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The Evil Dead
10
12.82%
Evil Dead II
25
32.05%
Darkman
1
1.28%
Army of Darkness
9
11.54%
The Quick and the Dead
4
5.13%
A Simple Plan
10
12.82%
Spider-Man
3
3.85%
Spider-Man 2
12
15.38%
Crimewave
1
1.28%
Other (Say what it is)
3
3.85%
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Old 10-14-08, 10:59 PM
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Best Sam Raimi Movie
Which Sam Raimi movie do you consider the best or your favorite?
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Evil Dead II! I would've put The Gift on the poll too.
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Evil Dead and Evil Dead II. I had to vote for the original. Pretty much a slow decline since then.
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Spider-man 2. The ED series is good camp.
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For Love of the Game...yeah, I said it.

The Spider-man movies seem awfully dated already and just haven't held up.

Evil Dead is not bad, I think ED II is a bit overrated.
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Old 10-15-08, 01:48 AM
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For as much as I hated Spider-Man 3, I do believe Raimi is pretty versatile.
Any resume with A Simple Plan, Spider-Man, and the Gift is worthy of respect.
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Quick & Dead... Only one I haven't seen is crimewave... They are all great movies.
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For me, it's The Evil Dead and it's not even close. I introduced a lot of my buddies to the ED series, but they all liked 2/3 better. I love those parts too, but I guess the straight up isolated in the woods horror nut in me always shines through. Besides, I think the original is as funny as the second anyways, just in a totally different way.
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I'd just like to say that, while I love EDII, Darkman is totally underrated. This is evidenced, disappointingly, by its' 0 votes.

Also Keanu Reeves does some of his best acting in The Gift.
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Old 10-15-08, 06:33 AM
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Evil Dead 2 by a mile. Second place would probably be Crimewave.

Otherwise, he pretty much sucks.
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Spiderman 2 and Evil Dead are pretty close. I love both of them.

Believe it or not, I don't care much for Evil Dead II or Army of Darkness.

Got a soft spot for The Quick and the Dead.
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Believe it or not, I don't care much for Evil Dead II or Army of Darkness.
I don't believe it.
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Evil Dead II. It's always been one of my favorite horror films, ever since Siskel and Ebert made it their video pick of the week. I rushed out that night to rent it and was hooked.
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I voted for Evil Dead II because I feel it's the best example of his filmmaking. I get more enjoyment out of Army of Darkness and Evil Dead but I think II takes the extremes those films have and consolidates them perfectly.
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Spider-man 2, followed very closely by Evil Dead II. A Simple Plan is definitely up there for me as well... all 3 I would call favourites.
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I've only seen the Spidey movies & For Love of the Game, so I've gotta vote for SM2.
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Evil Dead II
Army of Darkness
Spiderman 2
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Evil Dead 2 is sooo overrated. At least Army of Darkness knows what it is. Spider-Man 2 is my vote.
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It was hard but ED2 wins it for me.
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Evil Dead, didn't like EDII as well, and really didn't like Army of Darkness at all.
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Army of Darkness or Spidey 2.
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