EVIL DEAD II

Ummmm. I need to review a movie don't I?!@#$ An Oldie is goldie. So Evil Dead II seems lovely and bubbly.
Bruce Campbell single-handedly (hahahahahahah. oh dear) became my favourite actor on the basis of this, his really only good film ever. A revisit to Evil Dead scenario, so not so much a sequel, than a quasi remake.
The original struck such a chord with Stephen King when he saw it at a freak screening, that he financed the whole of Evil Dead II (or got someone to), which was in dire need of any money.
Director Sam Raimi's style and direction is so crazy its so obvious they had so much fun making this movie. All except Bruce Campbell, who was beaten the hell out of during the making- It being low-budget, and Sam Raimi's lack of concern for his friend's welfare, safety precautions where not really of much concern.
So the plot is a couple go to an abandoned cabin for a romantic getaway. The cabin turns out to be the gateway to an evil(er) world and the girl gets possessed forcing Bruce to decapitate her with a spade, and freak out in the hilarious way only Bruce can, when the only road over the cliff to the mountain has been moulded into what looks like a claw.
All the while, archeaologist girl with the aid of some hicks makes her own way to the cabin since the her parents, the owners, havent been in touch since going there.
We find out the Father and Mother were excavationists and found the 'Book Of the Dead' so naturally thought to translate it out loud. In doing so his wife turned into a Zombie, and his unleashed the wicked world, of talking cabins, sexually abusive trees, chattering ornaments and terribly monstrous creatures.
Highlights include, Bruce being beaten up by his own possessed hand, Bruce being throttled in fast motion through a forest, Bruce being given the finger by his own michievious severed hand, the Hick being literally mushed into blood by the old randy woman zombie in the fruit cellar, and all of Bruce's facial expressions.
Lots of cheeky, harmless bloody fun ensues. But the best thing is that Sam Raimi uses brilliantly youthful and exhuberant directorial style to make this stand out. There are so many wonderful camera movements, even rigged up cams, bizarre lens uses etc... The action is extreme, but again not gross or malicious to the viewer. The characters are caricatures and appropriately silly. A very cult film, with a slew of cult one-liners and references. The mkaing of is so telling of how the love of filmmaking with a group of friends can overcome any hardship.