Evil Dead II (1987)

Recommended

USA

Feature Film

Director: Sam Raimi

Writers: Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel

Cinematographer: Peter Deming

Composer: Joseph LoDuca

Cast: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie Wesley, Theodore Raimi, Denise Bixler, Richard Domeier, John Peakes, Lou Hancock

Raimi’s inspired, hilarious sequel/remake/parody of The Evil Dead (1981) – in which a young couple travel to a remote, wood-surrounded cabin for a romantic weekend, only to be tormented and possessed by evil spirits – improves, in almost every way, upon the distinctive original; and in particular, with its frenetic camerawork and beautifully stylised mise-en-scène, it is a visual feast to savour. Iain.Stott