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Evil Dead 2, a review by Dragonfire

Evil Dead II



Ash (Bruce Campbell), the sole survivor of THE EVIL DEAD, returns to the same cabin deep in the woods and again unleashes the forces of the dead. With his girlfriend possessed by demons and his body parts running amok, Ash is forced to single-handedly battle the legions of the damned as the most lethal - and groovy - hero in horror movie history!

Welcome to EVIL DEAD II: DEAD BY DAWN , director Sam Raimi's infamous sequel to THE EVIL DEAD and outrageous prequel to ARMY OF DARKNESS! This unhinged horror classic is now fully remastered in state-of-the-art Dolby Digital 5.1 supervised by THX and packed with extras. So, sit back, strap in and rev up the chainsaw: EVIL DEAD II has returned... like you've never seen or heard it before!

My Thoughts

Since I really enjoyed Evil Dead once I finally watched it this year, I decided to pick up the 2 sequels.  I know there has been some issues over whether Evil Dead II is a sequel or remake.  With how it starts off, I can see why some feel it is a remake.  But I have read a few different things that say it is a sequel.  The first several minutes are just intended to be a recap and there was some issue that prevented footage from the first movie being used.  Once the recap is done, the movie picks up where the first one ends, with the evil force or whatever it is going after Ash.  There is still gory violence in this movie, though I think there may be less than there had been in the first movie.   There is a good amount of humor added, mostly from how Ash deals with certain things.  Some people may not appreciate the humor, but I think it works really well for the movie and I like it.  There is enough different with the new characters to keep it from being a complete copy of the first movie.  The movie also sets up the next one in the series.  Overall, I really enjoyed the movie.



I did manage to get a review posted on Epinions.

Evil Dead II

(From Dragonfire's Halloween/Horror Marathon 2009 on October 29th, 2009)

Wonder Man, a review by GSyren

Title	Wonder Man (Disc ID: 3436-D993-1ED6-14F2)
Director	H. Bruce Humberstone
Actors	Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen , Donald Woods, S. Z. Sakall
Produced	1945 in United States
Runtime	98 minutes
Audio	English Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles	None
Overview
My thoughts	Well, this was definitely a big step up from Up in Arms. Danny Kaye's second feature film shows him in a much better form than the first. The only thing that I didn't particularly like was the Otchi Tchorniya number. There is a thin line between silly/funny and silly/annoying, and for me this number crosses that line. That's the only thing that prevents me from giving this film 4 stars. Not only does this film have a vastly superior script to the previous one. It also has vastly superior female actors. Vera-Ellen is very good, but I absolutely love Virginia Mayo. She would come back to star against Kaye in three more films; The Kid from Brooklyn, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and A Song is Born. She was actually also in Up in ArmsThe Invisible Man invisible, and helped Moses part The Red Sea in The Ten Commandments
My rating

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on April 13th, 2014)

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd

The Adventures of Robin Hood
This classic television series ran from 1955 to 1960, featuring the tales of Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men. Richard Greene stars as our gallant hero who fought the forces of the evil Prince John, his local official the Sheriff of Nottingham and any aristocrat or ne'er-do-well who threatened the common people and loyal subjects of King Richard. Robin and his band lived in the shelter of Sherwood Forest, fighting their foes and hoping for the day when their beloved King Richard will return from the Crusades to rule once again.

The Coming of Robin Hood
Sir Robin of Loxley returns to England from fighting in the Crusades to discover that the notorious Sir Roger DeLisle has been given his family's lands and castles, and has had Robin declared an outlaw.

My Thoughts:
This is a good classic series that is filled with action.... and has a nice bit of comedy mixed in as well. Granted this is a cheap set so the image quality could be better. But it is definitely watchable.

My Rating:

(From Pete's Pilots on October 27th, 2009)