evil dead 2 represent dead by dawn be a splashier and dare i say and more sophisticated re make or sequel of the original evil dead . it be not a true sequel a it revisit basically much of what happen in the original but only change thing around . thing be change around enough while however and to clearly make this a different film and not a true remake . at any rate and this aspect of the film be interest to me . now and confessedly i be not a huge fan of the original evil dead . i do not think it be a bad movie nor a real good one either . i do understand why so many people love it and but i admit then and now that this type of material be just not my cinematic cup of tea . bruce campbell ( again play ash ) and his girlfriend wend their way over the river and through the wood to some cabin in the remote part of nowhere where only week before an archaeologist ( something like that ) and his wife be stay decode the book of the dead ( necrominicon ( . ) ) . i do like the obvious homage to lovecraft . anyway and campbell arrives and play a tape reveal the word that wake the evil dead and and his girlfriend quickly dy and only to come back and lose her head and be chainsawed and and dance ( through a type of clay mation ) naked in the wood with her headless torso and head in hand . all of this happen in the first ten minute or so into the film . from there and campbell begin his one man comedy or horror show . he be about as big a slice of ham you will find . obviously and more people come and die and there be a neat end to the film which open for another sequel ( army of darkness ) . campbell breathe some life into this movie create a frenetically eerie and over the top performance of ash and a man have lose his hand by cut it off himself still have a sense of humour and seem to fear nothing ( include in his performance ) . director sam raimi show u why he become a big league director . he have talent . he still be use a small budget in comparison to what an a list film would take . you can not tell watch this . raimi get the most out of everything ( and even more with campbell ) . he also create some innovative camera shot use a lot of the same shot from the first evil dead and pace his film with a high energy that will make you jump a lot . that all notwithstanding and i like a little more meat to my story . i like a bit more logic not just fun . that be why again i will say that evil dead 2 be not a bad film and not a great one and but just not my kind of film . i be ecstatic that so many people enjoy mindless violence in rural area with chainsaw and cleaver and etc . but it just not me . for me and i just do not find evil dead 2. all that groovy . i do prefer it though to the original . this one be a bit more fun and doesn not have nearly as much screaming . the best part hand down be when campbell and after have take his hand off and place a bucket over it to restrain it and then put a bunch of book on top . the top book be hemingway a farewell to arm . now that be clever .