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Evil Dead 2 (Dead by Dawn) is my favorite of the three.
The first movie is like a film school project. The second movie almost ignores the existance of the first (with a bit of cursory narration) and does the job over outrageously well and the third is like their high budget grand finale.
The third movie had some great lines, but the second movie had some really impressive camera work.
Ever see the original clip? It all started with a 15 minute slaughterfest. Good stuff.
But yea, I really liked 2. I think Bruce and Sam finally realized after 2 that ED wasn't working as a horror, and was more funny then scary, and put that knowledge to use for 3.
No, I'm saying 2 was funny - that's the whole point! They were still trying to make it into a horror during 2, and then they realized it was funny, so they made 3 an all out comedy.
According to interviews with Sam and Bruce, they were trying to make 2 scary, they weren't doing parody until 3. But hey, the Deadites site is slowly dying a painful death, so the stuff on there could be wrong. *Shrugs*