Ebook: Evil Dead
Author: Egan Kate
- Tags: Evil dead (Motion picture), Performing arts, Raimi Sam--Criticism and interpretation, Electronic books, Raimi Sam -- Criticism and interpretation
- Series: Cultographies
- Year: 2012
- Publisher: Columbia University Press
- City: New York
- Language: English
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Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Evil Dead and Me; 1 How to Be 'Ferociously Original': Production, Promotion, Initial Reception; 2 Personality, Authenticity and Illicitness: The Afterlife of The Evil Dead; 3 'The Ultimate Experience in Gruelling Terror': Analysing The Evil Dead; 4 The Evil Dead's Status as a Cult Film; Notes; Bibliography; Index.;
Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead (1981) has been celebrated as a rollercoaster ride of terror and a classic horror hit, a defining exemple of the tongue-in-cheek, excessively gory horror films of the 1980s. It is also the film that introduced the now-iconic character of Ash (played by Bruce Campbell). This study considers the factors that have contributed to the film's evolving cult reputation. It recounts its grueling production, its journey from Cannes to video and DVD, its playful recasting of the genre, and its status, for fans and critics alike, as one of the grungiest, gutsiest.
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