You’re Goin’ Down. Chainsaw.

You gotta respect a movie that’s managed to garner the keywords, “action,” “comedy,” “fantasy” and “horror” all in the space of a couple of hours. And Evil Dead 2 really is all those things. As described in the plot outline on IMDb.com, “a young man named Ash takes his girlfriend Linda to a secluded cabin and plays back a professor’s tape-recorded recitation of passages from the Book of the Dead. The spell calls up an evil force from the woods which turns Linda into a monstrous Deadite…the night turns into a nonstop, grotesquely comic battle with chainsaw and shotgun on one side, demon horde and flying eyeball on the other.” It’s tough to beat a flying eyeball, but my personal favorite is the disembodied hand that, still in attack mode, crawls and flings itself at its victims. It’s a rare thriller that asks the important questions, like, “What would happen if your own hand joined the dark side and tried to destroy you?” See the 1987 horror spoof at midnight Friday or Saturday night at the Inwood Theatre, 5458 W. Lovers Lane at Inwood Road. Call 214-764-9106 or visit landmarktheatres.com.
May 25-26