> Okay, here's the deal. "The Evil Dead" was
>intended to be a serious horror flick, but it was
>just too bad to take seriously. "Evil Dead 2" is
>a spoof of the first movie; same setting, same
>character, same events (well, roughly), but made
>cheesy on purpose. "Army of Darkness" was
>intended to be a comedy from the get-go.
>

Thanks to everyone who posted in this thread, I now have a review of "The Evil Dead" on the bad movie page. Check it out :-)