Whistle Stopper - Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn [Blu-ray]

	List Price: $29.97 Our Price: $12.00 Your Save: $ 17.97 ( 60% ) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Manufacturer: Anchor Bay Entertainment Starring: Sarah Berry, Denise Bixler, Bruce Campbell, Richard Domeier, Lou Hancock Directed By: Sam Raimi
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: Blu-ray Brand: Anchorbay EAN: 0013138300683 Format: Anamorphic Label: Anchor Bay Entertainment Manufacturer: Anchor Bay Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Anchor Bay Entertainment Region Code: 0 Release Date: 2007-10-02 Running Time: 84 Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: 1987-03-13
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: dont bother Comment: Stupid i fied retelling of a decent horror film ( THE EVIL DEAD) Why do film directors think that the addition of third grader slapstick humor will improve a film! Please Bruce Campbell, stay out of movies! Customer Rating: Summary: Hopefully I don't end up "needing" another BluRay version... Comment: For the past ten years I've been mighty frustrated. I'd buy an Evil Dead DVD, and 2 months later there was another, "better" version of it...mind you, a lot of them were transparent money grabs, but some were actually decent and had content I wanted. I'm tired of it, and have been for quite some time...so, I finally get a BluRay player and what a shock, "Evil Dead II" is available. Being that I'd sold off a great majority of my DVD collection to prepare for "the upgrade" I decided to pick this up because the price was right and...it's Evil Dead II...YOU HAVE TO OWN IT IN SOME FORM! Sure, it's the same old, recycled bonus content as the DVD releases pumped out for years, but it's all good stuff and I'm glad they didn't replace it. Sound and video are great, but didn't necessarily need the BluRay touch -- at points this looks about as good as it can on DVD. In short, this is a great addition to your collection if you don't already have it DVD (or "upgraded" like I did), but the THX-approved DVD version is probably just as good as this. I'd say grab this up if you're a first-time buyer or upgrading from laserdisc/VHS, but don't sweat it otherwise...I'm sure in a year there will be a mega-super-deluxe-Evil-Dead-IIray. Here's hoping THAT trend dies with this release, at least! Customer Rating: Summary: If you haven't seen this movie, it's a must for any horror fan Comment: Holy cow, this movie was crazy hilarious! Wow, if you have not seen this movie (or the first Evil Dead movie), you have got to watch this movie. I won't go into specifics about what this movie was about, since plenty of other reviewers have done so, I will give my opinion about this movie instead. The movie is campy and cheesy, with lots of blood gushing in torrents that you know no human body could contain that amount of blood. This is not a horror movie to be taken seriously. While the whole idea of being alone in cabin in the woods with an evil demon/spirit trying to possess you or kill you is quite creepy, and there were a few creepy scary moments, this movie is more of a horror comedy. There are a lot of laugh-out-loud moments that will have you shaking your head in amusement. For instance, the scene where ordinary objects in the cabin come to life (the laughing deer head was funny) or Ash's dancing dead girlfriend. Both ridiculous, but entertaining to watch. My favorite parts of the movie is when Ash's hand gets possessed and it starts attacking him. OMG, that was so funny, Bruce Campbell did a great job there. The other was right after Ash fit a chainsaw to where his hand used to be and takes a cut-off shotgun in the other and says, "Groovy" with that "Ash expression" of "Let's go kill me some evil!!!" (I can't describe it, but you watch the movie you know what I mean.LOL). A must-see movie for any horror fan. Prepare for outlandish horror humor and to laugh a lot! Customer Rating: Summary: "Evil Dead II" is one of the most hilarious, over-the-top but..... Comment: ..It's not nearly as good as the original in my opinion. Despite the more professional look and better pacing, I prefer the original for its lack of slapstick. The first worked so well because it was such an unrelenting and grueling experience and was the finest horror film since "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". It didn't take prisoners, and while its a bit dated it still has the power to terrify the audience. Not to mention it had some great if primitive stop motion effects. I really wish Sam Raimi would make another all out horror film again as that's what he does best. That being said, "Evil Dead II" is still quite enjoyable on its own merits. I usually hate films that attempt to combine horror with comedy. While "Evil Dead II" is not quite scary, its