Shame on you Sam Raimi!!

Rating: 1/10 (22 April 2013)

So there is a new name in town, Fede Alvarez attempting to remake one of the best 1980's horror franchises in history and failing miserably!. As a forty something horror buff I remember the buzz the original had, throughout my teens everyone was talking about the Evil Dead, the gore, the tree rape, the camera trickery in the woods and of course the humour. Actually for it's time the movie was that bad it was very good. Myself, my wife and a friend all went to the cinema to watch with trepidation (as IMDb's users had scored an average of 7.5, I presumed it would be watchable). Oh how wrong I was!!!
1) Poor casting 2) Awful, lazy plot 3) Never jumped once 4) Laughed at a part I wasn't supposed to 5) SO SO predictable!
What annoys me is they will actually make money from this, I believe the £17.5 million dollars this tripe cost has already been surpassed by the box office. It's been a long time since I have seen people leave a cinema half way through a film, but it happened, people booing at the end. I think Hollywood treats its audience like mugs believing they will buy into this tripe. Remember we were brought up on proper horror Jaws, Halloween, The Shining - not much blood and guts but superb acting, scripts and directorship you felt like you'd ran a marathon afterwards you were so drained. I believe the problem we have with American horror is no one cares whether the characters die or not unlike good European or Asian horror where the cast is believable
I think Takashi Miike, Kim Ji-Woon, Pang Ho Cheung and Pascal Laugier can all sleep safely tonight knowing Fede Alvarez is just another fly by night director trying and succeeding to make a quick buck.
Oh and please don't bother making Evil Dead 2, as I for one will not be attending.