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Evil Dead II AKA Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)
A man is trapped in a cabin with a group of strangers, while being attacked by flesh-possessing demons.Director: Sam Raimi
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
-R1 "Book of the Dead" LE has a new improved transfer, one new featurette, and exclusive package (it´s basically only missing the "Evil Dead: Hail To The King" video game preview from the other R1-releases). The R1 Lionsgate release is the same, but it loses the bonus trailers and exclusive packaging.
-If you're a real fan of the film, you'll want to track down one of the R1 Limited Edition tins, since it has the exclusive poster replica and 48 page booklet. It also has some additional stills over the "Book of the Dead"-release.
-The original R1 release features the original Mono soundtrack.
-R2 UK box set has the exclusive extra-material on the 4th disc. UK-release is missing the still galleries, "Evil Dead: Hail To The King" video game preview, and "Evil Dead II: Behind The Screams" -featurette.
-Finally the R2 French CE also has additional unique extras on the second disc.
The choice is yours as to what is more important.
There are two versions of this film:
(1.) The original theatrical cut (84 minutes).
(2.) The extended cut (87 minutes). -
CUTS:
- R0 America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts (84:17 NTSC).
- R1 America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts (84:51 NTSC).
- R1 America- Lions Gate Home Entertainment - No cuts.
- R1 The Book of the Dead Limited Edition America- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts (84:19 NTSC).
- R2 Collector's Edition France- Studio Canal - No cuts.
- R2 30th Anniversary Edition Germany- Studio Canal - No cuts (80:54 PAL).
- R2 Holland- RCV Home Entertainment - No cuts.
- R2 Holland- Universal Pictures - No cuts (81:07 PAL).
- R2 Italy- Universal Pictures - No cuts.
- R2 Scandinavia- Sandrew Metronome - No cuts (80:48 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- BMG - Yes. This film was cut by 2 seconds for UK video release to remove a facekick to Ash as he lies unconscious.
- R2 United Kingdom- Momentum Pictures - No cuts. BBFC have waived the previous cuts.
- R2 United Kingdom- Optimum Releasing - No cuts (81:08 PAL).
- R2 Limited Edition – The Evil Dead Trilogy United Kingdom- Anchor Bay Entertainment - No cuts.
- R4 Australia- Universal Pictures - No cuts (81:07 PAL).
- R4 Brazil- Universal Pictures - No cuts.
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Comparison added by Craig on 20/07/01
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 05/05/21UPDATE LOG:
29 Sept 2012: Addition of the R1 Lionsgate release.
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01 Aug 2011: Added Easter Eggs for R2 UK Trilogy set
01 Aug 2011: Major comparison clean-up.
29/12/17: Massive amounts of deatail added to the UK Special Edition.
17/06/19: Clean-Up and addition of Caps-A-Holic link.
29/09/19: R2 UK (Optimum) & R2 Germany added. Detail of BBFC cut.
01/05/21: Clean-up.
05/05/21: Added Holland Universal, merged Sandrew Metronome x2.
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