Different... that's all we can say..

Rating: 5/10 (10 August 2013)

OK, i'm not gonna give it the lowest rating. Instead I gave it a 5/10 just because I did jump once. If you've watched the original Evil Dead, you will quickly realize its not the same campy, tongue-in-cheek horror that we all came to love. Instead, this film was supposed to be a more serious horror (as per directors words). While they did indeed retain the creepy camera movement thru the woods (when demons were summoned) and the necronomicon, little else remained. Ash has been replaced by a drug addict woman and jock Scott has been replaced by hippie-looking Eric. Also 2 of the characters are brother and sister.
This film did delve into the occult a little more than the original, but the exorbitant amount of expletives uttered throughout the movie was a complete turn off, and I definitely missed the "we're gonna get you" lullaby sung by Linda.
All in all, the movie was sort of OK but I miss the hilarity. And of course the movie would have been even better with a cameo from Bruce "Ash" Campbell!!
Cheers