales agent for the film), turned out to be one of the founders of the Cannes Film Festival, getting in 1982 that the film was screened out of competition with the luck that one of the spectators was Stephen King, who came to the event to present his collaboration with George A. Romero's film Creepshow. King described the film as: "the most ferocious and original horror film of the year", which was enough for New Line Company to get the rights to the film and finally the film could be massively taken to theaters, appearing on its posters the phrase said by Stephen King.

    [Source](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083907/mediaviewer/rm3656966656/)

    Evil Dead proved to be a commercial success, grossing over $2.4 million in the U.S. and $27 million internationally on a budget of $350,000.

    Due to its high hemoglobin content, the film was banned in Finland, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Germany, Sweden and Malaysia.

    The film is known in Latin America as: Terrorificamente Muertos, El despertar del Diablo, Muerte diabólica, Posesión infernal, and Diabólico.

    It has two sequels, the funny for its mix of horror and comedy Evil Dead II (1987), and Army of Darkness (1992), more focused on fantasy.

    In 2013, a remake of the first film directed by Federico Álvarez was made, which received very good reviews.

    Between 2015 and 2018, the television series Ash vs Evil Dead was broadcasted, with a tone that maintains the bloody content of the first film and the comedy tone of the second.

    Currently, filming has begun on Evil Dead Rise, which will be produced by Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell. It is being filmed in New Zealand, this time dispensing with the character of Ash, and focusing the story on two estranged sisters whose reunion is interrupted by the rise of demons capable of possessing humans.

    [Source](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083907/mediaviewer/rm2033034241/)

    The performances are mediocre, the special effects cheap but effective and the story is simple, but the director uses these elements to subject the viewers to a terrifying atmosphere, raising the film's tone of intensity little by little until we are immersed in a great wave of terror with touches of hysteria and lots of camera and actor movement.

    So much for my participation in the CineTV contest: The Best Of Horror | CHALLENGE #03 an initiative of @wiseagent.

    Thank you very much for enjoying with me this review of this groundbreaking work of horror with cult status.

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  3. 'The Evil Dead' by Sam Raimi Review: Simple, but rather enjoyable@namiks2737d

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    I think it's safe to say that I'm currently making up for the lack of Halloween spirit -- no pun intended there, really -- that I had this year by watching the thrillers and horrors I had originally intended to.

    To be honest, I'm not actually sure if I had actually fully seen The Evil Dead before. I feel I had, at least many years ago, but potentially rewatching it, I couldn't remember a whole lot about the story, I was just capable of remembering specific scenes and events.

    The Evil Dead is your typical 80's horror, harbouring everything you'd expect: obvious makeup, unimpressive but enjoyable uses of masks and props, and even somewhat poor acting. But each of these only adds to the charm, it isn't particularly distracting, but it feels like a film in which you know what's going to happen, but it doesn't bother you, because how the events occur are what makes it fun.

    The character deaths often seem exaggerated and incredibly bloody, each with other characters seeming useless in their ability to help. They're constantly told that they won't get away, and that theme lingers on throughout as we see them slowly being picked off and realising their fate.

    In terms of the narrative, it's a film that has very little, and that's certainly nothing to complain about. There's simplicity in giving the viewer all they really need to know and letting the character's actions drive the film forward. In short, a group of friends travel to a cabin to stay there, they discover a tape and play it, the tape features a strange mantra which unknowingly to the characters, summons evil. Characters begin to become possessed and picked off, with no escape from the threats of the woods surrounding them.

    I have to say that I often prefer the simplicity of narratives such as The Evil Dead. There's something nice in knowing you, the viewer, aren't being told everything with minutes of exposition in order to get through to you something very obvious to begin with. It allows the film to focus more on the gory moments and creative death sequences.

    The Evil Dead deserves the praise it has received over the years, but I can see why it may not sit well with those looking for something with a little more depth.

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  4. The Evil Dead: awesome movie made for very little money@gooddream2959d

    This movie had been released for 20 years before I ever saw it. I'm actually glad I waited a little while because when it was released in 1981 it almost certainly would have given me terrible nightmares.

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    It has more than achieved cult status and one of the important things to remember is that this film almost didn't get made and even once it did, a couple of very important things had to happen in order for this movie to ever see the light of day.

    Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi were childhood friends and it is only through their tireless dedication to making this movie that it was ever started, completed, and distributed. In the eyes of most critics it is one of the defining moments in the history of the horror genre and it was made for just under $100,000. Just getting that small amount of money (in terms of movies) proved difficult because nobody knew Raimi or Campbell and Michigan isn't exactly Hollywood.

    Filming in the iconic shack (which is presented as a vacation house in the dialogue) wasn't exactly easy for the cast and crew. It was a very confined space and since they had no budget everyone simply stayed in the shack. As one might expect, there were arguments and fights. Later on, Bruce and Sam would comment that the most difficult thing was stopping filming for months at a time while they went in search of more money to complete the project.

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    During the final weeks of filming the crew had to burn almost all the furniture in the cabin just to keep warm. By the way, the cabin has been dismantled and moved all over the world, I'm pretty sure you can own a piece of it if you truly wanted to. The land was being developed and before any fanbois get upset about such an iconic building being torn down you need to understand that after decades of no one giving a crap, it had almost completely collapsed anyway.

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    The lead character, Ash, played by Bruce Campbell, has become a bit of an arrogant icon in the horror genre and he is always presented as a confident, if not arrogant, hero of sorts. However, in Evil Dead he is, for the most part, anything but that. He is easily frightened, runs whenever possible, and doesn't really get the guts to face the evil until well into the movie. This is in stark contrast to the Ash portrayed in the modern-day TV-series "Ash vs. Evil Dead" and even the Ash in Evil Dead 2 or Army of Darkness.

    Ok, Im in danger of making this too long. Basically, no one would have ever seen this gem if Ivan Shapiro, a dude who had distributed another iconic horror film "Night of the Living Dead," hadn't gotten involved. Shapiro managed to get the film played at the Cannes film festival where Stephen King just happened to be in attendance. Steven King loved the movie and his public comments about it encouraged others to have a look at it.

    Had Steven King not been at Cannes that year, the project might have been shelved, the world would have never known the incredible acting of Bruce Campbell and his chin, and Sam Raimi wouldn't have gone on to direct and produce some of the biggest blockbusters Hollywood has ever seen.

    image.jpg a very large quantity of corn syrup was thrown at Bruce during filming

    Overall, I could write a book about this movie. I have seen it dozens of times and may actually watch it again today. If you can get your hands on the collector's DVD it has tracks with Bruce and Sam commenting throughout the film and that really gives you some insider information for super-nerds. It also came inside of its own necronomicon.

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    necronomicon-page-3-4.jpg my brother and I painstakingly deciphered the entire book

    Evil Dead went on to only make 2.4 million globally when it was released. I have no idea how much they have made over the years on merchandising. But when you consider that I personally have at least 10 pieces of Evil Dead stuff, I am quite certain that the original investors are happy they decided to do so.

    As always, I welcome your comments and suggestions

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