I'll Swallow Your SOUL!

Rating: 9/10 (15 April 2013)

I must admit, I was adamantly opposed to a remake of 'The Evil Dead'. When I heard this movie was being made I was livid. A wholly new set of characters? A Female lead? No Ash!? How can this be?!
I was ready to write this off as another attempt by Hollywood to recycle beloved movies to turn a quick buck... but then I saw Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, and Bruce Campbell were producing. "How bad could it be?" And then I saw the red band trailer. I was amazed.
I don't go to the movies often, but here was a film I was more than willing to pay to see.
Much of the negative reviews I've seen do either one, or both, of these things: Remember the original 'The Evil Dead' with their nostalgia glasses on OR remember part II and the original as one entity.
This movie is light years beyond the original. It hurts to say it, but it is. The acting, directing, story, and effects are all vastly superior.
It's not as if this film erases the original. It still exists and you can watch it whenever you want. But, if you compare the two, it's obvious this is the superior movie.
I, for one, loved every minute of it. I defy anyone to illustrate how it is not the better of the two.
Now, the sequel? That's what I'm worried about. TED II is a masterpiece of "splatstick".