{"id":265,"date":"2013-06-22T12:43:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-22T17:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=265"},"modified":"2013-08-25T11:17:13","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T16:17:13","slug":"evil-dead-ii-1987-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/?p=265","title":{"rendered":"Evil Dead II (1987) &#8211; Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Evil Dead II&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more information, <a title=\"IMDb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0092991\/?ref_=sr_3\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A lone survivor of a demon possession\/attack at a cabin in the woods, Ash must work with the family of the cabin&#8217;s deceased owners to defeat the evil set free by The Necronomicon Ex-Mortis or Book of the Dead.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The second installment of one of the most iconic horror franchises ever made.\u00a0 A retelling as much as a sequel to Sam Raimi&#8217;s &#8220;Evil Dead,&#8221;\u00a0 this is a smorgasbord of creative effects, costuming, camera shots, shadows and lighting and sound, forcing the audience to use its imagination to embody the evil forces. \u00a0 Of course, the most important gem, Bruce Campbell as Ash, who went on to inspire yet another sequel, a companion book, as well as multiple video games and even a Broadway &amp; Las Vegas Musical.\u00a0 This is the movie in which Ash really evolves into the icon that has been beloved by fans for over 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>In this story, Ash goes to a secluded cabin with his girlfriend, Linda, only to fall victim to the evil forces set free by the cabin&#8217;s owners when Ash listens to a recording which recited from The Necronomicon Ex-Mortis.\u00a0 First, the demons possess Linda and Ash is forced to destroy her, then they come after him.\u00a0 Violence, insanity, gore and hilarity ensue as Ash tries to survive.\u00a0 Then the cabin owner&#8217;s daughter, played by Sarah Berry, arrives with her entourage.\u00a0 Now they must work together if they are to defeat the deadites as the demons start to possess each person, until once again, only Ash remains.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t fairly rate this movie, it has been so influential in my tastes and preferences.\u00a0\u00a0 It is the basis for many cliches in the movies of the horror genre that have followed its release.\u00a0 I could give it a 5 drink rating on that merit alone.\u00a0 But since I realize my judgement is slightly clouded regarding this entire series, I&#8217;m going ahead and making up a completely different rating&#8230; Evil Dead II gets the whole damned pitcher of whatever drink you want.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.intheaudience.net\/\/clipart\/pitcherlemonade.JPG\" width=\"70\" height=\"75\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top: 5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Email\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"mojodawn\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"Evil%20Dead%20II%20%281987%29%20-%20Film\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Evil Dead II&#8221; For more information, click here. A lone survivor of a demon possession\/attack at a cabin in the woods, Ash must work with the family of the cabin&#8217;s deceased owners to defeat the evil set free by The Necronomicon Ex-Mortis or Book of the Dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,5],"tags":[38,14,50,6,80,141,41,7,78,58,43,55,48],"class_list":["post-265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-comedy-movies","category-horror-movies","tag-80s-flick","tag-b-grades","tag-cabin-in-woods","tag-classic","tag-demonic-possession","tag-full-freaking-pitcher","tag-heroes","tag-horror-comedy","tag-iconic","tag-low-budget","tag-sequel","tag-violence","tag-zombies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=265"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":408,"href":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions\/408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/intheaudience.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}