"In some ways, Sam Raimi is the ultimate filmmaker success story. He went from messing around in the woods with a camera, his buddies, and goop he could hurl at them to helming a record-breaking, era-defining blockbuster. It's crazy that the same goofy guy who made The Evil Dead also made Spider-Man. Look at his full filmography, though, and it also makes complete sense. That's what's so charming about Raimi."
"The most charitable thing you can say about Raimi's James Franco-led Wizard of Oz origin story is that you can see the appeal of having the director play in 3-D. Raimi's eclectic camerawork and seemingly endless supply of visual gags had so far played out across two dimensions; what if he added another axis to his Dutch angles and let his visual inventiveness leap from the screen?"
Sam Raimi rose from shooting low-budget, gory comedies in the woods to directing a record-breaking, era-defining blockbuster. His style mixes slapstick, genre-blending, and Dutch-angle camera work. The Evil Dead and Evil Dead II established his signature inventiveness and niche reputation. Spider-Man transformed his career into mainstream success but also created expectations that were hard to escape. He made a pair of one-off films, then waited nearly a decade between projects before returning to superhero territory in 2022. Send Help returns to pulpy, stripped-down storytelling reminiscent of his pre-blockbuster output. Oz the Great and Powerful reveals a rare lack of passion and empty CGI.
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