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The Evil Dead, a review by Dragonfire

The Evil Dead



In the summer of 1979, a group of Detroit friends with $375,000 raised from local investors headed for a cabin outside of Morristown, Tennessee to make a film about five college students possessed by an ancient 'Book of the Dead.' The filmmakers' goal was to create 'The Ultimate Experience in Grueling Terror,' a movie so relentless that it would stand forever as a landmark in modern horror history. When it was released in 1982, it was immediately recognized worldwide as one of the most ferociously original horror films ever made. Twenty years later, this is THE EVIL DEAD like you've never seen or heard it before.

THE EVIL DEAD is now more grueling than ever, featuring newly restored state-of-the-art digitally remastered picture and sound, and loaded with incredible new extras, all personally supervised by director Sam Raimi. This is the Ultimate Edition of the legendary film that launched the careers of Raimi, producer Robert Tapert and star Bruce Campbell, unleashed an unprecedented army of primitive screwheads upon the world and changed the face of horror forever.

My Thoughts

I've heard things about this movie for a few years, but I had never seen it before.  Things do start off a little slow, but that just allows for setting up the characters and the situation.  A decent amount of tension is built up by the time things start happening.  I think the plot is interesting, and more unique than the plots of many other horror movies.  It does have a low budget look, but that manages to work with what is happening.  The effects are very effective, especially the makeup for certain characters.  The violence isn't too bad really, though the movie does get gory at times.  The movie really doesn't have much in the way of mystery, though I did feel like several scenes were suspenseful and I was frequently unsure of what was going to happen next. 

Overall I really enjoyed this movie.  I want to try to get the 2 sequels at some point.



I did get a review posted on Epinions.

The Evil Dead

(From Dragonfire's Halloween/Horror Marathon 2009 on October 11th, 2009)

The Lion King, a review by addicted2dvd

The Lion King: Diamond Edition (1994/United States) Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Buena Vista Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Roger Allers, Rob Minkoff Writing: Irene Mecchi (Screenwriter), Jonathan Roberts (Screenwriter), Linda Woolverton (Screenwriter), Burny Mattinson (Story By), Barry Johnson (Story By), Thom Enriquez (Story By), Gary Trousdale (Story By), Kevin Harkey (Story By), Chris Sanders (1962) (Story By), Larry Leker (Story By), Rick Maki (Story By), Francis Glebas (Story By), Lorna Cook (Story By), Andy Gaskill (Story By), Jim Capobianco (Story By), Jorgen Klubien (Story By), Tom Sito (Story By), Joe Ranft (Story By), Ed Gombert (Story By), Mark Kausler (Story By) Length: 88 min. Video: Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 7.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Rowan Atkinson as Zazu (voice)
Matthew Broderick as Simba (voice)
Niketa Calame as Young Nala (voice)
Jim Cummings as Ed (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg (1955) as Shenzi (voice)

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Gallery
• Interactive Games
• Outtakes/Bloopers
• BD-Live
• Disney Second Screen

This is the first time I watched this film since it first came out. A very familiar story (betrayal for the quest for power) done well by Disney. Keeps your interest with ease and beautifully animated. Timon and Pumbaa are fun characters... though I also liked Rafiki the Baboon a lot as well. I can easily recommend this one. I won't be letting it go so many years to see it again this time.



(From 2018 Challenge: Box Office TOP 100 FILMS OF ALL-TIME (Domestic Gross) on March 7th, 2018)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Sam & Max: Freelance Police: The Complete Animated Series (1997/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Shout! Factory (United States) Length: 300 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Plot:
The adventures of 'SAM & MAX: FREELANCE POLICE!!!' is an edgy and often irreverent, impudent, insolent, impious and silly series about a pair of likeable law enforcement types who don't take crap (oops! we mean guff) from anybody. It's about the timeless struggle between good, evil and snacktime; the weekly mishaps of a six-foot dog-Sam and a three-foot rabbity-thing (though he prefers the term 'lagomorph')-Max-who have a mirthful time trying to resolve only the weirdest criminal cases of the day. Really.

For your own good, and the good of mankind, enjoy 'SAM & MAX: FREELANCE POLICE!!!'

Based on Steve Purcell's enormously popular underground comic. Original package illustrations by Steve Purcell.


Sam & Max: Freelance Police
1.01 The Thing That Wouldn't Stop It (1997-10-04)
Writer: Steve Purcell (Created By), J. D. Smith (Writer)
Director: Steve Whitehouse
Cast: Harvey Atkin (Sam (voice)), Robert Tinkler (Max (voice)), Tracey Moore (Geek (voice))

The 1993 "Sam'n'Max: Hit the Road" PC game is one of my all-time favorite games. I played it through countless of times, just because of the characters and the humor.
This TV series has partly the charm of the game. It is worth a watch. The first episode I didn't enjoy as much as some of the others though.

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(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on July 1st, 2012)