A Misunderstood Yet Fitting Follow Up To A Splatter Classic

Rating: 8/10 (9 April 2013)

I have seen all three original Evil Dead titles dozens of times each and I love each of them equally but separately. The Evil Dead is a brilliantly disorienting splatter film with little to no plot, dizzyingly bizarre camera work, and a cast of kids that couldn't act their way out of a mud puddle. Evil Dead 2 is a slap stick gore comedy based loosely on the events of the first film. The gore and scares are softened with rainbow hued fluid instead of blood in most cases and punctuating each death with campy humor. Army of Darkness is a swords and sorcery adventure/comedy the thrives on it's own campy goofiness and lazy story telling to produce a uniquely cinematic adventure classic.
There seems to be some misunderstanding about Evil Dead 2013. A lot of supposed hardcore fans of the original seem to think that The Evil Dead was full of humor and the reboot missed the comedy mark. Well hombres, unless you think the line "party down" is a real laugh riot then I think you are remembering the wrong film in the series. Ironically there is more humor in the 2013 version.
Another complaint the sycophantic internet neck beards seem to have is that the acting and story were sub-par. Please reread my previous synopsis of the original and understand that the character Mia in the reboot emotes more in her first 10 mins on screen than the whole cast of the original did in 90. The only thing different about the story this time around is that the kids have a reason to go to the cabin and the demons have an actual motivation for killing everybody.
Evil Dead 2013 is like a wet dream for any fan of the original. It's riddled with horror convention, plump with demonic imagery, and soaked in blood. This is a horror film that would be very much at home among the blood and guts films of the 80's so if that is your thing like it is mine please ignore the poser fan reviews and enjoy the senseless carnage. For those not interested in senseless carnage, skip it.