Evil Dead (2013)

The most terrifying film you will ever experience.

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Release Date: Apr 05, 2013
Rated: R | Runtime: 91 Mins | Language: English
Director: Fede Alvarez
Stars: Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas, Elizabeth Blackmore, Jim McLarty, Bruce Campbell

Summary

Evil Dead, the fourth installment of the Evil Dead franchise, serving as both a reboot and as a loose continuation of the series, features Mia, a young woman struggling with sobriety, heads to a remote cabin with a group of friends where the discovery of a Book of the Dead unwittingly summon up dormant demons which possess the youngsters one by one.

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What to Expect

Evil Dead, released in 2013 and directed by Fede Alverez is the fourth instalment in the Evil Dead franchise that began in 1981 with the cult horror classic that is Sam Raimi’s ‘The Evil Dead’. The Evil Dead trilogy consisting of ‘The Evil Dead’, ‘Evil Dead 2’ and ‘Army of Darkness’ are widely regarded as some of the best horror films ever made so the bar was set high for the fourth film which served as a soft reboot for the franchise, 21 years after ‘Army of Darkness’ came out.

Just like ‘The Evil Dead’, this film focuses on a group of fiv Read more...

Just like ‘The Evil Dead’, this film focuses on a group of five, three girls and two boys who go to a remote cabin in the woods. Unlike the first film which had the five go to the cabin recreationally, the reason cited in the remake is to help Mia, the main protagonist, with her drug addiction.

This is great for several reasons. Some of the best horrors have been remakes - ‘The Thing’ being number 1, but they have to bring something new to the table. Otherwise, more often than not, we leave remakes feeling disappointed and wondering what the point was.

Having the main character in this remake have a severe drug addiction that leaves her feeling more isolated as the horrors she sees are diluted down by her friends to be nothing more than withdrawal symptoms, was ingenious. It amps up the tension tremendously to being on an almost equal footing to the intense direction of Sam Raimi’s original and that is no small feat.

The acting for the most part, particularly from Jane Levy who plays the main character Mia, is brilliant and helps elevate the film above some of the few cliche scares and dialogue littered throughout.

The gore and practical effects standout the most as some of the best ever put in a horror film. Missing some of the absurd comedy that made Raimi’s original films so endearing, Alvarez’s take on Evil Dead holds its own with its brutal and unrelenting horror that shocks as much as it chills.

This is a brilliant horror movie even with its flaws and an excellent remake that holds its own against the original. Fede Alverez breathed new life into the franchise while still honoring the original and that's all you can really ask from a remake. Be warned however; this film isn’t for the weak stomached. If you're looking for some scares you’ll find a lot here but if you ain’t a fan of blood, stay far, far away.

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It isn’t that Evil Dead is particularly bad; it’s fine. It’s not hard to sit through, and it’s certainly competently made and every dime is on screen.

– Birth. Movies. Death.

Evil Dead isn’t perfect. After an intense opening, the film struggles to find the right balance of pathos and humor as it introduces its main characters.

– Bloody Disgusting

All that can be said of this movie is that it is very disagreeable viewing in parts but will constantly engage you and does have the effect of making you feel as though you could be next to shuffle off this mortal coil.

– Flickering Myth

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