solid horror flick! a good remake as well! solid 7/10

Rating: 7/10 (5 October 2013)

i like what Fede Alvarez done with this film. this is a perfect example of what a good remake should be! Fede takes what Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell built into a cult classic and created a very impressive directorial debut with the evil dead remake. he dropped the comedic elements for the most part and focuses more on the over the top gore that's now become necessary for a horror film's success these days (ex- saw, hostel) in the mainstream. the mostly organic gore FX were utilized very well in the film. the same setting is kept in the remake and the plot is pretty much the same as the original with some slight changes which works well of coarse. the absence of the ash character hurt this one in a way but i was still impressed in the main character department. Jane levy did a great job in her role and the rest of the supporting cast were good. the biggest negative here though is the wasted potential in terms of creativity. there were definitely opportunities here to be much more creative and add that special something that the film was missing. overall this film had great tone, genuinely creepy visuals, amazing special effects and some good acting, it just missed out on some creative potential that really would have beefed the film up into the upper class of horror. I saw it in the cinema as well and it was a awesome thing to finally have a R rated horror film to go to instead of all those recent PG-13 ghost movies that flood our theatres now. do not pay attention to all the negative reviews (1,2,3 stars) its simply die hard fans of the original crying for no reason and jumping on the band wagon. this film is great! 7 stars out of 10