Grindhouse Releasing and Fathom Events will celebrate the 40th anniversary with an exclusive nationwide screening introduced by star Bruce Campbell. The film opens up with what seems like a weird throwback to the original films, with a couple of young adults having a blast at a cabin in the woods, only for one of the girls (played by Anna-Maree Thomas) to turn into a deadite and attack her friends. Check out the shot when, his back to the door, Ash pulls the little necklace from his pocket - look at the detail on his cords, his leather belt and his hand. Naturally, there are numerous shots that look soft and indistinct, though these are all part and parcel of the original photography. The Evil Dead: Treasures from the Cutting Room Floor is an hour-long, folks, and one heck of a lot of the movie told again from different camera angles, alternate takes and extended footage.

The important thing though, is that they are providing lots of background to how it all came about from a fresh perspective, and delivering yet more information that we actually didn't already know about putting the film together. It's been almost 30 years since Sam Raimi's masterpiece, The Evil Dead, first began its bloody rampage on unsuspecting moviegoers. He may have refined the idea considerably for the sequel, inarguably maturing as a filmmaker in every aspect, but the rawness and ramshackle nature of the original guarantees a barbaric and remorseless attitude that utterly refuses to play by the rules. The banging of the swing-seat outside the cabin is a touch more forceful, even sounding clearer during the gang's otherwise silent drive up to the place at the start. The HD in Evil Dead Trilogy is a bit unequal from one film to another, the same goes for a few sequences which will make you feel like you're watching a DVD.No longer constrained by a film’s run-time, Ash vs Evil Dead gives fans hours of gloriously gory action, as well as an unprecedented look at the battle-worn man who once defeated the Army of Darkness. Purists may prefer to watch the film in its original theatrical format, though the director himself has said that he prefers the 1. For this Blu-ray edition, Anchor Bay debuts the favorite 80s horror flick with a wealth of supplements on a separate DVD disc. The tone is subdued, but informative, yet we are still sitting there just waiting for the funny stuff to arrive.

But when a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, he’s forced to face his demons — both metaphorical and literal. Loyal fans won't want to miss out on this latest version of a long-time favorite in the genre, especially since it's being billed as a limited edition, which is likely in reference to the bonus DVD with all the supplemental material.Raimi had his reasons for utilising the two aspects and, at the very least, this image has been painstakingly formatted and looks far more comfortable than any previous video transfer. The best part is listening to thoughts about the movie's lasting influence and its continued admiration by modern horror fanatics. Choosing "Play Movie" in the main menu screen will bring up the choices, but you can also switch back and forth while the movie is playing. In many respects, the film is experimentation on unbridled style and technique, full of fanatical, manic camera movements and extreme angles that work on disorienting and terrifying audiences.

Make-Up Test (1 min) — Exactly as the title implies, viewers can watch raw footage of early make-up work and effects. The standard retail DVD transfer used the world over seems to have been zoomed in by around 5%, meaning the Blu-Ray version has more visual information on each side of the frame. Two things of note; The Evil Dead disc in the 2005 R2 UK Anchor Bay 'Box Of The Banned' collection is identical to the bonus fourth disc here, and in both 'The Incredibly Strange Film Show' has been edited to remove all Super-8 shorts clips, along with some other material such as The Three Stooges, running at 34m 9s, down from an uncut running time of 37m 38s. I don’t know if this was simply because I knew what to look for, or had just gone over the US disc so many times that this just seemed a little fresher to me … but I clearly saw the little blob of redeployed shrubbery straight away. But it's The Evil Dead on Blu-ray and it can be yours from October 11th in plenty of time for Halloween.The thumping heartbeat is smooth and loud and clear, and the little rush that we hear as the ceiling beams slide past us above Ash's head is more acute.

Five college-aged friends – Ash ( Bruce Campbell), Scott (Richard DeManicor as Hal Delrich), Linda (Betsy Baker), Cheryl (Ellen Sandweiss) and Shelley (Theresa Tilly as Sarah York) – are all on their way to a remote cabin in the middle of the Tennessee woods, a place where they hope to enjoy a bit of downtime.Stuck-on mutilations and wounds now look quite artificial at times, whilst other effects - some of the actual stabbings, rippings and loppings that are doled-out with such merry madness - now seem to look better with the boosted colour and the sharper detail. The US R1 Anchor Bay The Evil Dead Book Of The Dead DVD designed by Tom Sullivan wasn't released until seven months later on March 5, 2002. The sound of the gunshots is meatier, especially the one that Ash fires out of the bathroom window that ploughs through Cheryl's shoulder. This was actually the first 'Book Of The Dead' style home release anywhere in the world; in July 19, 2001.