Evil Dead

2013 BAM Award Considerations – April

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Last year I had one massive running list and it became very cumbersome to add to, and to read I’m sure. By creating a new post monthly, and creating massive combo files offline, it should make the process easier for me and more user-friendly for you, the esteemed reader. Enjoy.

Eligible Titles

Time of My Life
Survive and Advance
John Dies at the End
Evil Dead
Admission
Crush
California Solo
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
4some
Olympus Has Fallen
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
At the Gate of the Ghost
Allez, Eddy!
Renoir
Disconnect
Leonie
Oz the Great and Powerful
The Croods

Best Picture

Time of My Life
At the Gate of the Ghost
Allez, Eddy!
Disconnect
The Croods

Best Foreign Film

Time of My Life
At the Gate of the Ghost
Allez, Eddy!
Renoir
Leonie

Best Documentary

Last year this was an omitted category, due mostly to the fact that too few total candidates existed to make the slate feel legitimate. I will hope to be able to rectify that this year.

Survive and Advance
Elway to Marino

Most Overlooked Film

As intimated in my Most Underrated announcement this year, I’ve decided to make a change here. Rather than get caught up in me vs. the world nonsense and what a film’s rating is on an aggregate site, the IMDb or anywhere else, I want to champion smaller, lesser-known films. In 2011 with the selection of Toast this move was really in the offing. The nominees from this past year echo that fact. So here, regardless of how well-received something is by those who’ve seen it, I’ll be championing indies and foreign films, and the occasional financial flop from a bigger entity.

Time of My Life
At the Gate of the Ghost
Allez, Eddy!
Leonie

Best Director

Time of My Life
John Dies at the End
At the Gate of the Ghost
Allez, Eddy!
Disconnect

Best Actress

Lotte Pinoy Time of My Life
Jane Levy Evil Dead
Tina Fey Admission
Victorie Cermakova 4some
Chermarn Bonnyasak At the Gate of the Ghost
Barbara Sarafian Allez, Eddy!
Andrea Riseborough Disconnect
Paula Patton Disconnect
Christa Theret Renoir
Emily Mortimer Leonie
Mila Kunis Oz the Great and Powerful

Best Actor

Koen De Graeve Time of My Life
Shiloh Fernandez Evil Dead
Paul Rudd Admission
Lucas Till Crush
Robert Carlyle California Solo
Jet Li The Sorcerer and the White Snake
Hynek Cermak 4some
Ananda Everingham At the Gate of the Ghost
Jelte Blommaert Allez, Eddy!
Jason Bateman Disconnect
Michel Bouquet Renoir
Shidô Nakamura Leonie
James Franco Oz the Great and Powerful

Best Supporting Actress

Viviane de Muynck Time of My Life
Jessica Lucas Evil Dead
Lily Tomlin Admission
Marika Sarah Prochazkova 4some
Silke Cnockaert Allez, Eddy!
Hope Davis Disconnect
Rachel Weisz Oz the Great and Powerful

Best Supporting Actor

Geert Van Rampelberg Time of My Life
Iwein Segers Time of My Life
Paul Giamatti John Dies at the End
Lou Taylor Pucci Evil Dead
Wallace Shawn Admission
Nat Wolff Admission
Jiri Langmajer 4some
Ludek Munzar 4some
Dom Hetrakul At the Gate of the Ghost
Phongpat Wachirabanjhong At the Gate of the Ghost
Mario Maurer At the Gate of the Ghost
Peter van den Begin Allez, Eddy!
Max Thieriot Disconnect
Frank Grillo Disconnect
Jean Rottiers Renoir
Takashi Kashiwabara Leonie

Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Leading Role

Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Leading Role

Jelte Blommaert Allez, Eddy!
Colin Ford Disconnect

Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Supporting Role

Savannah Lathem California Solo
Valerie Samalova 4some
Marika Sarah Prochazkova 4some
Coleen Leempoel Allez, Eddy!
Louca Platon Leonie
Joey King Oz the Great and Powerful

Best Performance by a Young Actor in a Supporting Role

Felix Maesschalck Time of My Life
Nat Wolff Admission
Gregor Buaer 4some
Vaclav Marhold 4some
Finley Jacobsen Olympus Has Fallen
Mathias Vergels Allez, Eddy
Jelle Claymans Allez, Eddy!
Jelle Florizoone Allez, Eddy!
Jonah Bobo Disconnect
Aviad Bernstein Disconnect
Thomas Doret Renoir
Bowie Gunn Leonie
Julian Ogawa Leonie
Daichi Flaherty Leonie

Best Cast

Time of My Life
Evil Dead
4some
At the Gate of the Ghost
Allez, Eddy!
Disconnect
Renoir
Leonie
Oz the Great and Powerful

