Tag: Sam Raimi
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Army of Darkness remains one of the most anomalous productions in the history of studio-funded cinema. It represents the precise moment where the garage-band ingenuity of Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert collided with the $11 million resources of Universal Pictures and Dino De Laurentiis. The result was not a polished Hollywood product, but a massive…
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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…
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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…
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When I first saw the trailer for Sam Raimi’s new film, Send Help, I was immediately excited at the prospect of another gory, fun-filled film like Evil Dead. The trailer was intense, giving the impression of extreme violence, unhinged characters, and thrilling action. What I didn’t know was that the film was about to pull…