<< Evil Dead 1 and 2 are the exact same movie, except in 2 there's 2 less people and Bruce Campbell cuts off his hand. Save yourself the trouble and watch Army of Darkness instead (the third in that movie series). In the first 3 minutes they summarize the first and second movie pretty well. >>
1 and 2 were extremely similar, the difference being that 2 was what 1 should have been with a bigger budget. I'm guessing they knew 1 sucked and decided to parody it instead of trying to make a true horror film. As for Army of Darkness summarizing 1 and 2 in the first 3 minutes, yes it does, however there are some subtle differences between what is shown there and what actually happened in Evil Dead 2. Kind of cool to see them back to back and pick out the differences.