How come everyone says this is better than the first one? They're both great but I thought 1 had superior atmosphere and tension.
>>70363064
It's more appealing, even to those who don't like horror, because it's mostly funny stuff.
>>70363064
The first one looks like a student film.
>>70363064
evil dead 2 is just better made and because it's essentially a remake its better than the first. you're right about the first one though, its a much better straight forward horror movie than the second but the second captures the spirit of what the entire series is about.
Better props, better actors, more money, etc
1 is too serious, Army of Darkness is too silly
2 hits the sweet spot
>>70363400
Everyone is appalled when I say I don't care for Army of Darkness.
>>70363438
Army Of Darkness is essential dadcore, but it's silly as fuck.
1 is a straight horror flick,but it has the budget of a shoestring.
>>70363438
Yeah it really disappointed me. It had some funny bits, but it didn't even try to be scary and felt way too PG13.
>>70363400
Dubs of truth
>>70363624
Same. I was expecting some Medieval horror fantasy (whatever that is) and instead got Middle Ages slapstick action. It wasn't even that great at it. It was a middling effort kept afloat by some Bruce Campbell charisma.
>>70363438
I, too, don't really care for Army of Darkness. I don't hate it, but it's just kinda boring after Evil Dead 1 & 2. Why are the third movies always set in medieval times or somewhere completely different than in the earlier movies? Back to the Future 3, TMNT 3, Scream 3...
I thought the first movie was scary as fuck when I first time saw it as a kid. Nowadays it feels very amateurish, which it is, but it does have that eerie feeling of late 70s and early 80s horror movies.
Evil Dead 2 captures the whole absurdness of the situation and has fun with it. Ash going from normal clerk to complete nutbag after witnessing all his friends die is pretty great.
>>70363064
It's an actual remake of the first one except less people in the cabin
And the ending sets up for army of darkness
>>70364212
I actually disliked the way 2 sort of rewrote the events of 1. Not a big deal but something that annoyed me when watching it.
I really don't get why ED2 gets so much praise.
It's ED1, just wackier.
Not a fan.
>>70363064
The first one was an unintentional comedy while the second one was an intentional one.
Obviously the first had superior atmosphere and tension.
1 is a Horror movie
2 is a Horror/Comedy Movie and a remake of the first.
3 is a Comedy/Horror movie.
>>70363064
The acting of 1 was corny as hell, but the atmosphere and tension were the best aspects of that movie.
>>70366004
Fans speculate that it's related to Ash's sanity.
