Evil Dead

I never thought I'd live to see this remake, but, here it is. In 2003 it was announced that Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell would be producing a remake of the original horror film that started both their careers, 1983's (or 1979, or 1981, depending on where you were before the wide release of the original) "The Evil Dead," a film so violent and so disturbing it's still banned in several countries across the world, today. The original film is a classic, from the opening frame depicting a crashed automobile half sunken in a swamp in out in the boondocks of Tennessee to one of the most profoundly haunting endings of a horror movie I've ever seen. And while the original in is a classic, nearly flawless horror film made on a shoestring budget, this remake proves to one up it many ways. I waited ten years for this film to be made, it was worth every moment. The main strong points of the remake are the character development and the slight expansion on the origin of the demonic nature of the Mortorum Demonto (Book of the Dead). The original film's premise was straightforward: Five college students go to a remote cabin in the woods for a weekend to drink, smoke pot and have fun, but when something evil haunting the woods beyond leads to them discovering the ancient Book of the Dead, which one by one possesses them, turning them into monsters, turning on each other, playing mind games and eventually leading into a blood explosion extraordinaire. The remake drops much of that premise, while retaining only the bare bones of the old characters' archetypes. There's a guy with his girlfriend who's with his sister, but she's a recovering heroin addict and has come to their old family cabin in hopes of detoxing over the course of a weekend with the help of a rather nerdy fellow's smart registered nurse girlfriend. A foul smell in the basement leads to the nerdy guy discovering a strange package wrapped in black trash bags and barbed wire and upon carefully opening it, he discovers a book bound in human flesh and inked in human blood. On the inside, someone has scribbled the words "LEAVE THIS BOOK ALONE," but being a curious college student, presumably with a philosophy nature (or just bored because he forgot to bring a book along for the trip and the TV doesn't get good reception) he begins to translate it, speaking the terrible words aloud which awaken something from deep below the earth. And then the fun begins. I know this remake (I'm not sure it's a remake, part of me thinks it's actually a clever prequel to the original, more on that, later) had rather split views from fans of the original. Some hated it, others loved it. It seems in the year since it was released it's leaned more towards the latter, gaining trust due to the heavy involvement of Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell acting as executive producers. Pretty much everything in this movie is, if Sam Raimi or Bruce Campbell wanted you to see something going on on screen, you saw it. There's a scene when the addict girl tries to escape and she crashes a car into a swamp... this is what leads me to believe this film may be a prequel. In the original movie, as I said, the first scene is of a crashed car in the swamp-- not the same make or model of course, but it's the thought here that counts. On the commentary for the original film, Bruce or Sam said the idea behind the crashed car was that another group had been at the cabin and tried to flee, failing-- although in the original movie that's only implied for the brief time the submerged automobile appears. So I'm lead to assume that this film takes place before the original movie, if not literally then spiritually speaking. This movie did not disappoint me, I've been a fan of the original "Evil Dead" movies for a very long time and this movie stayed very true to the original's "balls to the wall" approach, rather than sink into the demented "Looney Tunes" or "Three Stooges" comedy/horror of the also excellent sequels. And, to viewers with a keen eye, the "Three Stooges" elements are still in this film, however they're played in such a way that they come off as more terrifying than funny (when someone slips on a severed ear and smashes their head into the bowl of a toilet in the movie is rather gruesome, where as it can be seen there is influence from comedic bits, there). The acting is surprisingly good for a group of unknown actors, the writing was done by the same screenwriter as the Oscar winning (or nominated?) film "Juno," and the camera movement is fluid and haunting, combined with the dark lighting and often ambient sounds creating a perfect atmosphere for a great horror film. However, all in all, I felt this movie's violence was seriously downplayed from the original's. The original film is a much more brutal film if you watch them back to back. And while there may be more blood in the remake, the original has more scenes that make you turn your head and wince (the Achilles' heel pencil stabbing scene, for instance). While much of the film's plot is dramatically different from the original, certain scenes are almost frame for frame reproductions of the original-- which is a nice mix. My main disappointment was a single line of dialogue near the end which was from one of the original films spoken with a slight change which made me a little upset, but it's easy to get over, though it still makes me roll my eyes when I hear it delivered. However the rest of the movie is so solid that it borders on brilliance. The expansion on the demons is nice, some rules have changed regarding the book, but for the most part, the same rules to kill a "deadite" apply. If you pause the film and look at each visible page of the Necronomicon, you'll find there's some interesting insights written in it by "previous readers," which expand upon the origin of the demons. In the old movies, one could argue that the demons weren't so much devils, as they were mischievous spirits who happened to be extremely playful in a very violent way. In this film, the demonically possessed don't act so goofy, instead opting to taunt the tormented by whispering those most profound of personal blasphemies. The picture quality of the Blu-Ray is amazing, there's a nice commentary by the director and actors on it, but few special features other than that to be found. But, if you're an "Evil Dead" fan, new or old, this movie belongs on your shelf along with all the others. It's pretty damn groovy.

