A worthy addition to the Evil Dead legacy

Rating: 9/10 (15 June 2020)

This has been out some time now, and after my fifth or sixth viewing, I feel it necessary to add my input to raise the score on this remake, unappreciated by some as it may be. All of the elements are here to bring this full circle to what makes the Evil Dead special. Is it perfect? No, but it's pretty darn close. A remake of this caliber could never be done to satisfy all Evil Dead fans, but you cannot deny the huge amount of effort that went into it to try. I'm sure most fans were disappointed that Bruce Campbell didn't return to be in this, but that's fine. Bruce himself has said that it's time for it to go in another direction, and they went out of their way to add all kinds of homages to the other films. I'm glad that they decided to do something different instead of repeating the same thing. There are a few small things that I would have liked to seen changed or omitted, but they are few and far between. Anyone claiming that this is nothing but a gore fest should probably go back and watch the original films again. I just hope that the next film lives up to this one, because they are going to have their work cut out for them.