The story of Sam Raimi's gory masterpiece should inspire all filmmakers. I love horror. My office is a veritable shrine to Hitchcock, Cronenberg, and Carpenter. So when I stumbled across a video about the origins of another horror master, Sam Raimi, I immediately pushed play. If there's any do-it-yourself indie filmmaker who should inspire you and your work, it's Raimi. Regardless of how you feel about his work, this is a writer/director who started small and proved that fun concepts and original ideas could launch a career. This video, put together by The Royal Ocean Film Society, tracks the history of Raimi's early years and how he got this first iconic project off the ground. Let's dig in. Raimi got his start just like you I love hearing about Raimi's early work, because it sounds just like what so many of us are doing as indie filmmakers. We're hanging out with our friends, finding people with cameras, costumes, and locations, and just going out and having a good time making original content. Fortunately, Bruce Campbell happened to be one of Raimi's close buds. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Thursday, 10 June, 2021