Rate-the-movie 21

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By rhys Tue-2-May-2017 22:17:29

Admin and 4CW Head Booker · 5,095 comments

Works the same as Rate-the-song. Rate from 1-10, 1 being horrible and 10 being brilliant. It's that simple. You can request one movie for the list at a time. So once you're movie goes on the Request List, you can't choose another til it's been posted as a Rate-the-movie. This rule is in place so I don't have a request list 100 films long and so no one person hogs the request list.

RTM 21: The Evil Dead (1981) (Benjawi)


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The Evil Dead is a 1981 American supernatural horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi and executive produced by Raimi and Bruce Campbell, who also stars alongside Ellen Sandweiss and Betsy Baker. The film focuses on five college students vacationing in an isolated cabin in a remote wooded area. After they find an audiotape that releases a legion of demons and spirits, members of the group suffer from demonic possession, leading to increasingly gory mayhem. Raimi and the cast produced the short film Within the Woods as a "prototype" to build the interest of potential investors, which secured Raimi US$90,000 to produce The Evil Dead. The film was shot on location in a remote cabin located in Morristown, Tennessee, in a difficult filming process that proved extremely uncomfortable for the majority of the cast and crew.

The low-budget horror film attracted the interest of producer Irvin Shapiro, who helped screen the film at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. Horror author Stephen King gave a rave review of the film, which helped convince New Line Cinema to serve as its distributor. Though a meager commercial success in the United States, the film made its budget back through worldwide distribution, and grossed $2.4 million during its theatrical run. Both early and later critical reception were universally positive and in the years since its release, The Evil Dead has developed a reputation as one of the largest cult films and has been cited among the greatest horror films of all time. The Evil Dead launched the careers of Campbell and Raimi, who would collaborate on several films together throughout the years, including Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy.

The film has spawned a media franchise, beginning with two sequels written and directed by Raimi, Evil Dead II (1987) and Army of Darkness (1992), as well as video games, comic books, and a television series. The film's protagonist Ash Williams (Campbell) is regarded as a cult icon. The fourth film, serving as a reboot, a remake, and a sequel, was titled Evil Dead and was released in 2013. Raimi co-produced the film alongside Campbell and the franchise producer, Robert Tapert. As with the other films, the follow-up television series Ash vs Evil Dead was created and produced by Sam and Ivan Raimi, with Campbell also executive producing.

Request List
-Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (Reamer)
-Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Ninjak)
-Under Siege (Surreal)
-Watchmen (Rhys)
-The Evil Dead 2 (Snake!)

BACKLOG:
(Will be added once your request on the list has been done - requests off people with no movie on the list take priority).
-Scarface (Reamer)
-Where the Buffalo Roam (Surreal)
-Django Unchained (Rhys)
-Martin (Surreal)
-Minority Report (Rhys)
-Training Day (Rhys)
-The Truman Show (Rhys)
-The Wrestler (Rhys)
-Sing Street (Rhys)

Don't forget to request a movie, guys. 🙂

# | Movie (Year) | Rating /10 (Average)
1 / Interstellar (2014) / 9.5
2 / Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) /  9.4
3 / Army of Darkness (1992) / 9.0
3 / Fight Club (1999) / 9.0
5 / Alien (1979) / 8.8
6 / Ex Machina (2015) / 8.5
6 / Planet of the Apes (1968) / 8.5
6 / Hot Fuzz (2007) / 8.5
6 / The Shawshank Redemption (1994) / 8.5
10 / Batman (1989) / 8.3
10 / Dawn of the Dead (1978) / 8.3
12 / Predator (1987) / 8.1
13 / Total Recall (1990) / 8.0
13 / Inception (2010) / 8.0
15 / Snatch (2000) / 7.7
16 / The Fountain (2006) / 7.5
17 / The Green Mile (1999) / 7.4
18 / Alien vs Predator (2004) / 6.2
19 / 13 Hours (2016) / 5.7
20 / Marley & Me (2008) / 5.0

(Bold - Latest Entry)

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By Reamer Wed-3-May-2017 02:36:01

Main Event · 555 comments

9.  Such a great film all around.

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By Snake! Wed-3-May-2017 03:11:50

Administrator · 1,177 comments

6

I like Evil Dead 2 better.


So Evil Dead 2 is my request


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By TheSurrealOne Wed-3-May-2017 04:10:36

Count The Lights · 209 comments

7

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By Pilgrim Paige Sun-7-May-2017 03:02:07

The Moon Maiden · 654 comments

I like the sequels more, but this was an entertaining and memorable start. 6.5/10


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