- Year
- 1987
- Country
- USA
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Director
- Sam Raimi
- Updated
- 9 Aug 2026
- Obscurity
- canon (6/100)
- Also known as
- Evil Dead 2 · Evil dead 2 - Mort à l'aube · Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn · L'opéra de la terreur 2 · Evil Dead II: Evil Dead and the Army of Darkness
The Evil Dead II
Remake and sequel at once. Raimi discovers slapstick and never looks back.
Sam Raimi remakes and sequels his own film at once, and discovers slapstick in the process. Ash returns to the cabin, loses his mind and his hand, and battles his own possessed limb in a Three Stooges routine with chainsaws. The horror is still real but now it is also hilarious.
Bruce Campbell becomes a physical-comedy genius here, taking a beating from the furniture, the walls and himself. Raimi's camera never stops moving. It is the moment the franchise found its true, ridiculous voice.
Horror comedy at its most inventive and best executed.
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