A Critical Study of Horror Films - Evil Dead II

Study of Evil Dead II

Unless you have seen the original Evil Dead there are several scenes in the movie that will make no sense.

However for Horror sequels this is one of the best.

This is a Horror that falls across two Sub Genres and is often misundertood.

Sub-Genre 1 -Horror Comedy
There is a lot of symbolism in this movie that you really don't catch in the 1st or second watching. A parody follow up to Evil Dead, Evil Dead II takes the action and graphic content and pokes fun at several 1970's and 1980's films.
Showing a constant stream of blood and violence the director still manages to hide symbolisym throughout the whole movie. The struggle between good and evil is the main topic. The curiosity that always seems to cause something bad to happen, every horror has it. The vomit scene plays back to the exorcist movies. The "SlapStick" Fight between Ash and his hand. 
The use of Camera angles gave unusual visuals to scenes. The angles of many shots gave the perspective of the attacker and not just the victom. This format made scenes go from scarey to comical and then back to scarey. Lighting efects used to make sudden action and added to camera shots.

Sub-Genre - Slasher
Adding to the theme of demons and possession from Evil Dead, the Director ramps up the gore in this sequel. With the combination of an ax, a shotgun and a chainssaw the main character Ash defends himself and attachs an demonic attach. Killing and slashing his way through attackers / victims.