"Gone are the days of running over to your pal Joey's to view a bootlegged copy or a really crappy copy of a copy," the liner notes say. And it's the truth. This is one big beoo-tee-fool restored film in (hopefully) its entire glory.

After waiting a good ten years for another release, you're able to get your grubby little hands on this classic flick. If you live in a little town like I do, no one carries an original copy, so the best was to wait for the Sci-Fi Channel to run a cut that would put the censors of "Pulp Fiction" to shame.

If you think "CLICHÉ", well, remember this was made in '79 (released in '82), which was the dawning of the gore period, which defined what the horror cliché is today. (Note to myself and everyone: 'Scream' holds nothing on this movie and cliché jokes.) But anyway, here it is:

During a trip, five people (three girls and two guys, a big first for horror ladies and gentlemen! Wait, the women die ... never mind) go up to a little shack in the woods for the weekend. After searching in the cellar for awhile, the two men, Ash (Bruce Campbell) and what's-his-name (believe me, it doesn't really matter) stumble upon a tape recorder, an ugly-ass book, which looks like it was made from spare parts of Michael Jackson, and a nice, little dagger.

So, of course, they bring all of the items back up, much to the displease of one of the women (believe me, they should have named everyone but Ash "Cannon Fodder"). Being wacky, kooky, nutty teenagers ready for a good scare, they play the tape and wake up the dead living in the woods. I hate when that happens. Reminds me of the time last week...

Anyway, back to the movie. Each of the people are picked off, one by one, and subjected to demonic possession. The possessed try to start killing the non-possessed people in some of the most bizarre ways imaginable. (Come on, one of the girls tries to go after Ash with ... A NUMBER 2 PENCIL! THE HORROR!)

One after the other are subjected to possession, until Ash is left to sit and scream as his demon ridden lover and his sister torment him to no end. Sure, it sounds like regular horror movie standards, but the big thing is the copious amounts of red fluids ejecting from various wounds on the body.

Oh, did I mention tree branches raping a young, nubile and pretty-damn-stacked-to-boot female? I Swear, if you've ever seen an anime hentai, this tree-branch scene is where all those anime creators came up with the idea of "Naughty Tentacles" (See "Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend").

Gripes? They're pretty much all on a technical level. First thing, ever burst a pimple? How it all shoots out in one jet stream? Well, Welcome to "The Evil Dead"!

The "whack the girlfriend upside the head with a metal beam" scene ... I never knew a metal beam would bend like cheap cardboard. That was a major error of Star Trek proportions.

According to what I've heard, one tree-branch scene was cut out of the re-release. Sure, I'm thankful that I'm seeing the movie in the first place, but tree branch rape is worth seeing twice!

All in all, this is one of those movies you definitely have to see - if not for the shock value, for the dark humor in it. There are just some instances where you can't help but laugh. So you know what? 5 Yaks! Go rent it if you can, because things like this need to be seen!