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How sad is this?

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

Within the Woods (1978) *** (out of 4) Early Sam Raimi short has Bruce Campbell and three friends going to the woods for the weekend when they disturb an Indian burial ground. When the sun falls demons and other ghouls go on the attack. Does this sound familiar? If you said it sounded like The Evil Dead then you're correct because this is the film Raimi shot to show investors to try and get money for the feature, which would eventually be released three years later. Needless to say, this doesn't hold a candle to the feature but fans will certainly want to check this out just to see how much Raimi kept from this movie and put into the future film and its sequel. I was really surprised to see Raimi using many of the same techniques but many of them, like the point of view shots of the creature going over the ground, work very well here. I think the film gets a little long winded as it runs just over 30-minutes but there's still a lot to enjoy here. Campbell turns in a charming performance as does Scott Spiegel. I've read the film had the budget of $1,600 and with that in mind it's amazing how much they were able to put into the short.

Let me start off by saying that the version I saw of this looked and sounded horrible, but even despite that, I loved every second of it. So much of what we would see in the shoestring-budget "Evil Dead" (and it's not-as-shoestring first sequel) is on display here in micro form, and after over a decade of being a fan of the series, I sat in amazement and marveled at this 8mm prototype. It was also surprising to see that that "force POV" cam was there from the get-go, madly sweeping through the woods in its evil pursuits. This is a must-see for the fans, so if any Deadite can get their hands on this, it's likely you'll be as spellbound as I was.

As an avid fan of The Evil Dead, Sam Raimi and, of course, Bruce Cambpell, it would be no surprise that i give this movie a 10 rating. But let me explain why: Elen Sandweiss and Bruce Campbell appear in this fantastic super-8 movie of a bunch of college kids in a house in the middle of the woods. Bruce's character isn't the chainsaw-toting Ash we all know and love, he is instead, quite simply: Bruce.Many scenes in this movie are carried through into The Evil Dead, such as the doorstep scene, where Elen frantically tries to open the door to escape from The Force (no, not the Star-Wars Force, the cast and crew of The Evil Dead referred to the evil in the woods as "The Force"). But even for a movie that cost only $1000-odd to make and took a weekend to film this shows outstanding professionalism on everyone's part. The ground-breaking camera-angles are apparent even in this early movie.The violence (which has become The Evil Dead's trademark) is in no short supply here. Despite the budget there's still lots of blood; screaming, wrist-chewing, knife-happy demons and of course, Indian burial grounds. Why not? All in all, definitely one to watch. It may be of poor quality but i still urge you to look for this and watch it. It will satisfy any horror/Campbell/Raimi/Evil Dead fan.

This is great film, and also EVIL DEAD is continuation of Within The Woods. Quality of this film isn't good. But idea, and everything is making that this film is very good... I think many peoples should try to show their ideas. It would be very very interesting.