So, first off, Evil Dead 2 was really just a reimagining-remake of Evil Dead. So, too, is this movie. How is this movie different and why should you care about it? Well, it takes all of the elements, scenes, desperate tone and sets of Evil Dead and Evil Dead 2 and then distorts them just enough that even though we recognize each of them, we never really know when or how they're coming. The Evil Dead playbook includes elements like reading from the wrong damned book, running through wall crawlspaces, erratic POV chases in the woods, tree rape (for lack of a better word), entrapment in the woods, untrustworthy mirror images, laughing deer heads, slamming doors, chainsaws, severing of "infected" hands, the famous bite on the hand from an infected significant other, burying your significant other, the rise from the dead of your significant other, the possessed pretending to be human to appear vulnerable, singing in the cellar...oh, and about 110 gallons of liquid gore! Might I add, it's all real gore, not some CGI spray coming from CGI demons. So I told you it had all the same elements AND I just listed them. So did I ruin anything for you? Believe it or not, NO. While all of these elements are present, they have been chopped up, modified, meshed with other elements, spread across the entire cast or lumped into one. For example, there is no character that fills the role of Ash. Not really. But you'll see "Ash" moments played out by different characters as well as "Ash" lines and other Ash-isms. What's great about this is that you don't know who, if anyone, is going to survive this movie. What a nice touch. It all feels so familiar to Evil Dead fans yet, despite this familiarity, you never know what's in store except for a few iconic scenes. The lighting, set design and cinematography were perfect. The mood went from "something doesn't feel quite right" to straight up chilling and surreal. Obscure camera angles brilliantly contributed by making tense moments much less comfortable even for unshakable horror fans. Likewise, the characters were great. I had doubts at first. When we meet them it feels like any well-produced horror movie. David (Shiloh Fernandez; Red Riding Hood, Deadgirl), Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci; Carriers), Olivia (Jessica Lucas; Cloverfield, The Covenant) and David's girlfriend Natalie (Elizabeth Blackmore) all go out to a cabin in the woods to help David's sister Mia (Suburgatory's Jane Levy showing us that more than just a sweetie) kick her drug addiction which has nearly killed her. Natalie seems naïve, David has never been there for his family before, Olivia is a take charge nurse helming this mission and Eric is pleasantly reminiscent of what they're remaking as a 70s-80s curious yet skiddish kind of guy who "thinks" he knows what he's in for. Mia is likable, but you can see she has the will and flightiness to be problematic even without evil demons' involvement. As this intervention-rehab sets sail, one of them reads a few words from a skin-bound tome in the carrion-littered basement (a bit of a red flag already, I think) and some odd things start happening. But no matter how odd, out of character, escalating to psychotic and murderous the events, to some they fall under the veil of Mia having a breakdown. The actors all do a fine job. The big question on everyone's mind seems to be "was this remake worthy of Evil Dead [and Evil Dead 2]?" I think that whether or not people like this movie, the answer will be a mixed bag. My personal opinion is YES IT IS. Granted, there is none of the slapstick comedy of Evil Dead 2 or uber-over-the-top maniacal demon taunts of Evil Dead. The only laughs you'll get are familiar lines that were funny in the originals thoughtfully woven throughout the dialogue in such understated ways that unless you're a diehard fan you'll probably miss them altogether. However, we get every bit of the gastrointestinal gross-out gore and then some!!! On top of that we get some truly brutal and sadistic scenes that will make you cover your mouth, cover your eyes, hold your breath or spit swears of disbelief at the screen. It's hard to believe that Sam Raimi was only a producer and that this was Fede Alvarez' first feature length picture. So please, give this a chance. Don't skip it because the last ten horror remakes, reboots or re-imaginings disappointed you. This is clearly a remake, but the scenes you'll see never feel like you've seen them before.

