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The Evil Dead Remains Sam Raimi’s Scariest Bloodiest DIY Triumph

The most striking thing about The Evil Dead is that, after all this time, it’s still scary as hell. Maybe that should be no great achievement: Horror movies ought to, in theory at least, still manage a few scares even on repeat viewings. But the amount of fright-inducing spectacle that writer-director Sam Raimi and company pack into eighty-five blood-soaked minutes is still remarkable for so many reasons.
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Tagged 1980s Movies, Bruce Campbell, Film Reviews, Horror Movies, Sam Raimi
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