Evil Dead II At Those Movies

[@GregoryAlanBaileygamereviews]

This movie is absolutely balls to the wall insane from start to finish my favorite horror movie of all time.

[@nathelm]

Give me back my hand!! Literally seen it hundreds of times

[@davidbrewer1926]

This movie literally changed the game. I love it

[@aesrys]

I really miss these guys and this series. I watched this as a kid and always enjoyed their reviews. As an adult, it's nice to watch two guys who love movies doing actual critique.

[@Zero-ei8jn]

Such a classic and still holds up to this day.

[@majormalfunction0071]

This movie inspired the tone my game. The density is incredible. Not a wasted second. It's makes extreme horror violence funny. You can make cosmic horror funny and scary if the tones can be matched. Humor as a coping mechanism. This movie was made with love.

[@oldfashionedguy1368]

These guys were reviewing Making Mr. Right before this which probably explains Roger's laughing at the beginning.

[@jedijones]

Ebert loved Making Mr. Right though. He gave it 3.5 stars. Seems like Siskel must've made some kind of wisecrack about it. KZbin has the full movie for free viewing, both on their official channel and a copy someone posted years ago. They've long ago given up on making any money off of Making Mr. Right, LOL.

[@DANGERMAN-oo5my]

This is one of the best horror movies ever made. It inspired an entire Evil Dead TV series with Bruce Campbell in the lead. Self-absorbed movie critics need to open the Book of the Dead.

[@bgl00ney]

LOVE these two and glad they liked it. That said, if you're a horror fan this film is seminal.

[@jamesmitchell8922]

The 1st and the 2nd film were horror masterpieces

[@jackhackett80]

Brilliant gets overused, but Evil Dead 2 is brilliant

[@ELFanatic]

There's something very funny about hearing a realistic movie critique about this movie.

[@squamish4244]

It kind of defies realistic criticism, realism isn't the point.

[@zippymufo9765]

@@squamish4244 "Realistic critique" means they're evaluating it on how it works as a overall film, not "realism".

[@grvonny]

Even though I'm one of those oddballs that thinks that Evil Dead 2 is my least favorite in the franchise I still think Evil Dead 2 is masterful. Sam Raimi never disappoints.

[@ELFanatic]

Least favorite, that's interesting.

[@Johnlindsey289]

No way it rules

[@madahad9]

I was disappointed with the first film and when I spotted the sequel on the shelf of a local video store I struck more by the box art and rented it with very low expectations. WOW!!! Those initial reservations were quickly laid to rest within the first ten minutes and I knew immediately that this was destined to be a modern classic of the horror genre. Sam Raimi keeps a very delicate balance between the horror and humor, never allowing one to overshadow the other. It's scary and funny in equal measures. The scene where the furnishings of a room come to life is genuinely creepy and exceptionally well staged, especially that demonic deer that starts its maniacal laugh. But the standout moment is when Ash is beaten up by his demon possessed hand. Bruce Campbell commits to the punishment being inflicted. He made a personal appearance at the theatre where I worked when we did a screening for a film he directed. We saw very little of him as he zipped across the lobby and disappeared to the men's room and then back to the theatre. I wanted to get a couple co-workers to shout out: Hey, Smitty, how's about grabbing a highball!! Bonus points for those who know where this line comes from.

[@Barnabas45]

They never really appreciated any horror/slasher genre flick. i.e. John Carpenters "The Thing"

[@michealclark928]

Yeah they didn’t even like the original great A Nightmare On Elm Street or 3(they really hated which is insane) the only film in that series that got 1 thumbs up from Roger was “New Nightmare”. I think after all the slasher movies they saw and I believe they did see a-lot I think they just started to write off the good ones before they even began.

[@rijir1654]

Roger loved Halloween and they both loved Dawn of the Dead.

[@clinteastwood6875]

Sickle gave The Thing a thumbs up

[@CptChandler]

I wonder if they would have appreciated Ash vs The evil dead more. We’ll never know ):

[@staggerlee1869]

All time favorite movie.

[@Ajax-0137]

it's good, but I don't agree with everyone saying it's some masterpiece

[@Johnlindsey289]

It’s a classic

[@jedijones]

If it was good for an hour, that leaves 24 bad minutes. Good thing it wasn't a long movie.

[@Slice2099]

No

[@JangosJunk77]

The whole movie is perfect

[@123rockfan]

@@JangosJunk77 I still don’t know how anyone who loved the first Evil Dead enjoys Evil Dead 2. Evil Dead 2 has the tone of a lame Adam Sandler movie

[@trump-totalwar6509]

@@123rockfan maybe he didnt enjoy ed1. i thought it sucked.