Twenty years. That’s how long I’ve been waiting for this movie. Twenty years! Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, Sam Raimi and the legend himself, Bruce Campbell are pretty much responsible for my love of horror movies in general, but also for my fascination with “bad” horror as well, so when I heard that someone had finally come along and convinced Sam and Bruce to do another Evil Dead movie I just about blew my own head off, Scanners style, in excitement. To top it off not only was it NOT going to be a remake of the original film, but was instead going to be a continuation of the story? Oh baby, that was just all sorts of groovy in my book. The movie pays homage to the original films without letting itself become bogged down by them. There are several scenes that I found noteworthy just because I was a huge fan of the original movies, but if you weren’t a fan it didn’t really have an effect on your viewing of the movie. The Olds in the back, the chains on the cellar door, the shotgun and then later the chainsaw, and finally the red dress that David puts Mia in that is a duplicate of the dress Sheila is wearing while a Deadite in the Army of Darkness. But, that’s enough about that. The writing was impeccable, the film is full of great one liners (“David. I did something terrible.”) that, while not as funny as the first three films, are still entirely memorable and enjoyable in their own right. There is something I had blocked out, however, and that was the gore. This movie does cross over the line into torture porn through most of the second half of the movie, to the point that I remember being uncomfortable watching it in theaters, and even watching it again at home I had to look away a couple times (the needle under the eye? I wear contacts! That hurts the hell out of me!) and thus had to rewind to watch the scene again to make sure I didn’t miss anything. Really, the movie isn’t incredibly scary, but it is smart and well done and the surprise scares and great makeup effects make this an instant classic! Just… you know… don’t watch it if you’re queasy or have a hard time seeing blood. Lots of blood. Pulling nails out of hands and legs, needles out of eyes, razor blades cutting tongues in half, hammer to the dog’s head kind of blood. And the rain. Lets not forget about the rain. So much blood. Want to see my full review? [...]

Let me go right on record up front: I have seen the original EVIL DEAD, but it's been 20 years. I remember very little about it. Therefore, I went to the remake with few memories to compare to, so my response to the current EVIL DEAD is pretty much just for the current movie. I can offer no comparisons, no pros & cons vs. the original (or even to EVIL DEAD 2, which I haven't seen in ages either). That said, EVIL DEAD is a pretty good movie...if you're in the mood for the kind of movie it is. It's quite gory, features generally unpleasant people doing pretty stupid things and is very simplistic. These are its faults, but also its virtues (for the most part...I still object to the characters being unlikable). If you want to shut off the mind and even the heart, and let your gut enjoy a film...EVIL DEAD may suit the bill. Some young adults meet at a cabin, because one of their number (Mia) wants to go cold turkey from drugs, and her friends (and brother) have agreed to help. It's never explained why professional help wasn't sought, but that is sort of covered because one of the "team" is a nurse. A nurse who would be in all sorts of ethical trouble...but a nurse. It's a dumb setup that actually helps the plot, because when Mia becomes possessed by an evil entity, her friends temporarily chalk her odd behavior up to withdrawals. But before long, all hell breaks loose and these fine folks begin to do terrible things to each other's bodies. The movie does NOT stoop to the torture porn of movies like HOSTEL though...it sticks with horror movie trappings. People see weird things in mirrors. Spells are cast. The "dead" come back to life. It's all a big, goopy, messy, loud and bloody (VERY bloody) fun-fest. Everyone will find at least one very cringe-worthy scene...you'll have your choice. Depending on which thing gives you the most willies, you can cringe at burnings, drowning, electric knives, nail guns, chainsaws and more. For me, the nail gun scene was particularly painful to watch. When one of the characters begins firing on two others...the sound effects, the editing, the howls of pain and the practical special effects combined to make me actively squirm in my seat. That hardly sounds pleasant, yet most of us know that sometimes, this sort of sick tension, followed by the release of leaving the theater intact is just what the nervous system ordered! I realize I haven't told you much about the plot...but really, that's hardly important. You get the idea...Mia becomes possessed and does some pretty awful things which slowly spreads her "sickness" to her pals. Will anyone make it to the end? How horribly will the doomed come to their ends? What level of horrible thing will the survivors have to do to stay alive? That's about it. If you saw CABIN IN THE WOODS last year, the genre of "kids stuck in an old cabin" got turned on its head quite effectively. EVIL DEAD reclaims this territory from the oblivion of Joss Whedon's gentle mockery. But the movie only gets 3.5 stars from me, because I can't completely forgive a movie with quite so many character mistakes. The thing that bugged me most was the fact that although at least some of these characters apparently had come to this cabin many times in years past...no one knew there was a trap door and a cellar. And when they discover the disgusting and disturbing things IN that cellar...no one suggests "let's get the hell out of here and call the cops." One of the guys just gets a big plastic trash bag and starts cleaning up. I'm sorry...I don't buy it. Later, even with the bridge washed out so no one can drive away...why would you return to the cabin where all hell has been unleashed. Stay in your darn, sheltered car, far away from where the death and destruction is. Oh well...these stupid actions don't exactly spoil the movie, but I can't put it 5 star territory either. The cast of EVIL DEAD is competent, but these characters are so cardboard that I don't see how anyone could have exactly given an award-winning performance. On the other hand, the gory (and most non-CGI enhanced) special effects are very good. I conclude my review with that observation, because once again...only see this movie if graphic, gory effects are what you're in the mood for.

