This half hour is an 1978 horror movie written and directed by Sam Raimi. You will find quite a few parallels to the filmmaker's "Evil Dead" movies which came out shortly later. The most astonishing thing about this short film is probably that Raimi was only 18 or 19 when he made it. A really good effort for that age. Today, he is mostly known for the "Spider Man" trilogy, but there is a lot more to his body of work and it looks like he is going to stay faithful to his early works with a new "Evil Dead" television serious about to be released. Anyway, back to this short movie. Many of the actors in here also appeared in the "Evil Dead" series and Campbell is going to be in Raimi's new series as well. But it's not just brainless horror. There is actually a feeling of loss when the girl in here in the last scene fights against the evil zombie who once was somebody very close to her. I quite enjoyed watching this one and recommend it and this is even higher to acknowledge as I am usually not too big on horror films. Thumbs up for "Within the Woods".
Review of Within the Woods
