It seems as though no one is taking Evil Dead for what it truly is and what it is truly about.

Rating: 10/10 (13 August 2013)

Evil Dead is not a masterpiece, that is for sure. It is not perfect, nor is it cinema gold, but it is beautiful in its own right. I have read through many of previous reviews and upon me is a sea of one star votes; solid negativity with no light amidst the darkness. Many people have mistaken this movie for horror. It is not. This movie is grind-house in its purest form. Grind-house, for those who don't know, is the genre of film that embraces massive pools of blood and gruesome special effects. This is what the new Evil Dead is. It plays tribute to Evil Dead and all those in the related genre, but at the same time, modernizes its predecessors with new technological advances. The movie was well done; dialogue was limited, but believable, and effects never distracted the audience from the goal of the film, but rather embellished it. From a personal standpoint, myself being an original Evil Dead fan, I don't think the movie could have done much of a better job. Evil Dead was the heart of what every movie should be: entertaining. I smiled the whole way through. By the time the end came, I was completely satisfied. It's not often that a remake or sequel meets par with an original, but this is definitely an exception. Watch this movie for the gore, watch it for the one-liners, watch it for the tributes, just go ahead and watch it.