Dance the devil

dance the devil (English. The Evil DEAD) is a student film of a group around SAM Raimi.

Dance the devil I

the film acts of oneGroup of young people, who make vacation in a forest hut. In the cellar they find an old, mysteriöses book, which Necronomicon ex mortis, as well as a tape recorder, which contains age-old swearing to formulas, which show also immediately their effect: Dämoni forces begin to dezimieren the group, by them successively thoseBodies of humans as landlords use and after death and spoiling strive in such a way. Only Ash (Bruce Campbell) can successfully erwehren itself finally by the destruction of the Necronomicons of those, even if its dying remains uncertain owing to the final sequence.

Characteristically of the entire dance thatDevil - row are without a doubt the obvious and often not completely unintentional characteristics of a B-Movies, which is naturally also because of the inexpensive, non-professional kind of the film trick. Make-up effects and Splatterszenen look good, kept nevertheless their involuntarily amusing Touch. Come in all three parts Sequences forwards, which show a confusing camera travel with uncanny, diagonal tones in manipulated playing speed, exactly the same as the chain saw kultigen value in the film scene possess which. The chain saw may play their parade role in the second part, i.e. as member mass replacement of Ash, after it itself its possessed hand„dismount “had.

„Dance the devil “applies among category friends meanwhile as cult film and convinces by its for a B-Movie very close, atmospheric design. Stilistisch remarkably are the reminiscences arising in the second half accumulated up to English Gruselklassiker of the 60's, as for instance that constantly everywhere umherwaberndenFog. This support became from the film producers - director SAM Raimi, producer Robert TAP ore and leading actor Bruce Campbell expressly confirms. In an educated manner and here for the first time the assigned method „of the Shakycam invented by Raimi worked “, with which a camera was fastened on a board, that afterwardsby two people at the ends by the forest one carried and thus the most unusual camera perspectives made possible.

In Germany the film was brought to GmbH by pro cinema film rental business in the summer 1983 into the cinemas, after it was classified before by an JK/SPIO examination for „criminally without heistation “. ThoseVideo version, which resembled contentwise the cinema version, came at the beginning of of 1984 on the market and became to 25. April 1984 of the BPjS (today BPjM) indicates. The indexing followed to 7. October 1985 seizing (§ 131). „Evil DEAD “was, beside nut/mother day, Maniac and Maneaterone of the films, which heated the discussion up over force films and finally to an aggravation of the censorship laws in Germany and led a larger influence of the BPjS. Afterwards a seizing wave broke loose. The video company VCL complained in the consequence to before the Federal Constitutional Court and was allowed the filmfinally publish 1995, however by two minutes shortened, again. Meanwhile there is also a FSK 16 cut version. Even in the USA the film got only the highest age classification “NC-17”, which is reserved actually so-called” Schmuddelfilmen “, which shows that the film not into child handsbelongs!

The continuations of dance the devil are dance the devil II and army of the darkness; the Kurzfilm Within the Woods represents a kind Prequel , whereby he is practically with the two first parts of dance the devil.

dancethe devil II

at the beginning of dance the devil II is recapitulated again briefly the action of the first part. For this sequence simply photographs of the first part could not be used for legal reasons. In addition were many actors of thefirst part no longer available. Therefore dance the devil II is falsely regarded of many as Remake of the first part.

By a higher budget, a less exaggerated force representation and some slapstickhafte presentations of Bruce Campbell (alias Ash) works the film more compatibly for a broad public. In particularby its Coolness and the concise, maintenance seeds of sayings and empty phrases, (like e.g.Groovy! or Who's lye-hung now?!), which achieved highest cult status among fans, Campbell acts like a maskulinen, tough and word-turned hero. The German cinema version was shortened nevertheless around scarcely 60 seconds, only thoseYears later DVD version of the company Kinowelt appeared presented the film for the first time unabridged in German version. For years hold themselves besides rumors, which the film had to be shortened be supposed to exist already in the USA for a so-called „R-Rating “and still further scenes. This became however intermediatedisclaimed by SAM Raimi, gives it pictures of some scenes, which do not occur in such a way in the film, but it concerns here only production photos.

dance the devil III

see to army of the darkness

Within the Woods

1978 sat down SAM Raimi, Rob TAP ore and Bruce Campbell together and turned a horror short film to set with the intention from the incomes a starting capital for a correct, more professional motion picture film. However they got problems because of the music played in the film and their copyrights, so that to today noneRelease of the film in the trade to acquire is. Also this film was characterised by bloody force scenes and skillful make-up.

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