Best Evil Dead DVDs?

For Evil Dead I would say the Book of the Dead edition though that might went out print already. Evil Dead Two it be the Anchor Bay edition.

How is the Book of The Dead edition? They are pretty rare and hard to track down. Is it worth it?

The book of the Dead edition of Evil Dead is great. The special features aren't that special but for the packaging along it's well worth it. If you can find it I would get it. As for Evil Dead II, I'm pretty sure there is only one DVD out for it so that's your only option.

I agree that for The Evil Dead the only option should be the Book of the Dead edition. The packaging is simply amazing.

I've seen Evil Dead 2 packaged inside of a tin at On Cue once or twice but I never had enough cash to buy it. I don't know if the special features are the same or not...

As for Army of Darkness there is a Director's Cut with an alternate ending and then there is the Theatrical version. The director's cut has a great commentary on it - not sure about the Theatrical version because I haven't picked it up yet.

Yeah, the "Boomstick Edition" has everything. I end up buying like 4 different copies of Army Of Darkness on VHS and then this DVD came along with all the features from each one.

There are two different versions of "Evil Dead II" on DVD. One is the bare-bones one with just the trailer and then they have the THX Special Edition one. Obvious choice.

Now I'm confused. I have the one with the "plain brown wrapper" case. Which one is that?

Shit. Now I have to buy this...

I've got the Book of the Dead and the Evil Dead 2 tin (signed by BRUUUUCE!). The tin doesn't have any extra features, but it looks pretty cool. Some die hard purists complain about the Evil Dead transfer on the Book of the Dead (it's widescreen, 1:85:1, and I guess the original was television sized ratio) but it looks great to me, and it's how Raimi wants it, so yeah.

Strangely enough, I don't have Army of Darkness on DVD. I have two video editions, though. I guess I'm going to pick up the Boomstick, since that has both. Right on.

That's the director's cut or "bootleg edition". It is the exact same thing as Disc 2 of the "Boomstick Edition" except for the labels on the respective discs.

I have the Book of the Dead Edition, staying wrapped, then the barebones ver. for EDI, then I have Bootleg edition of AOD, theater ver. of AOD, and I also have Boomstick Edition of AOD.

I have spec. ed. of EDII on vhs, but for reason I dont own any on DVD, wierd, Ill quickly remedy that.

I say..just to be a completist...get them ALL.

Probably reiterating what others have said, but...

THE EVIL DEAD: The Book of the Dead (as other folks have said) is the way to go, mainly because of an excellent transfer and an awesome DTS ES track. However, it's framed at 1.85:1, which allegedly is the director's choice although all versions previous have always been 4:3, with the movie projected at 1.85:1 for theatrical showings. The Elite has the 4:3 version, and a lighter transfer, plus two great commentary tracks, but those are repeated on The Book of the Dead. Because of the framing issue, I have both but if you're going for one, go for The Book of the Dead.

EVIL DEAD II: The Anchor Bay SE is great. Great commentary, a fun featurette and a great THX'd 5.1 track. The tin is awkward, and if I remember correctly OOP, so the Amaray is the way to go. Be wary though: AB also did an earlier version which was bare and shitty, so if you see a version with the famous creepy skull, avoid. The one you should be going for has the painted art from the UK theatrical poster.

ARMY OF DARKNESS: There's tons of versions, but it all depends. If you want both the director's cut and the theatrical edition, go for the Boomstick Edition, which is a repackage of the original 2-disc LE that Anchor Bay put out. It's got some cool extra stuff, and a decent commentary, however, the transfer on the director's cut sucks. If you're interested in having a perfect director's cut, the MGM disc from Region 3 contains the commentary and some extras, plus a perfect transfer of the director's cut, and as far as I know is the only way to get that good transfer on DVD. The title Bruce Campbell Vs. Army of Darkness is just a retitle Anchor Bay used on the second reissue of the second disc of the 2-disc LE (being the director's cut), being the one with the imitation brown bag cover. It's just a title to align it with the film (as BCvAOD is the film's on-screen title), but means nothing in terms of anything extra.

Hope this helps.