evil dead II (1987)

aka Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn.
Ash (Bruce Campbell) takes his girlfriend to a backwoods cabin, and finding a professor's tape recorded translation of the Book of the Dead, unleashes some evil spirits. He's soon fighting his girlfriend and once she's dispatched, the spirits within himself. His hand becoming a truly original and comic creation! Then four strangers turn up including the professor's daughter. Who will survive, or will they all be 'dead by dawn'?
A sequel come remake of The Evil Dead, its an obviously slicker and more expensive affair, but retains its cheap credentials, still making use of the stop motion creatures of the first. The additions are in the character of Ash, who has developed a wickedly black humour and some great one liners. He's also developed his use of tools in defeating the deadites. This makes for a more fulfilling film than the first, which was a much more straight up horror. In this version Ash is more rounded and he's grown into the role of hero, all be it a cowardly one. It also sets us up nicely for Evil Dead III: Army of Darkness.