Regie:
Sam RaimiDrehbuch:
Sam RaimiKamera:
Tim PhiloMusik:
Joseph LoDucaBesetzung:
Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly, Ted Raimi, Scott Spiegel, Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, John Cameron (mehr)Streaming (4)
Inhalte(1)
Fünf Freunde (u.a. Bruce Campbell und Ellen Sandweiss) wollen das Wochenende in einer kleinen Blockhütte mitten im Wald verbringen. Im Keller finden sie ein mysteriöses Buch und ein Tape, das sie sogleich abspielen. Das hätten sie besser nicht getan, denn es handelte sich um die Aufnahme einer Vorlesung aus dem Buch der Toten - und das Böse lässt nicht lange auf sich warten… (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
(mehr)Kritiken (14)
Irgendetwas daran ist fatal gealtert und verrottet (die Darbietungen, der Nebel überall, die sinnlos beschleunigten Szenen), aber das Švankmajer'sche Ende, das die geniale Idee mit dem Grammophon und dem Bildschirm in Gang setzt, ist eine Essenz des Ekels und des Einfallsreichtums.
()
Der Kultwert überwiegt natürlich. Wäre es nicht zu einem solchen Thema geworden, hätte es keinen Grund gegeben, diesen Slasher wieder aufzugreifen, aber die Geschichte hat es anders gewollt. Heute jedoch ist Teil eins ein bisschen ein Déjà-vu, ein seltsames Gefühl, dass Ash zwei Hände hat, dass sie sich noch nicht über das Necronomicon lustig macht, weil diese Begegnung mit dem Bösen wirklich eine Premiere ist. Und Bruce ist natürlich so ein kleiner Kerl. Es ist also interessant, aber andere Teile des Evil-Dead-Phänomens haben für mich größeren Zauber.
()
Einerseits ist der Film vielleicht zu wild und zu langwierig (einige Szenen mit der Beseitigung der "Freunde“ sind überflüssig lang), andererseits fand ich ihn einfallsreich, verspielt, spannend und stimmungsvoll. Tanz der Teufel habe ich heute zum ersten Mal gesehen. Deshalb kann ich nichts über Nostalgie, VHS-Kassetten und irgendwelche anderen Dinge schreiben. Trotzdem hat der Film einen gewissen Zauber, den man schlecht beschreiben kann. Ich bin gespannt, wie die Fortsetzung aussehen wird.
()
Da das Remake von Tanz der Teufel bereits vor der Tür steht, habe ich beschlossen, mir den Originalfilm von 1981 anzusehen, ohne ein Horrorfilmfan zu sein. Und ich muss sagen, dass sich dieser über 30 Jahre alte Film innerhalb seines Genres nicht blamiert hat. Viele der Szenen haben ein gutes Tempo, die Atmosphäre ist dicht und die Stunts sind für die damalige Zeit ziemlich gut gemacht (die Vergewaltigung im Wald war wirklich gruselig). Ansonsten haben sich auch die Maskenbildner viel Mühe gegeben und so manche hässliche Maske kreiert.
()
Ich verstehe nicht, aus welchem Grunde dieser Horror buchstäblich Kult ist, und auch hier in der Datenbank bekommt dieser viele Prozent, von denen einige meiner Meinung nach hervorragende Horrorfilme nur träumen können. Wahrscheinlich bin ich von neueren Horrorfilmen verwöhnt, und konkret von Sam Raimi habe ich mich bei Drag Me to Hell köstlich amüsiert. Ein Sternchen für die recht anständigen Masken und ein zweites für die tolle Szenen mit den Augen.
()
The first half is excellent. With a minimum of resources, Raimi manages to evoke an oppressive atmosphere of fear. The tree rape scene is something that is not easily forgotten. But the second half is terribly jumbled, as if Raimi didn't know what he wanted to do and was paying for his inexperience as a filmmaker. What I mean is that the scenes are poorly sequenced. In one scene there is a brutal death, and in the one that immediately follows, the characters look uninterested, as if not much had actually happened a few minutes before. I consider Evil Dead to be merely a good, not great, precursor to the flawless sequel.
()
I get why this film has cult status, but for me it’s not worthy of a full score. The first half was great, but the second has several dull moments, the plot gets stuck somewhere and all I could do was wait for an ending that was clear. The final disintegration of the demons didn’t have any atmosphere due to the not very good special effects. It needs a remake, those special effects today don’t work as they should.
