2) The Evil Dead (1981)
What is there to be said about this film? The legacy of the film and the impact it had on the careers of Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell in particular must have been a shock to Mary Whitehouse, the Boudicca of British society who gave a sweet natured face to the powerful gaggle of moral guardians she was leading.
The Evil Dead is a fine film and signals a shift in the sensibilities of the American horror film. There is a gleeful and knowing smile behind the demonic activity on display and Campbell and Raimi pour in the years of low budget shlock-horror films they have soaked up to create a film which delights in the darkness it creates.
Rightly considered a horror classic its legacy it that it too, like many of the others on this list, is being remade minus the word ‘The’ from the title. What else is loses in translation to the present is yet to be seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtsK7skqk9U
