There’s no avoiding potential hyperbole here, but here goes: we don’t have modern cinema without Sam Raimi.
What is the ongoing superhero movie boom if not an elaborate extension built upon the foundation that is his “Spider-Man” trilogy? And would we have the modern horror genre, so capable of pivoting between comedy and terror with gleeful ease, without his “Evil Dead” movies? Even his less-discussed work, like the grimy, pulpy “Darkman” and the intense, unsettling “A Simple Plan” showcase a filmmaker not satisfied to do the same thing over and over again.
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