Hope's clipped, mean - mouthed delivery and glass - cutting nasal tones might have been
hilarious in a four - minute sketch, but they soon become unbearable in a
feature -
length film.
Raimi has been immersed in horror
films for so long that he (along with his writing partner, brother Ivan) uses them in the movie to tell a
feature -
length joke that true horror fans will understand... and find
hilarious.