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Aka: Book of the Dead
Five friends go up to a cabin in the woods where they find unspeakable evil lurking in the forest. They find the Necronomicon and the taped translation of the text. Once the tape is played, the evil is released. One by one, the teens become deadly zombies. With only one remaining, it is up to him to survive the night and battle the evil dead.
Vijf jongeren gaan naar een afgelegen vakantiehuisje in de bossen. Ze vinden een vreemd boek met een bandrecorder ernaast waar enkele passages uit het boek zijn vertaald. Ze spelen de band af wat tot gevolg heeft dat er een demonische kracht vrijkomt die ze één voor één overneemt. Niemand is meer veilig en Ash (Campbell) moet tegen z'n eigen vrienden vechten voor z'n leven.
Director Sam Raimi's first film has achieved legendary status since its 1982 release, and for good reason. Though perhaps not as widely seen as its two sequels, EVIL DEAD 2 and ARMY OF DARKNESS, THE EVIL DEAD is arguably the best of the three. It is the story of five college-age friends who travel to a cabin in rural Tennessee where the stumble upon the Book of the Dead, an ancient tome bound in human flesh and inked in blood. After unwittingly awakening the unspeakable terror told of in the book, each of the friends is transformed into the evil dead, one by one, except for Ash (Bruce Campbell). So, Ash is left w...
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ith no other way to survive than to dismember the living corpses of his sister, girlfriend, and two of his friends. Shot on a shoestring budget, the film boasts some impressive camera work and extremely over-the-top gore effects as well as a sense of humor much more subtle than the tongue-in-cheek aesthetic of the two sequels.
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With the departure of Lily Collins , the producers of the new Evil Dead reboot have been hunting around for a replacement female lead. Now they have one, in the shape of Jane Levy .She’s signing on as Mia, the Ash-but-not-Ash of this new take on Sam Raimi ’s cult hit. Mia is a girl struggling with the aftermath of a drug overdose, and decides that some time away with friends in a remote cabin might just be what she needs to feel better.Unfortunately, the gang of five (including recent hire Shiloh Fernandez ) stumble on the Book Of The Dead and Mia starts to be bedevilled by nasty demonic types. And most of the others don’t realise that she’s telling the truth until it’s much too late…Director Fede Alvarez has written this new version along with Rodo Sayagues, and Diablo Cody gave it a polish.
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