often hilarious. Imagine an off the wall combination of "Friday the 13th" with the Three Stooges, and you're coming close. The sight gags are often surreal and inspired, the sequence with the hand being the finest. Also, the film is very atmospheric and still maintains a sense of unnerving creepiness, which was completely jettisoned for "Army of Darkness" which I'm a big fan of. This film has plenty of gore to still appeal to fans of the original. The gore is so over-the-top its difficult to find it even remotely offensive. Special mention must go to Bruce Campbell. While he was a meek and unwilling hero in the first film, he is a completely over-the-top bad a.. in this one! It's a very finely tuned parody performance of action stars. While this is the role that leads him to being typecast, it also made him a cult legend. Its a shame he didn't become a bigger star. While its not as successful as the first installment, "Evil Dead II" is a lot of fun and one of the best combinations of horror and humor. Customer Rating: Summary: Evil Dead II:Dead By Dawn........ Comment: Evil Dead II:Dead By Dawn is the 1987 sequel to the Evil Dead movie made in 1981. The film was directed by Sam Raimi. It starred Bruce Campbell & Sarah Berry. Often looked upon as a remake of the first film on a higher budget, it isn't and wasn't intended to be. The story goes a lil something like this: Ash and his girlfriend Linda take a romantic vacation to a seemingly abandoned cabin in the woods (which is all just basically a recap of the first film minus everyone else to catch viewers up with the plot). While in the cabin, Ash plays a tape of an archeology professor reciting passages from the Necronomicon(or "Book of the Dead"), which he has discovered during an archaeological dig(the professor, that is.). The recorded incantation unleashes an evil force that kills and possesses the body of Linda. Ash is forced to sacrifice his girlfriend. After he buries and dismembers his girlfriend, a spirit is seen on the hunt for Ash. It's there where the film picks up and continues. Alot of people don't know it but this movie might not have been made if it weren't for Author Stephen King. At the time, King was directing his first movie, Maximum Overdrive, based on his short story "Trucks". He had dinner with a crewmember who had been interviewed about the Evil Dead sequel, and the crewmember told King that the film was having trouble attracting funding. Upon hearing this, King, who had written a review of the first film which helped it become an audience favorite, called Dino De Laurentiis and asked him to fund the film. Initially skeptical, De Laurentiis agreed but only alotted Raimi & company $3.6 million as opposed to them wanting $4 million to make the movie. This sequel was originally planned to send Ash back to Medieval times but it was scrapped because of funding. That concept, eventually, became the third movie in the Evil Dead series. Evil Dead II did quite well at the box-office with fans of the original returning to see the further adventures of their favorite hero, Ash. Only this time, it isn't so much a horror movie as it is a 'dark' comedy of sorts with lots of gore. It's further proof that movies of this type can succeed. This Special Edition DVD is packed with plenty of extras. Indeed, it's another classic worth adding to your collection. More Reviews
Editorial Reviews: Anchorbay Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn [Blu-ray] Writer-director Sam Raimi's extremely stylized, blood-soakedfollow-up to his creepy Evil Dead isn't really a sequel; rather, it's a remake on a better budget. It also isn't really a horror film (though there are plenty of decapitations, zombies, supernatural demons, and gore) as much as it is a hilarious, sophisticated slapstick send-up of the terror genre.Raimi takes every horror convention that exists and exaggerates it with mind-blowing special effects, crossed with mocking Three Stooges humor. The plot alone is a genre cliche right out of any number of horror films. Several teens (including our hero, Ash, played by Bruce Campbell in a manic tour-de-force of physical comedy) visit a broken-down cottage in the woods--miles from civilization--finda copy of the Book of the Dead, and unleash supernatural powers that gut every character in sight. All, that is, except Ash, who takes this very personally and spends much of the of the film getting his head smashed while battling the unseen forces.Raimi uses this bare-bones story as a stage to showcase dazzling special effects and eye-popping visuals, including some of the most spectacular point-of-view Steadicam work ever (done by Peter Deming). Although it went unnoticed in the theaters, the film has since become an influential cult-video favorite, paving the way for over-the-top comic gross-out films like Peter Jackson's Dead Alive.