After principal photography ended, it took still another year to complete the entire project, which led to several reshoots with stand-ins, or what's now known as "Fake Shemps" thanks to Raimi's obsession with 'The Three Stooges.' It's actually quite amusing to catch the changes in body types and gestures as the film progresses, especially a slight age difference in Bruce Campbell towards the final moments. But it's to the credit of the editing process, which the Coen brothers assisted in, that Raimi's unique and imaginative visual style is turned into an organized and intelligible 85-minutes of brutal, blood-soaked lunacy. Look at the sequence when Ash contemplates dismembering his girlfriend with a chainsaw to see the collaborative efforts come together in terrific, fluid synchronicity. against the cabin's wall upon the group's arrival, is surprisingly understated but no less an effective Overseen by Sam Raimi, Ash's first encounters with the Kondarian Demons comes with a strong 1080p transfer. Without the nice compare and contrast facility of having the two frame-aspects, we can only concentrate on the slightly cropped widescreen picture. The original frame that Raimi shot for has never seemed particularly cramped to me, but the 1.85:1 image that he endorsed definitely loses some headroom from a lot of shots. Just look at Cheryl's initial metamorphosis for a start - the view of Ash and Linda and the others over against the fireplace barely fits Campbell's head into the frame. However, on the flip-side of the aspect coin, shots such as the Cheryl-eye-view from under the trapdoor just a little while later on seems to reveal a greater depth, and the composition can often be just as comfortable and dynamic-looking in the blown-up image. Raimi had his reasons for utilising the two aspects and, at the very least, this image has been painstakingly formatted and looks far more comfortable than any previous video transfer.

included a DVD with most of the special features (aside from a commentary), that means that this 4K UHD release has only the commentary as a

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tentacles. It's a grizzly scene; keep this one hidden away from the little ones (and these movies, for that matter!). The rear panel is a pretty cool of the other Internet and word-of-mouth criticisms that inevitably, and often rightly, follow the release of a classic reborn. On the other side will be Documentary: 'One by One We Will Take You: The Untold Saga of The Evil Dead' (54 min) — With interviews of cast and crew, the doc is an all-inclusive and widespread look at Sam Raimi's low-budget classic and its unexpected impact on the horror genre. While behind-the-scenes footage is shown throughout, viewers learn a great deal about the production, its history from short film to public reaction, and much about the work that went into making the movie. Some of the conversations offer amusing insights into the trilogy and their unique style. The best part is listening to thoughts about the movie's lasting influence and its continued admiration by modern horror fanatics. alone -- which refers to its generally muted colors, heavy shadows, and only the bare minimum of light sources in some scenes -- is why Warner Bros.

MPAA and earned an "R" rating with this level of nastiness intact; the end scene in particular is quite difficult to stomach. Nevertheless, the end result is busy, depicting Ash, soaked in blood, looking forward from about the waist up and holding a chainsaw above his head, ready to slice and dice some

challenge of forging its own identity through making use of old ideas and classic moments while also bringing something new to the table. Fede Mia (Jane Levy) and her brother David (Shiloh Fernandez) have retreated to their family's old secluded cabin in hopes of breaking Mia's addiction to

Make-Up Test lasts for just over a minute and shows us a try-out for a stop-motion head disintegrating. Nice.A New Line Cinema / Renaissance Pictures presentation of a Pacific Renaissance and Wild Atlantic Pictures production, "Evil Dead Rise" is distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures. However, there are still some good morsels left to drape across the Deadite's bones with this limited edition. dogged Chainsaw even through all of that film's pluses -- style, intensity, excess violence -- most of which Dead shares in common. Evil Dead Rise" is produced by Rob Tapert ("Ash vs Evil Dead," "Don't Breathe") and executive produced by series creator and horror icon Sam Raimi and cult legend and "Ash" himself, Bruce Campbell, along with John Keville, Macdara Kelleher, Richard Brener, Dave Neustadter, Romel Adam and Victoria Palmieri.

in favor of its relentless pacing and ooey-gooey gore. The story is thin, as it was in the original, and it's set up just enough to give the characters a something dead from inside the cabin. The dog catches whiff of it, too, and they're led to a secret basement filled with dead cats, strange artifacts, jokingly states are "a step or two above amateur filmmaking". Newman sees this subgenre as beginning with 1970's Equinox and ending with Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead from just over a decade around, and some new ideas are injected into the movie for that minty fresh taste. Evil Dead in many ways conquers the unenviable Book of the Dead's discovery to the absolute terror that arrives in its wake. A handful of creative sonic touches dot the landscape, frominformative, even, mostly entertaining commentary. They cover the usual elements -- casting, shooting locations, the challenges of the shoot, the s Dead will likely wind up dividing audiences. On one side will be those who view it as a cash-in, an unnecessary film, an insult to the Evil Dead Rise theatrically or on 4K/HDR home video probably won't know the difference, and from that vantage point this Blu-ray certainly If I had to complain about this incredibly arresting transfer, then I would say that some minor aliasing occurs from time to time, although I only really noticed this during the first quarter. And I don't think that there's any bothersome edge enhancement either. The times when we see some haloing taking place - I saw some around Scotty's parka on a few occasions - tend to be a result of the original photography and the lighting silhouettes. Lens flare-lovers take note - there's still a couple of them on show.