Mildly entertaining.

Rating: 6/10 (28 May 2009)

I have to say I had fairly high hopes for this film, and overall I guess I got what I I should have expected - a typical Sam Raimi film, which is fun and nothing serious. It's not a brilliant film - Having said that it's not an awful film either. It's very much in the same style and feel of Evil Dead. It has a few black comedy moments. The typical over the top, latex, puppets and in-your-face scares, but there's nothing truly scary. If you're a big fan of Evil Dead (which I think was incredibly groundbreaking for it's time)-BUT when you watch it now it's pretty lame, over the top and obvious (but weirdly still in a good kinda way?) - then this is probably a film you'd enjoy. Realistically, this is not a true horror film, it's most certainly a black comedy with (not so subtle) overtones of horror. Worth a watch when you have time to kill or are a fan of this style.