Utterly lacking the original flavor.

Rating: 1/10 (6 August 2014)

There wasn't much like this when Sam Raimi Et. Al. produced this precious little gem. The thing was, the preciousness was time sensitive, and in the late seventies,when all we had was Friday the 13th Part 1 (thank you Kevin Bacon), this was a welcome surprise to the genre. That Bruce Campbell was willing to get his ass kicked as a primer to the sequel is beside the point; the original movie is undeniably prescient, for a thousand more would follow. And as bad ass as the beginning scene is in this remake, it can't make up for the loss of the original horror/comedy aspect. This is the remake's elemental mistake, trying to make a horror/comedy into a horror movie. This should not be a horror movie. It should be a laugh fest when Bruce Campbell says, "Chainsaw," which is utterly missing in this rather pathetic remake. Take a look at Evil Dead 2, especially the scene where Bruce hammers in the cross to his beloved Linda in the grave below. That is the essence of what is not replicated in this remake, which is why I give it 1 stars.