Originally Posted by tore

Ahh, I love Evil Dead. But I definitely think that in order to fully appreciate it, you have to try to get into the context of it. You know, remember that this was released in 1981 and that the movie itself was basically made by kids. I think the director, Sam Raimi, was 19 when they started on this.

I consider it a great achievement

The next movie (eventually) picks up where the first one ended and is more of a horror comedy. It's also a lot of fun.