Is it great? No. Is it better than everything in the past 5 years? Yes.

Rating: 7/10 (11 April 2013)

You need to know one important thing when you go in to see this movie. This is a re imagining. It's not meant to be campy or quirky. It's meant to be scary.
Because this is a re imagining, NOT EVERYTHING is going to be faithful to the original Evil Dead movie. You will however, get a lot of nice call backs to the original. Those who have seen the original Evil Dead will be able to point out clear distinctions to lines or scenes that were very similar.
However, the plot has gone through a total transformation. Is this a bad thing? Well, for open minded people, no. And if all of us of original fans remember, the first movie didn't have much plot to it either did it? Bunch of kids going to a cabin, and finding an evil power. That hasn't changed. But the reasoning for the people there is much more sympathetic, it's not "Oh us crazy kids going out to a cabin to have sex and drink beer." Granted, the reason they are there is kinda stupid, but you don't grow to hate any of the characters. They don't make stupid decisions, they don't contradict themselves, and while sometimes the discourage got a chuckle out of me, their responses to each other is very real. Only once did I find myself saying "Don't do that, it's going to get you killed." And luckily I was wrong. These characters have a firm grip on how people would deal with a situation like this (according to each of their characters and back story.) I also never found myself WANTING a character to die, like in most horror movies. And in my book, that's a huge plus. There are a couple Hostel moments that might make you squirm in your seat, but it's not stupid pointless torture. My only complaint would be that sometimes the voice of a possessed would sound silly, reminding me of the scene in the original "I'll swallow your soul!" However one of the best things of this movie is that they don't CGI the heck out of it.
However, in the end I was satisfied with my ticket purchase.