[@bagggers9796]

@@123rockfan It's not that way by accident, they already made evil dead 1 and they were going for something different for the sequel. It's hilarious B-movie campy insanity. It's not coy about being a comedy.. It's not like it's dumping on the legacy of the evil dead by evolving the concept. If you dislike evil dead 2 because it's goofier than the first, then you'd have to absolutely loathe Army of Darkness.

[@Johnlindsey289]

Epic sequel

[@JamesCraigWhoop]

Would have been funny to have the possessed hand give it a thumbs up

[@djbenavit]

I could never understand why critics that don’t like horror movies even bother watching them🤷🏻‍♂️ these 2 got it wrong on so many classics 😂

[@curseofyig6727]

Clowns. They can't recognize a masterpiece when they see one.

[@ramkrishnayadav2326]

Gene Siskel & Roger Ebert are two of the greatest critics of all time. 👍🏾👍🏾

[@samweisberg3673]

Hey do you have the full episode?

[@erichaynes7502]

I'm sorry I don't have the full episode, I think it was aired sometime in Mar 1987, Unfortunately, I don't even know what other movies they reviewed on this episode. The good news is they listed Evil Dead 2 in their 1992 guilty pleasures episode. Just do a YT search it'll come right up!

[@stephensimington479]

I'd like to know what they think now ((un) fortunately)) they are no longer with us.

[@rijir1654]

Evid Dead 2 was one of Roger's guilty pleasures.

[@Riskmangler]

Zero commentary on the camera work, which was revolutionary. Fail.

[@gaba-goo3733]

Part 1 was much more intense and fresh.

[@Johnlindsey289]

I thought part 2 surpassed the first

[@kalesalad479]

God!!?!??!these guys consistently have the worst takes...I love it

[@Nathan-gd7xq]

Probably because you saw it as a teenager and these guys saw it when they were in their 40s?

[@richardclark6858]

Never trust a movie critic.

[@123rockfan]

Its interesting, I think the main reason why people hate movie critics is because critics actually watch a lot of movies and that makes more discerning movie goers. They don’t like everything they see. I disagreed with Ebert’s reviews about 50% of the time, but I still liked him as a critic because his reviews were honest

[@EliasWolf77]

What angers me about modern movie critics is they will judge a marvel film without seeing any of the previous marvel films connected to it

[@Nathan-gd7xq]

@@EliasWolf77 what angers me about modern movies are Marvel movies.

[@Danjoker.]

Never trust a salty fanboy

[@Johnlindsey289]

Ramboraph4life and ocpcommunications are my favorite KZbin critics

[@timothywilliams2252]

Of course, Siskel & Ebert didn't catch the literary nod to H.P. Lovecraft, even though it was glaringly blatant. You know, "The Necromonicon, by the mad Arab, Kitab al-Azif"? But, they were just pair of pretentious, know-it-all, pedantic douchebags

[@123rockfan]

Evil Dead 2 Reminds me a lot of Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, I think both are far tamer and visually less interesting compared to the original. Everything that made the first Evil Dead memorable is replaced by a lot of mildly entertaining gags that have no real comic pacing

[@uppercutgrandma4425]

Evil dead 1 kinda sucked, and left as it was (without sequels) I don't think it would've populated cult status soo predominantly. Evil Dead 2 corrected that by embracing itself, followed by Arm Of Darkness and proximity materials.

[@123rockfan]

@@uppercutgrandma4425 everything is subjective I guess. Evil Dead 2 is abysmally unfunny IMO. The genuine campiness of the first Evil Dead is so much more enjoyable. Evil Dead 2 tries WAY too hard to be funny. It’s like an annoying friend who thinks he’s funny but won’t shut the fuck up

[@nathelm]

I disagree, if I had a choice which movie to watch it would be Dead by Dawn 99 times out of 100

[@trump-totalwar6509]

@@uppercutgrandma4425 i agree gramma evil dead 1 sucked and evil dead 2 was unique and the best funny horror movie ever. later on siskel or ebert i cant remember which listed it as a movie youre embarrassed to admit you like so maybe that affected the critique they made.

[@kcadventures1454]

Evil dead < Evil dead 2

[@chrisbobinski7997]

Movie critics= pointless...same goes for food critics..all based on opinion..

[@Nathan-gd7xq]

So why are you watching?

[@chrisbobinski7997]

@@Nathan-gd7xq because it's old and I want to see what it was about

[@Nathan-gd7xq]

@@chrisbobinski7997 so it's not pointless if you are interested in what they thought at the time?

[@chrisbobinski7997]

@@Nathan-gd7xq no it is pointless . I look at old videos.. everything is based on opinion no movie critic is going to deter me from watching a movie I want to see.. just like new food critic is not going to tell me what I should and should not eat

[@Danjoker.]

​@@chrisbobinski7997Oh really? Well that's good for you bud.