If The Evil Dead (1981) was a raw, grueling exercise in “look what we can do with a camera and a bag of fake glass,” then Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987) is the moment the circus tent caught fire and the ringmaster decided to start juggling chainsaws while riding a unicycle over a…

Most horror movies are built on a foundation of “why.” Why did the killer choose this house? Why does the ghost have a grudge? Why won’t the car start? We’ve been conditioned to look for a logic that validates our fear, as if understanding the monster makes the teeth any less sharp. We want our…