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    "objectID": "/weblog/2026/09/18/why-is-evil-dead-a-classic/",
    "type": "weblog",
    "title": "Why is Evil Dead a classic?",
    "file": "weblog/2026/why-is-evil-dead-a-classic.md",
    "url": "/weblog/2026/09/18/why-is-evil-dead-a-classic/",
    "date": 1789758000,
    "date_year": 2026,
    "tags": [
        
    ],
    "content": "Over the course of the last couple of weeks I\u0026rsquo;ve watched \u0026ldquo;The Evil Dead\u0026rdquo;, \u0026ldquo;Evil Dead 2\u0026rdquo;, \u0026ldquo;Army of Darkness\u0026rdquo;, and \u0026ldquo;Evil Dead Rise\u0026rdquo;. I had watch \u0026ldquo;Ash vs. Evil Dead\u0026rdquo; many years ago and really enjoyed the show, so I finally wanted to get to know the original.\nThe first three are considered classics. Movies two and three are definitely entertaining but the first adjective I\u0026rsquo;d use to describe them is \u0026ldquo;weird\u0026rdquo;. Especially with movies one and two I got the impression, though, that everyone was on drugs while filming. At the same time it was great to see how Bruce Campbell as actor and Sam Raimi as director matured over the movies and how much they could do with the limited budget that they had. Looking back at the 1980s, the combination of splatter, comedy, and low budget was innovative and just for that these movies probably deserve the term \u0026ldquo;classic\u0026rdquo;, even though I probably simply have a different …"
}