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Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn 85 minutes, United States (1987), 18
Average user rating (4.8 / 87 votes)

Five years after the original became a smash hit, Raimi returned to the 'Evil Dead' with more money, more gags and gallons more blood in this hilarious slapstick, ooze-spraying, chainsaw-hacking sequel

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Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn: Less a sequel than a goofball remake, which has the hapless Ash (Campbell) battling yet another wave of demons in his remote woodland shack.

Director Raimi keeps the whole thing thundering along and throws in some crowd-pleasing punchlines: having chopped off his own demonically possessed hand, Ash replaces it with a chainsaw and grunts out a self-satisfied "Groovy!" as it buzzes to life...
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