RichE Wrote:Actually Sam Raimi said it was a remake and he wanted to put a diffrent spin on the original idea.
That's not my recollection at all. My understanding was that ED2 was a sequel, and the first parts were essentially a recap of the first movie that were reshot with new people because Raimi couldn't get permission to use clips from the first film. I may have to break out the commentary track again, if I find some time....
Actually, here's the entry from Wikipedia, for what it's worth:
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Evil Dead II is not a remake of the first movie and was never intended to be. For legal reasons, Sam Raimi couldn't use footage from the first movie in order to make a recap at the beginning that would let the audience know what had happened in the first movie that led to the events of
Evil Dead II. So he had to re-shoot some key scenes from the first, but with a simplified plot. For example, the recap was streamlined to show only Ash and his girlfriend (now played by a different actress) going to the cabin in the woods, instead of going with their friends as well. Approximately 7 minutes into
Evil Dead II, the final scene from The Evil Dead plays again (Ash standing outside the cabin alone, turning around when a spirit is approaching him) and the story of
Evil Dead II begins."
Blake