Evil Dead

Great potential undermined by low IQ. The film’s characters repeatedly behave like naive idiots and deal with situations by taking unreasonable steps, just like in the worst horror B-movies. However, plenty of positives outweigh this shortcoming (literally): violence, blood and gore are deliciously elaborated, many scenes are very intense even for hardened horror fans, the pace of the film is killing (!), the bloody rain in the climax is impressive and the siren sound, subconsciously causing panic in the audience, is just perfect. One of the better remakes of the horror classics we grew up with. (2013-04-09)

When I burst out laughing during the second scene, I told myself that something must be wrong. And I was not mistaken. From the beginning to the end, it was very bad. I couldn't believe that I would eventually agree with the statements in the discussions here that the movie sometimes unintentionally seemed funny. Listing the negatives would take a long time to write, but it's not a good sign when I'm squirming in my seat halfway through the screening at the cinema. This was supposed to be the event of the year 2013, and in the end, it was the disappointment of the year 2013. I came to the theater excited, and I left disappointed. I disliked almost all the characters, except for Erik, who really shone towards the end and if it wasn't for him, I might have knocked off another star. The atmosphere was nonexistent, I got scared maybe twice, and the illogical thoughts of the main characters and their stupid lines were really laughable. So now at least a few positives. They certainly didn't hold back with the brutality, but personally, it didn't bother me. Occasionally, the computer effects were beautifully visible. :-) I also applaud the makeup artists, I really clap, I probably like these monsters the most, so I was extremely satisfied with that. But the makeup doesn't make the movie. I also consider it a positive that about 20 minutes towards the end when an original idea finally appeared and brought the movie out of the depths, but then there was some idiotic behavior by the main character, and we went back to the old ways. With all honesty, I can say without reservations that this was the worst horror movie I have ever seen in the cinema. And I am deeply sorry about that. (2013-04-13)

The carnage is decent, but at times the film comes across as naive and the big downside is that it doesn't really scare. On the contrary, it compensates for its lack of fear with brutal visuals and in some scenes, when it doesn't know which way to go, it just keeps on sprinkling gore to mask its uncertainty. It worked, but the ending was incredibly bizarre, and a little too hokey. (2023-06-10)

I have already seen more useless remakes, and I quite understand that after the festival of Raimi's bloody surrealism and genre phantasmagoria, which culminated in the brilliantly unruly and nonchalantly campy Army of Darkness, Fede Alvarez wanted to go his own way. In the first half of the film, thanks to the dense atmosphere and unruly gore violence, he is quite successful, but it can't be tightened without irony, especially with the eruption of clichés at the end. Exaggeration is missing just like Ash's hand, blood sprays all the way to the next hall, but it all just fades out over time. When the new version came up with a "new" story, it should have tried to at least get something out of it (drug dumplings motif). It did not do so, and so the result is barely above average. This composition of old familiar motifs simply lacks any added value other than beautifully hysterical babes. But while all of Evil Dead was a totally misogynistic trilogy at its core, Alvarez eventually ruined it completely unnecessarily. Bleeding girls with a chainsaw are cheesy, but they can’t beat Ash with a shotgun... (2013-04-03)

The original Evil Dead is an unsurpassed classic, yet I have to give the creators of this remake a cautious salute for the very bloody ending and the genuinely creepy atmosphere in places. It's kind of the modern viewer’s consumable material, but definitely at the better end of the spectrum. I appreciate the direct references to Raimi's Evil Dead! [60%] (2021-04-13)