More 'Evil Dead' than 'Evil Dead 2'

Rating: 4/10 (14 April 2013)

Unlike a lot of the people interested in the Evil Dead remake, I was not really a fan of the original Evil Dead. I was, however, a big fan of Evil Dead 2, which was in many ways a remake of Evil Dead. The second film kept the first film's elements of fear, creepiness and gore and added a bad ass protagonist, humor and creative violence. I was disappointed that this 2013 remake seemed to draw its inspiration only from the first film.
Even though I'm not a fan of the original Evil Dead, I think this film is inferior in many ways. It does away with subtlety almost completely and draws on more clichés than the original, which does not help with creating suspension of disbelief. It goes to greater lengths to try to explain what's going on, but the explanations don't make any sense. And I know main characters acting foolishly is a common joke about horror movies, but this one took it to new heights of stupid.