One of the Best Horror Films in Many a Year

Rating: 10/10 (13 July 2013)

Dear Person I Don't Know Who is Taking the Time to Read My Opinion,
I don't understand why there is so much hate for this movie. I have been a fan of the original series since as long as I can remember. I was raised on them far too early in life, lol. When I heard that this was coming out, I was immediately disappointed. Most people will understand why. Horror remakes/reboots/sequels/prequels/etc..., for the most part, fail miserably at capturing the original faithfully or make something truly new, original, and exciting out of it. As I said, I WAS disappointed. Then the redband trailer came out.
My opinion of the film, long before seeing it, changed instantaneously. I was so anxious to see the film that I read the script twice beforehand and was pleased to find out, upon watching the film, that it retained at least eighty five percent of the original script, something that is fairly rare in the world of rewrite after rewrite that slowly turn something good into the same cliché drivel that Hollywood pumps out five times a month. Once I finally got the chance to see the film, several times at that, I was more than happy to accept it as the best real horror film I've seen in quite some time.
Film goers, on the whole, have been dumbed down over the years by unwittingly watching the same thing over and over again only with different actors. This goes for every film genre, but horror really seems to do this the most. Evil Dead was exactly what it set out to be, what it was meant to be: A true horror film.
People complained about the gore, which in all honesty is no worse than most R rated films, though the use of practical effects blended seamlessly with minimal cgi made it more realistic in appearance. The other biggest complaints seem to be with the acting and with this series getting a reboot. The acting far surpasses the acting we see in most horror films put out these days, and for once we don't have the typecast generic horror characters.
The people who love to rain hate down on this film the most, however, are those I mentioned moments ago. These are the people who are so closed minded that they will refuse to watch a film and even go so far as to try to boycott it because they believe that their opinion, that of which being the series should not be touched in any way, is the only opinion and they somehow know more than we do about everything.
I won't ramble on any further, leaving you with what I have.
Nothing more, nothing less.