“Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn” is a cleverly done homage and spoof of the horror movie genre that makes fun and honours films such as “Night of the Living Dead”, “Friday The 13th” and “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”. It’s truly ridiculous, it never stops, it’s gory and it’s pretty darn amusing.

Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell “Evil Dead”, “My Name Is Bruce”) and his new girlfriend find a secluded house to spend some time with each other. However, their fun is ruined after ancient evil is awakened and Ash’s love interest becomes a headless monster. Now with more evil on its way as well as a group of unfortunates Ash must use everything available to get through this nightmare.

Bruce Campbell is very funny as Ash Williams. The character is more like someone out of an action movie. It’s truly hilarious when we seem arm himself with a chainsaw and shotgun because he then says “Groovy”. The other characters are all done in the style of zombie/survival films so although they’re not really entertaining, they do what they’re supposed to. Some of the monsters look fantastic and are brought to life brilliantly via some superb special effects; they look really good near the end of the film.

“Evil Dead II” has a scene where Ash’s hand becomes possessed and starts beating him up (funny stuff), then he has to cut it off, he traps it in a bin with the book “A Farewell To Arms” on top (really funny). As you can most likely tell “Evil Dead II” isn’t a film for everyone but the people who’ll see it won’t be expecting something sophisticated or sensible when it has the title “Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn”. It’s violent, it’s stupid and it’s relentless so I think “Evil Dead II” will more than satisfy those who desperately seek a mockery of the cheesy horror B movies.