Remaking a Classic

Rating: 9/10 (8 April 2013)

So Evil Dead and it's spawn are some of my all time favourite movies, and Bruce Campbell is one of my favourite hams, I mean actors. That said, this movie was the one that Sam Raimi was trying to make all those years ago with the first Evil Dead, a straight up horror movie, gore fest that will make you jump, and cringe at every beat. This remake had a few wonderful nod and wink moments, like seeing Mia sitting on Ash's car near the beginning, or a fight scene in a flooded room that felt very much like the bottom of the well in the Army of Darkness, but it left the campiness behind and played it straight for us. In the original the one scene where Sam Raimi thought that they'd crossed the line was the tree rape scene, and even though they came back to that scene in this one, it felt more visceral, and more important to the movie, instead of it just being there, it felt like there was a reason. If you love a good horror movie, this is the best I have seen in years.