1. Auteur Sam Rami
Themes
Evil Dead 2 (1987) Spider-Man (2002) Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Horror Romance Romance
Dark Humour Revenge Retribution
White Protagonist White Protagonist White Protagonist
Monster Transformation Sciences Experiments Goes
Wrong
Sciences Experiments Goes
Wrong
Female Character In Danger Female Character In Danger Female Character In Danger
Villain Begs For Mercy Villain Begs For Mercy Friendship Struggles
Character Meets Evil Version
Himself In The Mirror
Character Meets Evil Version
Himself In The Mirror
Hero Looses Powers
Hero Challenges Monster Villain Challenges Hero Villain Challenges Hero
Windy/Stormy Environments Rainy/Stormy Environments Windy/Stormy Environments
Flying Villains Flying Villains Secrets Revealed
Villains Evil Laugh Villains Evil Laugh Villain Sacrifice
Nursery Songs In Dark
Moments
Nursery Songs In Dark
Moments
Tragic Villain
Character Insanity Character Insanity Character Insanity
Screaming Females Screaming Females Screaming Females
Masculine Strong Protagonist Masculine Strong Protagonist Split Personality
Protagonist Ditches Their Love
Ones During Monster Attack
Father Like Relationship Protagonist Ditches Their Love
Ones During Villain Attack
Voice Over Narration Voice Over Narration Voice Over Narration
Good Versus Evil Good Versus Evil Good Versus Evil
Supernatural Horror Libel News Media Libel News Media
Unnatural Phenomenon Villain Father Figure Villain Mentor
One-Liner Wisecrack Humour Wisecrack Humour
Techniques
Evil Dead 2 (1987) Spider-Man (2002) Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Jump Scares Jump Scares Jump Scares
High Angles Extreme Eye Ball Close Up Extreme Eye Ball Close Up
Slow Motion Fights Slow Motion Fight Slow Motion Action Sequence
Off Screen Shadow Kills Fade Outs Off Screen Shadow Kills
Monster POV Chasing Victim Colour Psychology Monster POV Chasing Victim
Character 4th
Wall Laugh Fast Camera Movement Character 4th Wall Scream
Quick Cuts Of Objects Objects Focus Objects Focus
Flashing Images Flashing Images Character Expression Shots
Dark lighting Dark lighting Dark lighting
Tilted Camera Angles Character Symbols Transition Character Symbols Transition
blood on camera lens Flashbacks Flashbacks
2. Sam Rami has a lot of common themes in his movies, for an example, Rami
uses a good character meeting an evil version of himself in a mirror. This was
shown in The Evil Dead 2 (1987) and Spider-Man (2002) where a character like
(Ash Williams) and (Norman Osborne) meets an evil version of himself in a
mirror.
Another common theme that Rami does that he always has a voice over
narration in the beginning of his films, for e.g. Evil Dead 2 (1987) has a
narration explaining about the book and in Spider-Man 1 (2002) and 2 (2004),
there is a narration of Peter Parker narrating his life story.
Sam Rami has lot of common techniques in his movies, for an example, Rami
uses jump scares to make his audience jump some moment’s in the film, for
e.g. in the Evil dead 2 (1987) a monster pops up from the fruit cellar. In Spider-
Man (2002) The Green Goblin jump scare during the fire building battle. And in
Spider-Man 2 (2004) Doc Ock Tentacles jump scares Harry Osborne during the
triennium scene.
Another common technique Rami uses is a POV monster cam chasing its
victim, for an example, in the Evil Dead 2 (1987), you see the POV of the
monster chasing Ash Williamson through the cabins. In Spider-Man 2 (2004),
you see the POV of Doc’s Ock tentacles grabbing the doctors in the hospital
scene.
The theme of Spider-Man 2 (2004), may be a comic book /romance movie but
Sam Rami still added a lot of his horror theme into the film. For an example
there is one scene from the movie that had a big reference to the Evil Dead
films, The Doc Ock hospital sequence. This scene had a lot horror themes into
it and a lot of Evil Dead references. E.g. A group of characters being attack by a
huge armed monster machine; a doctor uses a chainsaw which references Ash
Williamsons weapon, a nurse being dragged across the dark while screaming.
Bruce Campbell (Ash Williamson) also makes a cameo in all 3 of the Sam Rami
Spider-Man films which is a big reference to the Evil Dead films which was also
directed by Sam Rami.
Relating with other directors, JJ Abrams and Sam Rami may have one thing in
common with their themes, for an example the both directors always have a
white protagonist in their movies.