The original "Evil Dead" was great, for what it was, in its time. "Evil Dead 2" jacked it up and made it funnier and bloodier, again, for its time. "Army of Darkness", they just lost me. Might as well have been "The Three Stooges Meets the Deadites." Too goofy to be considered a true horror movie, and too cheap and low-tech to make it worthwhile, even in its time. About he only reason, I'm glad I watched it... ..."Groovy." Still didn't make it quire worthwhile. Then comes "Evil Dead (2013)" A contemporary retelling of classic tale with all the jump scares and creepiness worthy of the most discerning contemporary audiences, with enough way-over-the-top blood and guts to let you know it doesn't take itself too seriously. EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT. To watch the theatrical release is great. Then to watch the "Extended version" you may not even notice the added flourishes. But if you go back to the theatrical cut after, you'll miss those little flourishes. If you're only going to do it once, do the extended version. My favorite horror movie since the orignal "The Exorcist" by far. Though rewatching 2006's "The Hills Have Eyes" has been on my mind lately (another great contemporary retelling of a classic move) as well as 2009's "Drag Me To Hell" another great modern Sam Rami horror comedy. I did, by the way, on a second watching, also love "Evil Dead Rise" (took me until that second watching). I still smile and chuckle to myself fondly whenever I think back on it. Worth the watch(es). And another recent favorite, "Smile". Sosie Bacon is both hilarious and outstanding in that Movie. "Evil Dead" (2013) unrated extended edition. Yes. I recommend it very highly.

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I'll start by saying I like the original and it's sequels a lot. Evil Dead 2 is the one I like the least it took the series in a cartoonish direction which normally I'm not a fan of in horror movies. Army of Darkness was the 1st one of the series I seen and just assumed the others were comedies too well I was half right. Years after watching Army of Darkness I saw the original movie and had my balls blown off by how different it was from the 3rd. Then a few more years later I saw Evil Dead 2 and was let down with it right off the bat with the "recap" of the first movie followed by the rest of the live action cartoon that was the rest of the movie. Don't get me wrong I like 2 & 3 but the sudden shift in tone was jarring. Anyway on to my review. I've recently watched this 2013 movie to distance myself from my initial thoughts of the movie when I first seen it in theaters. Everything I liked about it then I like about now. Same goes for the opposite which adds up to 2 things at the beginning of the movie within the 1st 10-15 minutes or so. If you haven't seen the movie and you're reading this don't worry these two things won't spoil much of anything in the movie. 1. The main character makes a point to swear off drugs in an overdramtoc way with a super short "speech". I cringed at it in the theater I still do while watching it at home. 2. Again probably within the first 10-15 minutes in, the main character Mia and her brother David are alone in the cabin for a quick scene. She begins asking him questions about rtheir dead mother which made me cringe again both in theater and when I watch it at home. It's not the questions she asks him but the way she delivers them. They could've went over the lines a few more times before recording and putting these corny deliveries in the final movie. Well that's all my stand out negatives on this remake of the original 81' movie, watch it for yourself and you can nitpick stuff all day as one can with any movie no matter how good it is. So now 3yrs later everything that excited me about this movie originally still makes me giddy when I watch it now. It suceeds where the 81' movie wasn't able to at the time it was made with a super low budget and inexperienced crew and actors. This is a great remake if youre more of a fan of a straight horror movie and not horror comedy like Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness are. None of the actors in this movie play any characters from the orignal it's not 2 pairs of couples and one guys sister, so if you're expecting that going in wipe that thought from your mind, it's two siblings, the brothers girlfriend, and two childhood friends if I had to make an assumption. Much like the 81' movie there's not much to go on about their history as with most all horror movies. About a quarter way into the movie things start intensifying and it rarely let's up throughout the rest of the movie blood and bodily mutilation ensues due to an evil force. I don't know about most people, but I don't take the ending as a happy ending for the surviving character. If you're looking for a horror movie remake that sets it's self apart from the original and most other modern horror movies and horror remakes give this movie a go.

