Bjuvman

I had to see this movie, since it's so old, but still in color! It's also the first film in the Swedish cinemascope format; AgaScope. But I have to say I want the time I spent on this movie, back. Of course, as always in old movies, the colors are beautiful, but that doesn't help since the dialogue is old fashioned with words and expressions that no one in Sweden would use today. The most annoying part, though, are the endless amount of could-be-nude-scenes. A girl is taking her clothes of to swim across a river; but she hides behind a bush and hides her breasts with her arms. Then in another scene, a man tells a girl to take her clothes of, but he's so stunned about the fact that she actually does it, so he tells her to stop. I'm not saying that nudity could save an entire movie, but it would at least make it worth watching once. Now it's just an old, crappy movie with ridiculous characters and a poorly written screenplay.

Until about 3 years ago, my favorite movie was Halloween 2. There was no doubt, whatsoever that THAT was the greatest horror flick ever.

Then, in the fall of 1999, I found The Evil Dead on a sale at a shopping center in Stockholm for a great price. The previous missing 12 minutes of blood and gore (that the Swedish censorship had cut) were back, in the full uncut Swedish version.

I bought it with another film, 'cause there was an offer to buy 2 movies and only pay 100 crowns (about $11/£7 today).

I saw it, and I was scared beyond recognition! The music, the low budget camera, the camera work! Everything. It had everything!

It was scary, it was dark, the music was scary, it was made during the golden age of horror (early 80's) with a low budget and no huge stars in it - everything I look for in a horror movie.

It still is my favourite - no doubt about it. I can't imagine any movie being better than Raimi's masterpiece, I definitely can't.

The greatest piece of horror ever!