D I S M A L remake of a horror classic

Rating: 1/10 (21 July 2013)

Contains a few spoilers, yep. But can you spoil something that's already rotten
This one was certainly made for the teen-agers (and they love it!).
Utterly forgettable. So glad I didn't pay money to see this trash, as my expectations were very low, no surprise this movie has none of the charm, wit or humor of the original Evil Dead movies. Lets run down the check list of failures this movie has going for it. BAD CASTING - impossible to care about anything that happens to these people. BAD WRITING - did the dialog bore the bejesus out of you too? Just wanted them to stop talking and die already. The junkie girl is quite grating, is she not. Hate her. The gore, although there's a lot of it, is not effectively used and makes little impression and was it necessary for it to rain blood. Which leads to the painfully stupid ending, the junkie being raised from the dead and then kicks undead a$$. Terrible. The "bridge out" sequence has no visual flare, very mundane - no effort put there. The roving POV camera shots that represent the demon (one of the true hallmarks of the series) weren't done according to spec, nor did they occur often enough and created absolutely no suspense or excitement. I really did think they could have at least got that aspect right, but no, they didn't. The soundtrack, as in the music,(one of the only positive aspects about this miserable movie) is under-mixed, I.E. not loud enough, rendering it to little effect. The obligatory "rape of the vines" sequence didn't last long enough to be effective/entertaining and there simply wasn't enough vines grabbing her to make it fun to watch, plus it occurred during the day which is not the way its supposed to be done. How many fatal injuries can the bearded guy with the glasses shrug-off, as if he just stubbed his toe. Lets start with the 4 to 5 inch deep knife wound very near his heart, that oozed blood with every beat, how many nails were fired into his head and neck and probably else where. Plus there's a few other injures I can't remember. Point is: He lingered too long. The book of the dead looks different in every single Evil Dead film, in this one they resorted to childish vulgarities being scrawled in its pages - looks very juvenile. So what's to like about this extremely awful movie, other then the already mentioned good music score (under mixed, of course) there were a few interesting looking exterior shots of the cabin....... man not much comes to mind. The blonde chick was hot, I hated seeing her prettiness destroyed by the efforts of an amateur film director and over-done gore effects that are simply a bore. And who was the dark haired guy, was that supposed to be Ash, ha ha, !!!FAIL!!! A beyond pitiful attempt to resurrect a mighty film franchise......
Well let me end this with a little advice and that is, just watch the Sam Raimi/Bruce Campbell Evil Dead movies, you know THE REAL ONES - they are entirely better in every possible way.