Evil Dead (film) remake

***Neil*** · 07-May-2013

I haven't watched the original in a looooooooooooong time. Maybe I should!

**slickwilly13** · 08-May-2013

So, we are in agreement this is "Evil Meh".

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Originally Posted by Neil

I haven't watched the original in a looooooooooooong time. Maybe I should!

That sounds like a great idea. I am feeling the itch, too.

**ProfessorChaos** · 09-May-2013

someone i know had two free passes to the movies the other weekend, the gf and i sat through this film.

not impressed, tbh. like all modern horror films i've seen over the last decade or so, it was just full of cheap startle/jump moments and over-the-top gore trying to make the audience sick.

thank f*ck i didn't pay anything to see it.

**bd2999** · 16-May-2013

I thought the gore FX were pretty cool. Nice use of practical special FX throughout and only a bit of CGI. That was going for it. The twist with who makes it was unexpected. There were also some really discomforting scenes in the movie. That said, I liked the original more. This movie was more of a gross out flick than anything. That said it was probably the best one that I have seen in theaters. Shocked it got by with an R rating really.

**krakenslayer** · 16-May-2013

The Good:

The practical effects.
The gore.
The visuals/cinematography.
The pacing.
The references/tie-ins with the original.
The general set-up (close enough to the original to feel like an Evil Dead movie, different enough to feel original).

The Bad:

The po-faced, literal-minded, humourless tone.
The conceptually confused nature of the prophecies and other main plot points. (The "Abomination" is just an end-boss Deadite?)
The fast-and-loose treatment of elements linking it to theoriginals (I am aware this is a feature of the series, but in this case it felt as if the movie was confused as to whether it was set in the same universe as the others or not)
The generally undeveloped (nurse, glasses guy) or unlikable (main guy, junkie girl) characters
The replacement of nameless, borderline-Lovecraftian entities with vanilla Judaeo-Christian demons

**slickwilly13** · 17-May-2013

So, how many of you stayed, until the end of the credits? Pissed?

My buddy was. "What?! You made me stay for that?!"

**MinionZombie** · 17-May-2013

Since when was this moved to "Dead Remakes"?

Surely this should be in "Horror" - Evil Dead was never about zombies ... they're Candarian Demons.

/total-nerd-moment.

***Neil*** · 17-May-2013

Agreed... Moved...

**MinionZombie** · 15-Aug-2013

Evil Dead 2013:
http://deadshed.blogspot.co.uk/2013/...am-of-fan.html

I've seen it, and I've reacted to it in an extensive point-by-point nerdy analysis of the pros, cons, and wibbly-wobbly-in-between bits of the flick.

One thing's for sure - there's a shit-ton of gore, some of which really made me wince - oh, and Jane Levy rocks in this movie ... and the pre-title sequence is completely unnecessary.

Anyone else seen it yet? Thoughts?

**LouCipherr** · 15-Aug-2013

I have, and it was a completely "meh" experience for me (as most remakes are). I want my 2 hours back.

And WTF was with the after-credits sequence? Was that really necessary? And what purpose did it serve? Oh yeah... none.

I'm not sure which was worse - this one or the Texas Chainsaw remake.

**Trancelikestate** · 15-Aug-2013

It wouldv'e been so easy to, during that final fight, have a portal open up and Brucie come stumbling out all old looking and then kick some ass. How many nerdgasms would that have caused? A little cheesy maybe but that's what these movies are. It was a bit confusing the whole after credits thing. I like my idea WAY more haha.