Special Dossier: DEATH - Contributions LXXIII

I was talking about my blog and this special dossier about DEATH with a friend, when suddenly he reminded me about Sam Raimi’s trilogy. Definitely a necessary reference:

Thanks to AR from Lisbon

A little bit to know about Sam Raimi and his trilogy:
Highly inventive US film director/producer/writer/actor Sam Raimi first came to the attention of film fans with the savage, yet darkly humorous, low-budget horror film THE EVIL DEAD (1981).

He directed, produced and edited a short horror movie titled Within the Woods (1978), which was then shown to prospective investors to raise the money necessary to film THE EVIL DEAD. It met with lukewarm interest in the US with local distributors, so Raimi took the film to Europe, where it was much more warmly received. After it started gaining positive reviews and, more importantly, ticket sales upon its release in Europe, US distributors showed renewed interest, and "Evil Dead" was eventually released stateside to strong box office returns. However, he bounced back with THE EVIL DEAD II (1987), a racier and more humorous remake/sequel to the original "Dead" that did even better at the box office.
The third chapter in the Evil Dead story beckoned, and Raimi once again directed buddy Campbell as the gritty hero "Ash", in the Gothic horror ARMY OF DARKNESS (1993) aka THE EVIL DEAD III.

Just one more personal comment: Raimi is a fucking hot guy!