Gallons and gallons of blood! I bet they used at least a 55 gallon drum of fake blood. This version was not my favorite of the three movies. Here's why: If you saw either "Evil Dead" (original) or "Evil Dead II" or "Army of Darkness" they all had some sort of comic relief. Like "Shaun of the Dead" the "Evil Dead" movies had a little bit of wit mixed in with the blood. I think that made the movies more "fun". Now the latest "Evil Dead" was very well produced and scary. If I had never seen the originals, or if I had watched the trilogy after watching the new one, I might find the 2013 "Evil Dead" superior. The effects are marginally better in 2013 and the acting is much better in the 2013 version of "Evil Dead" . As with my other reviews I don't go into plot because a lot of other people already do that. Plus, most movies have such a comprehensive trailer that it alone gives away most of the movies flavor. To me, everything is a spoiler, so I won't do any of the usual plot descriptions. To sum it all up: If you like SCARY more than anything else, if disemboweling of guts or gouging out eyes is way more fun than a joke - "Evil Dead" 2013 is right up your alley. It has all that and more. Lots of "OH CRAP - DID YOU SEE THAT?" and those little moments that make you jump. Not a laugh in the whole movie. I don't think I kept my eyes on the screen due to the gross factor. That may be enough to make you watch, rent or buy it! Otherwise, start from #1, "Evil Dead" 1982 and work your way thru to the latest. It's funny, cheezy and scary with one big plus - BRUCE CAMPBELL! Bruce AKA @GroovyBruce on Twitter, you are my hero and one of the reasons I became a filmmaker. Sam Raimi is no slouch either. Both my favorite names to see in credits.

For anyone who hasn't seen the original evil dead and its sequel Dead by dawn may find the story slow with the horror really taking its time to start, but once it does you get quite the roll a coaster ride. For those who have seen the original films there's enough here to remain true to them but also enough alternate material to warrant a reboot. There are nods to the originals, that aren't too in your face such as card shuffling hinting to the card predicting deadite form Evil dead, and a water seen fight that gives you flashbacks to the pit deadite from Army of darkness. Minor spoilers and back story So what's different to make this original? For the first time in horror (from my own knowledge) a story that makes sense. When a character shows up with scratches and cuts claiming to have been attacked by brambles and tree vines you would either get the hell out the dodge or have them committed (neither ever happens in horror). In this however as the character in question (Mia) is going cold turkey on a drug intervention after an accidental overdose (having previously tried to quit and lasting mere hours) so her brother and friends think this is her way of getting away from seclusion to return to her habits which makes sense (despite other reviews). What's missing? The camp comedy b movie style of the original, and the so bad its good theme Bruce made famous but it doesn't suffer for this. I have to say I'm a huge fan of the originals and didn't expect to enjoy this but after watching it through and then with comentry, all the extras and then again to see what was missed that nods to the original etc I think its the best reboot in horror that I've seen. Its got enough originality (well as much as you can with a cabin in the woods story) to be a film in its own right with enough evil dead to please most fans. Will I enjoy this? If your looking for girls in underwear running upstairs to avoid a serial killer, gore that's over the top just for cheap scares or dodgy low budget sex scenes then no, you won't enjoy this. If your looking for a horror that takes a done to death plot, based on a classic film and somehow breaths new life into it and adds enough spark to make a reboot worth while then yes I don't think there is now or will be anytime soon anything better in this genera. Any regrets? One and that is watching the comentery which has so many this was cut, we shot this and cut it blah blah. So many good scenes cut including the trap door deadite mia singing time to go to sleep not another peep as seen in some of the trailers, other than that best film since Batman dark knight.

Sabemos que este es un remake del clásico de los 80 y la verdad me encantó en esta historia algunas cosas cambiaron pero no todas lo que si los efectos especiales, la atmósfera de terror y las actuaciones superaron a su versión original claro con la tecnología que se usaba en ese tiempo pues los efectos no eran los mejores pero en cuestión de remakes la verdad me fascinó no me decepcionó. La película viene en inglés y por supuesto con su doblaje latino y subtitulos. La compra llego en tiempo y forma y en excelentes condiciones

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