Best Youth Ensemble

Admission
4some
Allez, Eddy!
Disconnect
Leonie

Best Original Screenplay

4some
Allez, Eddy!
Disconnect
The Croods

Best Adapted Screenplay

Time of My Life
John Dies at the End
Evil Dead
Admission
At the Gate of the Ghost
Renoir
Leonie
Oz the Great and Powerful

Best Score

Time of My Life
Evil Dead
At the Gate of the Ghost
Allez, Eddy!
Disconnect
Renoir
Leonie
Oz the Great and Powerful
The Croods

Best Editing

Time of My Life
John Dies at the End
Olympus Has Fallen
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
At the Gate of the Ghost
Allez, Eddy!
Disconnect
Renoir
Leonie
Oz the Great and Powerful
The Croods

Best Sound Editing/Mixing

John Dies at the End
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
Olympus Has Fallen
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
At the Gate of the Ghost
Allez, Eddy!
Oz the Great and Powerful
The Croods

Best Cinematography

Time of My Life
John Dies at the End
California Solo
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
Olympus Has Fallen
At the Gate of the Ghost
Allez, Eddy!
Disconnect
Renoir
Leonie
Oz the Great and Powerful
The Croods

Best Art Direction

John Dies at the End
Evil Dead
4some
At the Gate of the Ghost
Disconnect
Renoir
Leonie
Oz the Great and Powerful

Best Costume Design

Evil Dead
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
At the Gate of the Ghost
Allez, Eddy!
Renoir
Leonie
Oz the Great and Powerful

Best Makeup

Time of My Life
Evil Dead
Olympus Has Fallen
At the Gate of the Ghost
Renoir
Oz the Great and Powerful

Best Visual Effects

John Dies at the End
Evil Dead
Olympus Has Fallen
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
At the Gate of the Ghost
Oz the Great and Powerful

Best (Original) Song

At the Gate of the Ghost
Oz the Great and Powerful
The Croods

61 Days of Halloween- The Evil Dead

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Most holidays worth their while encompass entire seasons, such as Christmas, for example. However, as you may have noticed there is a corporate push every year for us to think about the next holiday even sooner. While this has many negative side effects I figure I may as well embrace it.

Since Labor Day is really only good for college football and movie marathons cinematically it is as significant as Arbor Day, which means the next big day on the calendar is Halloween and we can start looking toward it starting now.

Daily I will be viewing films in the horror genre between now and then and sharing the wealth. Many, as is usually the case, will not be worth it so for every disappointment so I will try and suggest something worth while as well.

The Evil Dead

Ellen Sandweiss in The Evil Dead (New line Cinema)

If there was ever a horror film in the gore sub-genre that goes for the throat and just won’t quit it is unquestionably The Evil Dead. This is a film with such pulverizing scenes of blood-letting and death that there’s no time to be concerned with much else it just draws you in and you become absolutely enthralled.

At the beginning we see just enough of these characters to differentiate amongst them. They are sketched out just enough such that we don’t hate them and so that their deaths aren’t a relief but sometimes it does come as a pleasant shock.

The use of the subjective camera to represent the spirits make this film and absolutely does wonders to add to the atmosphere. The relentless speed and the bowling over of trees on the part of these spirits who never really manifested themselves in their true form make the film what it is.

Of course, one cannot talk about the cinematography without discussing the score of this film for without it these would have just been cute camera moves. Instead the spirits had their own theme song: a tenebrous, loud yet low-pitched thump that struck fear into my heart every time I heard it.

Another way The Evil Dead is interesting is that it takes some precepts of film and the horror genre in general and uses them masterfully. First, is the Book of the Dead, which may also be known as the Necronomicon, the filmmakers implemented it to unleash unknown powers on these characters and it was done tremendously well.

The Book of the Dead is undoubtedly a piece of work that has been sparingly used but here it is a perfect fit and shows these people have at least working knowledge of the works of Lovecraft. In Lovecraft’s fiction man’s desire to know what they had absolutely no hope of understanding always leads to his downfall a similar parallel can be drawn to this film.

Secondly, this film masters the use of the subjective camera as the villain which was initiated with It’s Alive! and made famous by Jaws, after The Evil Dead it would be foolishness for someone to try and rely so heavily on it because it just wouldn’t work as well.

Third, there is the great use of possession in this film which is no doubt inspired by The Exorcist and comes close to reproducing an equally effective result along that line. Some audiences may look back on this film which is now 30 years old and think it looks dated but they can’t argue with the fact that it works. I happen to think that the special effects are great especially for when they are made. Claymation or Stop-Motion Animation are great techniques and truly lost arts. Granted it is very difficult to film but the results are great especially with The Evil Dead because the clay and whatever other materials they chose to throw in there just added the extra grotesque touch the film needs. I think it is just wonderful!

There is a great debate between people who are proponents of Night of the Living Dead and The Evil Dead. I think all the arguing is futile. Both of these films are their own unique kind of beast and they’re both beautiful in their own way. Enjoy both these films for what they are and the debate should end and everyone busting a vein trying to win the argument should just shut up.

10/10