Sam Raimi is the director, creator of the cult franchise The Evil Dead, the horror movie "Take Me to Hell, " the Spider-Man trilogy, and many other films. How did his career begin? What other projects in the filmography of Sam Raimi are worth the attention of an experienced movie fan? Let's find out.
Carier start
Sam Raimi's first film was a black comedy with elements of the detective "This Murder!", Shot by him in 1977. The budget amounted to only 2 thousand dollars. The main roles in the film were played by Sam Raimi, Scott Spiegel and Bruce Campbell (director's friend). After this project, Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell constantly collaborated.
Sam Raimi’s next project was “In the Woods, ” the first draft of the famous “Evil Dead”. The main roles in the film were played by Sam Raimi's friends, and the budget was even smaller than the previous project. The horror lasting only 30 minutes aroused great interest among viewers and potential investors, which inspired the director to create "The Evil Dead".
First confession
In 1979, work began on the full-length horror film The Evil Dead. The main roles were played by Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker and Richard Demenikor. The budget was modest - 350 thousand dollars.
Sam Raimi used a lot of intimidation in his picture, it has many picturesque scenes of torture, murder, violence, for which the film received the most cruel rental rating NC-17. The film was attacked by censors in many countries of the world, the most cruel and frank scenes were cut for showing in cinemas.
Critics just fell in love with Sam Raimi’s work. They noted that the young director managed to create something really scary. The film quickly gained cult status, and its fan is the king of horrors Stephen King himself.
The sequel to “The Evil Dead” came out six years later (in 1987), although the creation was continued while working on the original film. "Evil Dead 2" are a direct continuation of the previous part of the trilogy. Of the original cast, only Bruce Campbell played in the picture.
This project was also liked by critics. Compared to the previous film, the visual component has become much better, which made the sequel even more scary and realistic than the original. The picture was nominated for several Saturn awards as the best horror.
Career heyday
In 1990, Sam Raimi and his brother Ivan began work on a new project - the action movie "Man of Darkness." They wrote the script together and started filming. The role of the protagonist, a scientist who is looking for those who destroyed his laboratory and mutilated his face, went to Liam Nisson. A small role in the film was given to Ted Raimi, another brother of Sam Raimi.
This picture was also liked by critics and viewers. With a budget of $ 16 million, the movie raised $ 48 million at the box office, which is pretty good for 1990.
A year later, Sam Raimi proceeded to the final part of the trilogy about the evil dead - the horror "The Evil Dead: Army of Darkness". Both critics and horror fans praised the film, although it was no longer as scary and shocking as the two previous parts.
Pilot projects
In 1993, Sam Raimi began work on his first career, Western, Fast and Dead. The main roles were played by Russell Crowe, Sharon Stone and Leonardo DiCaprio, then still a little-known aspiring actor. The film received mixed reviews from critics and barely recouped its budget at the box office.
Raimi’s next project was the dramatic thriller Simple Plan. In the commercial plan, this project was not successful, but won two nominations for the Academy Award.
In 2000, the director took on the production of the mystical thriller “Gift” with Cate Blanchett, Katie Holmes and Keanu Reeves in the lead roles. The main character of the film is Annabelle, a single mother who has an uncanny gift for predicting the future. This gift does not seem to her a blessing at all, because nightmare visions often haunt her. But it soon turns out that Annabel’s visions are the only way to uncover the murder of a young woman recently in the town.
Spider-man
In 2002, Sam Raimi took up the adaptation of the Marvel comics about Spider-Man and did not fail. Spider-Man received good reviews from the audience, was nominated for several prestigious awards, and collected 820 million at the box office with a budget of 140 million. Two years later, Raimi set to continue, and in 2007 removed the final part of the trilogy Spider-Man: The Enemy in reflection. " The franchise has become a classic of superhero militants, its spin-offs are removed to this day.
