

This film leads straight into Army of Darkness.Īrmy of Darkness is the most well-known and quoted film of the trilogy. Williams survives the possession of his girlfriend and, along with some new arrivals, manages to fight back the evil demons possessing the house. he turned the first act of the sequel into a quick, simplified version of the first film.

Because Raimi was unable to use scenes from the original film, note This was because the rights to the first two films were owned by separate companies, and it would've been too much of a hassle to get the rights to the original film's footage. Evil Dead 2 is a partial sequel and a partial remake. The first film's story follows a bunch of teens who get together in a cabin in Tennessee and play a tape recorded recitation from a demonic book of the dead (the Necronomicon) - which leads to each of them becoming possessed and attacking the others. The result of the two sequels was a strange blend where Narm Charm meets Rule of Cool. The film, which was directed by Sam Raimi and starred Bruce Campbell, succeeded through elaborate gore effects, slick cinematography, and sheer audacity to make enough money to warrant two sequels and get into the public consciousness. In 1979, a bunch of college dropouts got together in a cabin in Tennessee and made a film with a standard B-Movie plot this film was The Evil Dead.
