Satirical Techniques In Sam Raimi's Evil Dead II

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Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead II is the epitome of a splatter – comedy, psychological, slapstick, demony-hell, undead, monster (thing??), no-cohesive-genre, cult film. Made in 1987, Evil Dead II blurs the lines of genre through use of slapstick comedy, outrageous gore, and a horror – themed plotline; which is exemplified in the “dancing corpse” sequence. The sequence begins with a self – playing piano, the music being diegetic in contrast to the dancing portion of the sequence. The viewer assumes this trick must also be done by the monster which makes the horror element seem a bit whimsical. The camera cuts to a bloody Ash, who takes out Linda’s necklace from his shirt pocket, examines it while crying, and the piano just plays in the background. Suddenly Ash looks up, in a sort of “speaking of Linda” moment, which demonstrates a cohesive segue into the “dancing corpse” part of the sequence. The “dancing corpse” sequence exhibits slapstick comedy behavior through the ridiculousness of …show more content…

According to Allthatisinteresting.net, “decomposition has 5 parts, initial decay, putrefaction, black putrefaction, butyric putrefaction, and dry decay. The first part, initial decay, takes on the day of death to 3 days after. The body may look fresh on the outside but inside, it starts to decay.” Linda’s corpse in this sequence looks like it’s half bone, half flesh. Which, according to Allthatisinteresting.net, is in black putrefaction which is when the flesh is the consistency of cottage cheese and insects have eaten most of it, which doesn’t occur until ten – twenty days after death. (Sorry for the gross-out) Therefore, the condition of Linda’s corpse indicates that ten to twenty days must have passed between the death of Linda and the “dancing corpse” sequence. This adds a psychological element to the genre through the time spent indicated by the level of

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