Better than some people claim

Rating: 8/10 (11 June 2013)

Before I first saw this film, I had read numerous negative reviews by self-proclaimed die hard fans of the franchise as well as many great reviews by professional film critics and I really had no idea what to think of it. The most I had experienced of the franchise prior to this was the first half of the first film and a musical version of it I saw in Las Vegas last summer, so I was essentially going in blind.
I was honestly expecting this film to be nothing other than a stupid gore fest that would get boring after the first half hour, thus causing me to leave the theater and attempt to get my money back or at least see something else. All of that was quickly forgotten once the film began to escalate and take hold of me in a vice-like grip, refusing to let me go. I was very surprised and pleased at how they were able to have everything interesting and keep the adrenaline pumping.
A film like this that can grip your bones with fear and incite an almost animalistic terror in your guts while managing to stay fresh is a film that horror fans such as myself find to be a real breath of fresh air from the "horror movies" of the past ten years.
I would only recommend you watch this movie if you are open-minded about having a new and different light cast upon the Evil Dead franchise. But if you aren't and want to stick to what's comfortable for you, then that's fine, too. But if you watch it anyway, then I promise that you will hate it and complain about it and discourage other people from seeing it, which would be unfortunate because it really deserves much more credit than it's being given right now.