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An intricate look at the making of Evil Dead 1, 2 and 3..., 11 Aug 2000
Not one for achieving much in the way of kudos in the critical press, this is in fact a very pleasing tome for the die-hard fans. Bill Warren has gained a lot of access to the many characters involved in the making of the three key films - Evil Dead 1, 2 and 3 (a.k.a. Army of Darkness) - and he takes careful time to fill in background motivations, relations and responses to the grittiness of low budget film-making.Many of the areas that Warren has been criticised on are true - he does not really delve into what makes Evil Dead and its successors so startling psychologically, nor does he deal with much in the way of context (the film-makers' influences, particularly in terms of late '70's horror). However, you do have to question: was this ever his aim? Where Warren strikes the bullseye is in the detail: lots of fantastic descriptions of cast and crew mutinies before and during the making of the first picture, why the first picture came out as it did, how critical responses and audience results shaped the finances behind the later pictures. The sense of the many-faceted struggle behind getting the films up and running is heartily evoked here, to Warren's credit. And the photgraphs included with the book, whilst not referred to in the text with particular pertinence, are extremely striking and help to evoke a suitably nostalgic atmosphere (or frightening atmosphere, depending on what your response is to the films). Yes, it does seem a shame that the latter part of the book, devoted to a talk through the three films by Warren and Bruce Campbell (the series' star), can't be delivered in an audio version; but that overlooks the facts - from the looks of things, Warren GOT very close collaboration from Campbell, and that has to be said to be a significant achievement. Plus, it makes you want to dash back to your video and run through the series again. For serious film students, this book might be a start. For the die-hard fan, it's one hell of a gift.
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