Evil Dead Trilogy [Blu-ray]

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Grindhouse Releasing and Fathom Events will celebrate the 40th anniversary with an exclusive nationwide screening introduced by star Bruce Campbell. The anecdotes come thick and fast, firmly supporting a lot of the legends that fans have always known about and refuting virtually nothing at all. All of what I said about the qualities of the US video transfer goes for this one, as well, but I will say one thing, though – that shot in which Robert Tapert has been removed from the side of the frame actually did appear more obvious this time around. print has been approved by Sam Raimi and, more importantly, re-composed, and now looks far better than it ever did before. This offers a smart insight into how low budget independent horror films find distribution and the gambles that are made and the tricks that are pulled.

Now, hang on a moment, isn't that the naughty tree branch violating Ellen Sandweiss on-location - the very thing she says happened in post-production and she wasn't even aware of until she saw the premier .

This image reveals more of the tangle of wires and twisted steel, stone and timber in the clawed hand of the busted bridge. Sony’s transfer of The Evil Dead uses the same AVC encode as the Anchor Bay release and the print looks just as good, the same new level of detail maintained. Just like the sight of the fire simmering beneath the floor of the Norwegian camp in The Thing, I'm sure this has always been there, but it took a hi-def transfer for me to actually notice it.

Though not very extensive, the mid-range is shockingly sharp and detailed, and an endless array of ambient effects fills the screen with crystal clarity. To this day, the film remains as wildly original and over the top as ever and still we can't get enough of it. Other than the commentary - which is brilliant, of course - and frequent footage and stills from the film's production, he is completely absent. Lastly, there's a vintage theatrical trailer (a nostalgic hoot), TV spots and a gallery of stills including candids from the set, production art and posters. Some of the earlier shots that are struck in the daylight, or occur in better light, actually offered up a sort of similar frozen grain pattern to that witnessed on Blue Underground's BDs of City Of The Living Dead and Django - considerably lesser, I should point out, but the sight of it did cause me to catch my breath for a second and pray that it just went away.Most all of them can be found on previous versions, but at the same time, there are a few others mysteriously missing from the package.