()
So I caught up on my biggest and hopefully last horror outstanding debt. I've been heavily skeptical of this film for three years now, it got worse after the remake became my favourite, but in the end The Evil Dead is a decent demonic genre film even today. The visual effects weren't too bad after all, there’s also quite a lot of gore for its age and the atmosphere is quite dark, though it dragged before the film got going. When I compare it to Halloween where blood is a foreign concept to the filmmakers and it is only two years younger, I have to give it a strong rating here. The remake, however, is well beyond insane. 70%.
()
This crazy affair, changing from an atmospheric horror to a slasher to a splatter finale, holds together only thanks to the occasional crazy idea. Sam Raimi delivers fresh ideas but lacks balance. Bruce Campbell has charisma, but the others around him only serve as background. As for the suspense, the best for me was probably the laughing Linda between the doors, the thought of which still makes me laugh and scared at the same time. But the highlight remains the last visit to the basement before Raimi unleashes his gallery of disgust. The atmosphere there is palpable. In the final evaluation, it is a weaker horror flick, where the viewer can fully enjoy grabbing at various limbs and their ultimate amputation. And even though I enjoy being scared of what I can't see, it's disappointing when I don't find out anything at all.
()
If you watch it alone, The Evil Dead seems like a depressing horror movie about a descent into madness beyond the boundaries of rational certainties. In the cinema, those levels are still there, but the entertainment value of the whole work stands out more, and that includes the unintentional elements, from the characters and their behaviour to the film’s low-budget roots, which are evident in the out-of-focus shots, among other things. At the same time, however, Raimi’s talent and creative brilliance become fully apparent on the big screen. The Evil Dead is an essential entry among the legends of enthusiastic amateurs who simply got together with some friends, picked up a camera and shot a genre milestone that opened the door to the wide world of professional productions. But the reason that thousands of others set out on the same path but only a few filmmakers actually succeed in graduating to the Hollywood big league consists in the level of talent. It’s not about Raimi picking up a camera, but everything that he does with it and how. With deflected angles and exalted gestures, poses and precise framing, he not only displays his disposition for almost comic-bookish expressive visuality, but also perfectly draws attention away from the limitations of the production environment and fascinates viewers in every respect through intense scenes.
()
When I saw this legend of B-movie horror films in 1990 for the first time, to this day a functional genre cult, I was perplexed. Now that I have repeated this experience, my doubts are still there. I consider Evil Dead to be an amateur film that fails fatefully in all the aspects that are important to me. Terrible acting performances, a nonexistent script, cheapness, the idiocy of the film characters - should I continue? Even that one star I'm giving it is not for any merits because the film is bad and is taken seriously to the extent that it is somewhat amusing in its twisted way. Nevertheless, Sam Raimi showed here (at least in his camera work) that he has filmmaking in his blood, and when he adds enough perspective (which he already demonstrated in the sequel of the same title) and gains some experience, he can shoot in a grand style. Overall impression: 10%.
()
Rami is crazy. And Bruce Campbell is cool. You have to love a lot of blood in your face to act in this. I was petrified. I had to turn on the living room lamp to watch it to the end. Only a masochist would watch part two.
()
To etch such an innovative notch in the annals of horror at 21 requires quite a lot of filmmaking talent, and Raimi here proves with every minute that he has more than plenty of it. The perspective shots and the visual tricks with the foggy environment in the first half generate an atmosphere that is thick as oatmeal (and also delivers rape-by-tree and the book of the death), while the great make-up and an endless dose of inventive camera movements in the second half hold the entertainment value at the highest level, even though the script is stuck in one place. The watering of the light-bulbs and the window projecting blood are immortal moments with deserved cult status. A simple premise exploited to the fullest with a very unorthodox and delicate climax – modern ghost stories can’t hold a candle to this. 80%
()
It takes a pair of balls to make meat like this on a budget of $375k, and for a then !!! twenty-two year old !!! The Evil Dead was a dream come true for Sam Raimi, as he and Bruce Campbell had saved up for it during their high school years and largely financed the entire project themselves. To be honest, I didn't believe it could be that good :))), however, already here, in Raimi's first "major" film, you can see his unmistakable style, some excellent directorial ideas, and an amazing ability to create, in conjunction with the sometimes quite unpleasant music :)), a great atmosphere that will have you gasping from the first minutes. An absolutely stunning work for its time, and one that has given Sam Raimi a reputation as one of the most interesting icons of film directing.
()
Werbung