Evil Dead Remake - Noodles Review

Rating: 8/10 (19 December 2013)

That was intense. So, this is the remake to Sam Raimi's '80s Evil Dead, which is considered a horror classic and one of the scariest movies of all time. Evil Dead's got a lot to live up to. Thankfully, this is one of the best horror remakes I've ever seen. Now, the story of Evil Dead is simple. A couple of friends go out to a cabin and one of them finds a mysterious book. Upon reading this book, evil is unleashed and these friends are in for hell. Now this movie is sort of a throwback to the '80s horror movies, using makeup and gore. Evil Dead is a seriously disturbingly violent and gory film; it's really not that scary but it is insanely disturbing. Really, the people in this movie are just experiencing the worst things that could ever happen to somebody in a movie. And though it's crazy, it's entertaining and intriguing to see where else it can go.
Evil Dead is a pretty short movie and it tries to establish its characters early on in the movie quite plainly. And though it's no Pulp Fiction, it doesn't really hinder the likability of the movie at all because we're really just here to watch them all suffer and die. Still, the amount of fear and uneasiness in the characters is, more or less, believable. And when they're scared, they are SCARED. One thing about this movie you really have to praise is how disturbing it is, and I give a lot of credit in this movie to the director. So much was going on and as much as I wanted to look away because of how much it made me cringe, I kept wanting to watch to see how far it could go and what else could possibly go wrong. The movie sort of draws you in like that. It's a short ride but an intense one at that.
I personally often don't like horror movies, but this movie really got into the mood of enjoying it. It was old school, it didn't overdo any special effects, and it was so disturbingly fun. As a horror film, it was great. As a movie, it was still pretty good. I really enjoy and respect a movie that knows what it is. Evil Dead knew what it was. It wasn't trying to be an Oscar-winner or even a deep movie. Its story was simple, yet interesting; and it was full of gore and gore and gore, of which was done in disturbing and awesome ways.