There are very few film series out there about which you can say every single installment is a must-see, but Raimi, and now Alvarez, have done just that with Evil Dead.
Dracula, the character, first came to life in 1897, a creation of Bram Stoker. Since then, according to IMDB, the character has appeared over 400 times in film and television.
With practically no budget, heroes wearing pajamas, along with a dash of rock and roll, writer/ director Ray Dennis Steckler creates one of the oddest entries in the superhero film genre: Rat Pfink a Boo Boo.
The campy, silly tone delighted kids and amused adults. It was pretty clear that Batman was a huge hit and to capitalize on the show's popularity, Batman was sent to theaters for his first full-length motion picture….in color!
There’s a sense of tragic loss underlying nearly every scene that’s compounded by questions of culpability and guilt that builds right up to the rolling of the credits.
Some of the details may have been lost in translation, but, overall, the parody managed to pull together two distinct TV series and keep their tone while adding to the work.
What Steere, Gouldsberry, and editor Steve Burgess have put together here, with the invaluable help of Willet, is one of the best independent horror films of the past few years.
