fun, yet kind of lame

Rating: Null/10 (28 October 2000)

This movie kept me watching and wanting to see more, but it never really gave me what I was looking for. What I mean is, it was entertaining, but not great at all. I guess I wanted to see another Evil Dead 2 and this was certainly not it. The humor, which in that film was campy, was corny in this one. The monsters weren't realistic looking in evil dead 2, but they were kind of believable in the sense that you didn't look at them and know exactly what went on to create them. Here, they are too elementary. The bad guy leader is dumb looking and the skeletons would have been so much cooler if they didn't talk. As far as visual creativity, this movie really doesn't have it. The skeletons were done exactly the same decades earlier in Jason and the Aragnaughts. Alas, it was not a bad movie. It kept me watching, hoping that some creatures would be cool and I guess occasionally they were. It's fun, but clearly stupid fun. So if you're in that kind of mood, no thinking, just watching and laughing, then go for it. But don't say I didn't warn you. Fun but definately not funny.