"Evil Dead" may be dismissed as a cheesy horror film, while in fact it is a deep revenge movie with a tree falling in love with a woman, but she not accepting him due to his status of a tree.The plot is about five teenagers up in the woods, not knowing that a tree has a crush on them. That night, a certain Necronomicon has made the Tree speak outside in Tree Language. With Cheryl (brilliantly played by Ellen Sandweiss) hearing the noises outside not knowing that the tree is reading sex poetry to her, she goes outside and has sex with the tree.
Even after the sex, Cheryl still doesn't like the tree just because it's a tree, and goes inside and tells her friends that the tree raped her.
Convinced by her story, they go outside and chop the tree down for fire wood, little knowing that the tree's spirit is about to have his revenge, sending other spirits (evil, that is) to possess the group of teenagers. Can they be stopped?
See what I mean? This movie has a truly moving premise (a tree loving a woman?) and awe-inspriring acting, especially from Ms. Sandweiss, who should have made a career from this movie. It's a tear-jerking drama you'll never forget, especially the tree's revenge.
And the wonderful, powerful script, made even better by the direction of Sam Raimi, with great dramatic tension, is even better.
Forget any other classic, this is the one to rule them all.A masterpiece. 9.5/10.
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