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I think that’s fair – no film really wants to be burdened with the weight of impossible-to-bear expectations like that. While the comparisons between the 2013 version and the original film are always going to hang about, I’ve decided to go into this film as if the previous three do not exist, and judge it on its own merits. They created a script and setting that is as cliched as they come – at least, for those of us who’ve seen The Cabin In The Woods, which was itself a callout to the original Evil Dead in many ways – but still managed to make an unsettling, spooky, blood-drenched film that elicits more than a few frights, plenty of gore, and an undercurrent of impending doom upon all who inhabit the film. Fede Alvarez, together with Rodo Sayagues, went back to the original film to determine what worked, what didn’t, and how they could bring their own unique vision to the franchise. In light of the spate of franchise rebootings over the last decade or so (some more accomplished than others, although almost none managing to break the mold of the classic originals they reference) it only seemed a matter of time before Evil Dead swung about and grabbed hold of the young, impressionable horror audience of today. From the original low budget classic, to the more humor-laced sequels, the Evil Dead franchise has remained a cult and fan favorite ever since Bruce Campbell’s Ash took hold of that chainsaw, strapped it to his arm, and said “Groovy”.
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#EVIL DEAD 2013 REVIEW SERIES#
The fourth film in the Sam Raimi directed/produced franchise (although this installment is helmed by Fede Alvarez), Evil Dead seeks to somehow reboot the series (don’t all modern films try to reboot the franchise?) with a modern take on the gore, the fun and the sheer horror of what was a seminal trilogy back in the 80’s. It’s not a clever film, as much as these kinds of movies want to be, but it is thrillingly entertaining in a perverse, bloodthirsty, gratuitously overlong, Cabin In The Woods-kinda way. The thrills comes thick and fast once the infamous Book of The Dead is pulled out, with demonic possession, bodily dismemberment, torture, harrowing pseudo-religious iconography and a bunch of in-jokes the order of the day. What we think : Gory, visceral horror film lacks genuine heart, but does a lot of things right in its attempt to scare the bejeebus out of you. Only, they somehow manage to unlock the gates of hell and unleash a demon hell-bent on their eternal damnation. Synopsis: A group of friends meet at a deserted cabin in the woods to conduct an intervention on the drug-addicted Mia. Principal Cast : Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas, Elizabeth Blackmore, Phoenix Connolly, Jim McLarty.