I remember making amateurish home movies with my buddies during our high school years, but young Sam Raimi took it a step further. At 18, he wrote and directed this amazing half-hour short that would, a year later, be remade as The Evil Dead.
While its far from a great film, its a truly amazing little gem that has sadly gotten lost in the folds of time. The acting is all right, the cinematography is quite good, and the gory effects are extremely promising. Its no wonder that Raimi and companions were able to take this reel around and secure financing for a full-length version.
Sadly, the boys used a bevy of copyrighted music, which kept it from being publicly released for some time. Now, in an age when music could easily be lifted from the feature, Raimi (and his star Bruce Campbell) have made numerous comments that they're happy it is not readily available. To quote an interview, "releasing it would be like showing off our dirty underwear".
What they fail to realize is just how much fans of their work want to see this movie in a pristine version - or at least a better version than the one readily available online.
Come on Raimi... for those of us who want to see where it all began. Release it already.
While its far from a great film, its a truly amazing little gem that has sadly gotten lost in the folds of time. The acting is all right, the cinematography is quite good, and the gory effects are extremely promising. Its no wonder that Raimi and companions were able to take this reel around and secure financing for a full-length version.
Sadly, the boys used a bevy of copyrighted music, which kept it from being publicly released for some time. Now, in an age when music could easily be lifted from the feature, Raimi (and his star Bruce Campbell) have made numerous comments that they're happy it is not readily available. To quote an interview, "releasing it would be like showing off our dirty underwear".
What they fail to realize is just how much fans of their work want to see this movie in a pristine version - or at least a better version than the one readily available online.
Come on Raimi... for those of us who want to see where it all began. Release it already.