A Gory Roller-coaster Of Horror Fun!

Rating: 7/10 (8 April 2013)

I went into the theater with an open mind I really did not know what feeling to expect from this film, the original Evil Dead was campy and fun to watch, also it had awesome cinematography for it's time and creates a depth in the atmosphere around the characters in the film, and gave life to the surrounding woods that the cabin resides in.
In this new version we have a young group of adults that arrive at a cabin in the woods, all for some type of radical drug intervention therapy, for the main character David's sister, things begin to go awry like in the original film, but done in a more life like sense, not so campy in this one. It takes a bit of time to get things rolling, but once events from the "Book of the Dead" start to unravel, we get to see some excellent gore and make-up effects, that the first film should of had but did not(well not to this extent).
I really liked the characters of the film, we get to know them and like them, David(Shiloh Fernandez) tries his best to deny the fact of all the events that just took place, that there must be some logical reason for them, even until the very end, just like Bruce Campbell did in the original.
We also get to see some throwbacks from the original included in this film, which is a good thing. Kind of a "hats off" to the fans of this series. Sam Raimi, Rob Tappert, and Bruce Campbell obviously had a close watch on the director Fede Alverez, these elements really show through in this edition.
The cinematography was well done, the demons in the film we have all seen before in other films, but it's what they do to themselves that really sells the demon characters.
Let's move on shall we? The gore! I understand that some people thought it was over the top.
Now as a true fan of horror and gore, I didn't think this at all. Has anyone seen any of the "Saw" films? I didn't think the gore was at all taking away from the original story, back when I was a kid and seen the Evil Dead for the first time on VHS I thought that was kind of gory. Now we have newer films like "Saw" as I mentioned, and "Hostel" these films make the original Evil Dead seem like a kids film(as for the gore I mean). I truly don't see what the big deal is. It seems to me that the Producers of this film finally got to do what they wanted to, and not be under minded by the MPAA. Evil Dead 2013, I can say I really liked it, it had great character cohesion, excellent camera work, and the fact that it wasn't filled with terrible acting, and girls with fake boobs running around topless.
We all remember the terrible "Piranha" remakes don't we?(If you don't know what I mean then that's a bonus for you). That film that I just mentioned strayed so far away from the original film that it was degrading to my intelligence, and all the rest of us that love horror.
The Evil Dead was also tweaked a bit by changing the reason why these characters were going to the cabin in the first place. I liked that they didn't use the traditional young adults "going to the woods storyline" just to have sex and do drugs(This could of happened if it was directed by the Michael Bay horror film revamp industry). This film is not perfect in any way, but I would definitely watch it again, not as much as the original I will always cherish that version.
Final Thought. This new vision is an updated more polished version of the original, but I feel it will never replace the magic of the original cult classic. I am also not a fan of most recent remakes, but this is worth a watch. Finally a remake that made me feel glad for taking the time to watch it, I actually didn't feel let down leaving the theater this time around for once. Bravo!