The Evil Dead
Prosecuted in Britain. Actually a comedy, though it took years to admit it.
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Prosecuted in Britain. Actually a comedy, though it took years to admit it.
An unlicensed Yojimbo remake. Toho sued and won. Started everything.
Van Cleef arrives and the formula locks into place.
$325,000 into $70 million, and every slasher after it is a photocopy.
The broken shark forced Spielberg to suggest instead of show. It made the film.
Made for $114,000 in Pittsburgh. Invented the entire modern genre.
Fonda cast against type as a child killer. Leone's masterpiece.
The same story told by people who knew the protagonist was unwell.
Hitchcock refuses to explain anything. Nobody since has had the nerve.
Plays it entirely straight and takes the theology seriously. Still works.
The cemetery sequence is the best three minutes in the genre.