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The Evil Dead/Evil Dead 2 - Book Of The Dead Collection
The Evil Dead/Evil Dead 2 - Book Of The Dead Collection
Actors: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker
Director: Sam Raimi
Genres: Comedy, Horror
NC-17     2005     2hr 49min

Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 11/22/2005 Run time: 169 minutes Rating: Nr

     

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Actors: Bruce Campbell, Sarah Berry, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker
Director: Sam Raimi
Creators: Bruce Campbell, Sam Raimi, Alex De Benedetti, Gary Holt, Irvin Shapiro, Robert G. Tapert, Scott Spiegel
Genres: Comedy, Horror
Sub-Genres: Comedy, Horror
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Format: DVD - Color,Widescreen
DVD Release Date: 11/22/2005
Original Release Date: 04/15/1983
Theatrical Release Date: 04/15/1983
Release Year: 2005
Run Time: 2hr 49min
Screens: Color,Widescreen
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaDVD Credits: 2
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 15
Edition: Limited Edition
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Languages: English

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Member Movie Reviews

K. K. (GAMER)
Reviewed on 7/22/2020...
5/5 Rating - Evil Dead - No matter how many times you watch this, it will bring grueling terror during certain parts of the movie. No CGI but the talented efforts of special effects perfectionist. A young Bruce Campbell shines in this, which becomes an Evil Dead franchise that you will like, especially the Ash vs. Evil Dead series with all that CGI!

3/5 Rating - Evil Dead 2 - I did not care much for the beginning and it made no sense for Bruce to return to the same cabin. The special effects were over the top and at times, too much. A must for Evil Dead and Bruce Campbell fans since this 2nd movie will lead to the Army of Darkness at the end...
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Movie Reviews

Evil Dead 1 & 2 Limited Edition Gift Set
Zack H. | 11/08/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"The Evil Dead -
Sam Raimi's "The Evil Dead" is an amazing start off to a trilogy of horror and three stooges slapstick. I have never seen a horror movie so many times, heck I've never seen any movie so many times. Sure the special effects are discouraging but who could of better been cast as the reluctant hero than Bruce Campbell? It has cheaply thrown in nudity and unusual amounts of blood which give it that early 80's horror film feeling. It's easy to pick out flaws and inconsistencies throughout the films, but thats not the point. The point is to make you laugh, and then scare your pants off.

Evil Dead II -
The first Evil Dead film was pure horror. The third is pure comedy. Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead II" is a mixture of both horror and comedy - which is why it works so well. The film manages to make you go "Urgh! Gross!" AND laugh at the same time. Here's an example: in one scene there's a zombie trying to get out of a cellar through a trap door. Two men try to keep the trap door closed by standing, lying and jumping on it. But the zombie's head sticks out at the same time they're jumping on it. Whaddya get? A squashed head. And whaddya get when that happens? An eyeball that pops out of the head - one that goes flying across the room and goes straight into a screaming woman's mouth!!! HAHAHAHA. This film is hilarious! And the "possessed hand" scene is awesome.

The "Book of the Dead" edition of The Evil Dead features:
1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
English DTS-ES 6.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1 EX
English Dolby Surround 2.0
French Dolby Digital 5.1
Audio Commentary by Director/Writer Sam Raimi and Producer Robert Tapert
Audio Commentary by Actor Bruce Campbell
Theatrical Trailer
4 TV Spots
Poster And Still Gallery
Talent Bios
"Fanalysis" documentary
"Discovering Evil Dead" featurette
Behind The Scenes Footage & Outtakes
24-Page Collector's Booklet

The "Book of the Dead" edition of Evil Dead II features:
Hi-Def Divimax Transfer
1.85:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
English Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 2.0 surround
Audio commentary with director/co-writer Sam Raimi, actor/co-producer Bruce Campbell, co-writer Scott Spiegel, and special make-up effects artist Greg Nicotero
"The Gore The Merrier" featurette
"Evil Dead II: Behind The Screams" featurette
Theatrical trailer
Bonus trailers: "Man with the Screaming Brain", "Dead & Breakfast", and "Evil Dead: Regeneration (video game)"
Photo & poster gallery
Cast & crew filmographies and biographies"
Stop Complaining
Eric Iversen | Clifton Park, NY USA | 11/03/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"To everyone complaining that there are way too many versions of the Evil Dead movies, stop complaining. To date, there have been 9 region 1 versions of Evil Dead produced, 6 of which are out of production and there have been 6 region 1 versions of Evil Dead 2 produced, 2 of which are out of production. The dvds included in this set are not new releases; the version of Evil Dead is a re-release of the now out of production Book of the Dead and the version of Evil Dead 2 is the newly released Divimax version of the Book of the Dead 2. So while you complain that they keep releasing new versions of the dvds just to make money, (yes, production houses like to make money), it is completely unfounded. This is a limited edition due to the fact that they are reproducing the original Book of the Dead for the people who weren't able to get their hands on a copy during the first release. And to whoever says that they hate widescreen movies, buy a bigger television. Widescreen movies are far superior to that of pan and scan editions. If you love the movie so much, you aren't doing it justice by having just over 25 percent of the movie chopped off."
Greatest Trilogy Of All Time...
Andrew Piper | United Kingdom | 11/25/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ok. Just for the record, the Evil Dead Trilogy is the best trilogy of all time... However, tend to agree that there are far too many versions of these movies coming out, without anything new to say. The new ED2 doesn't really add anything except a nice box, and it is a nice one but nothing new! And now to have it repackaged with an ED Book of The Dead seems a little like just going for the cash dudes! Especially as this is now a different version of the ED Book Of The Dead cause by the look of the image, its the same size as the new ED2 and thats smaller than my original ED Book of The Dead. Its nice packaging so I kinda feel if I don't buy it somebody else will buy it for me! Sad, I know but I want it!

In terms of the AOD version, as far as I'm aware - Anchor Bay are already talking to Tom Sullivan about designing one so yep, we'll have another version of that with another boxed set, yadda yadda yadda. Its a money making machine...

And just to stick my oar into the previous reviews, ED was shot on 35mm which means the full size TV version actually shows more than the widescreen version. I'm a widescreen champion normally but the original ED is better than this new widescreen version, there's a lot of nice touches missing because of the top and bottom of the screen being blacked out (eg the elastiplast box floating in the blood towards the end).

And don't think that this will make a great deal of difference with whether we get an ED4 or not... Sam & Co. aint really that connected to Anchor Bay other than getting the odd cheque and can't see another cheque making that much difference to Sam "I've got plenty of money now that I made Spiderman 1,2 and 3" Raimi.

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