Why not zero stars?

Rating: 1/10 (28 August 2013)

Completely horrible remake of a classic film. It really is just a generic modern horror film trading on the reputation of its namesake. Zero humor. No real scares. The actors can't act. I sure hope the internet rumors that this is the start of another Evil Dead series is wrong. Trust me, by the end of this exceptionally long 90 minutes, you'll be cheering for all the characters to die, especially the hippie dude. It shows a little life and creativity in the third act, but by that time you don't really care. The "acting" is so awful, you cannot believe that they have met each other before, much less were life long friends.
Oh, it does have buckets of blood pouring out of people's heads though. Interesting that the original, much less gory version got an NC-17 rating, but this more gory crapfest gets an R. I guess that's the power of Sony.