Don't believe the hype

Rating: 8/10 (22 August 2013)

*SPOILER AHEAD* This is a bad movie. I don't mind the gore, al though it's not as gross as in the preview, but the story is predictable and boring. As a horror-movie this does'nt work either. It takes it self too seriously. The whole concept is so ridiculous that it needs to make fun of it self to work. The original Evil Dead from 1981 was straight up horror though, unlike the two sequels which were horror-comedies. But the original unlike this remake was much better done. Al though it had a much smaller budget and the effects were not half as good as in this one (they were down right cheesy) it actually managed to be scary. Mostly because of the amazing camera work and because the evil dead was a force living in the woods instead of just ghosts.
But let's go over the things that made this movie suck. It has no Ash aka Bruce Campbell. He made the old movies work, because of his acting and his looks. None of the characters here are remotely interesting, mostly because they're really stupid. For instance why stay in a cabin where the basement is filled with dead rotten cats hanging from the ceiling? Why open a book that is wrapped in plastic with barbed wire around it? Why starting to translate a book with clear warnings on the first pages to leave the book alone? Why decide to stay at the creepy cabin after one of the characters have been first badly injured in the woods then gotten third degree burns on her face? Why not swim across a flooded road when it's obvious that staying will be much worse than trying to escape? All the actors are doing a good job but none of them are the obvious lead that the audience can root for. Every time I thought I figured out who would survive I was wrong and it was really annoying.
Watch the original and avoid this one.