Groundbreaking, controversial and very, very yucky, Sam Raimi's Evil Dead trilogy is a million miles from Spider-Man. Okay, films One and Two are essentially the same movie (remade as a delirious comedy after censors failed to get the joke), while Three bites off more than even Bruce Campbell's square jaw can chew. But they're brilliant lessons in how to make audiences laugh and puke at the same time. Groovy.
DVD Extras:
Another month, another Evil Dead disc. Raimi's trilogy has had more DVD releases than you can shake a bloody chainsaw at, but this four-disc set is the Definitive Edition. So what exactly does that mean? Well, each movie has a commentary from Raimi and Campbell, plus the original extras. The new material appears on the fourth disc: a full-screen, rough'n'ready original of The Evil Dead, an interview with Raimi from The Incredibly Strange Film Show, an incisive little featurette on the films' marketing strategies, a Bruce Campbell: Geek Or God? discussion and a hilariously crap music video. There are several other goodies, too, but our pick has to be the sight of a fresh-faced Jonathan Ross getting attacked by zombies in the sequel's UK trailer. Now that's groovy.
