Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness; Horror/witchcraft genre comes to Marvel with mixed results. Much like Raimi’s previous work, it straddles hokey/horrifying by way of interesting/cheesy visuals. Acting talent of Cumberbatch and McAdams shine above all once again; B

Oz the Great and Powerful

Oz: The Great and Powerful; Imbues the spirit of Baum's work without sullying the 1939 classic. Scares & laughs for all ages. Well cast; A-

The Evil Dead

Directed by:  Sam Raimi
Starring:  Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker, Hal Delrich
Running Time:  1h 25min

As high a grade this film could receive, being in reality a cheesy low budget horror film full of schlock.  In essence though it is delightful fun, very creepy, very funny, very amusing.  Raimi uses some ingenious camera work and brings to life a rather difficult horror villain.  A possessive force that inhabits the body is extremely difficult to visualize and is effectively done.  The inexperienced cast makes the film seem more real, and in effect even scarier.  Cliches do arise but for their blatant exploitation and destruction.  Balancing the humour with the scares is extremely hard to do at this budget level and for that this film is a superb triumph.

Grade: C+