Evil Dense.

Rating: 4/10 (21 May 2015)

Evil Dead (2013): Dir: Fede Alvarez / Cast: Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas, Elizabeth Blackmore: Torturous disgusting graphic mess sighting death as a doorway to further evil. We have a carload of brainless ding bats arriving at a remote cabin. Jane Levy plays a cocaine addict who is brought out here in order to prevent her from relapsing. Shiloh Fernandez plays her resourceful brother there for support. Lou Taylor Pucci plays a complete moron who discovers the Book of the Dead in the basement and recites the words despite written wording advising otherwise. Levy flees into the woods and is raped by tree branches and possessed by some unseen force that allows the victim to speak demonic. Jessica Lucas apparently plays a doctor who is perhaps more dimwitted than anyone. Director Fede Alvarez creates tension and is backed with favourable effects and makeup but the screenplay is littered with so much blood, guts and gore that it is difficult to appreciate any suspense. We see at least two occasions when arms are sawed or torn from bodies in graphic detail and it is despicable. Levy is the one solid presence as a demonic victim locked in the trap door in the basement and her concluding revelation is surprising. Fernandez also fares okay but other characters are as dumb as a bag of hammers and more or less exist for whatever graphic torture they meet. Another issue is the lack of humour that was priceless in the Sam Raimi versions starring Bruce Campbell. The result here is a remake that should be burned and buried and never resurrected again. Score: 4 / 10