Not to be confused with The Evil Dead

Rating: 5/10 (11 April 2013)

The remake (or should I say reboot) of the horror cult classic was disappointing. The movie wasn't all terrible but it's just not anywhere near the incredibly horrific yet hilarious Sam Raimi version. The original was unintentionally funny, incredibly creepy, the possession is much more entertaining to watch and it stars Bruce Campbell.
On it's own, the reboot is deliciously gory (if you're into that sort of thing), surprising well-acted, and includes an interesting twist at the end. (Interesting doesn't always mean good.) It lacked the humor and creepiness the original brought and was instead filled with excessive amounts of blood and gore.
Evil Dead had more of an explanation to why the friends were at a random cabin in the middle of the woods. It's more than just five college friends going on vacation in creepy cabin in the middle of the woods (but seriously, how did they find this place?). That was a nice change in a genre that's full of clichés and unoriginality.
I'm not a big fan of gore or blood at all. I can't watch any of the Saw films and I barely even watched Hostel. Evil Dead was no exception. I spent most of the film partially covering my eyes or trying to tune out the disgusting sound effects from the gore scenes. The main attraction was the gore and that was the main premise of the movie. There was nothing as good to balance it out. The original had a nice balance of gore and black humor where I could actually watch the movie in it's entirety with only covering my eyes once. That may have something to do with the $350,000 budget that they had.
Jave Levy as Mia, the drug addicted sister and Shiloh Fernandez as Mia's brother David were good casting choices. They did a great job creating their own brother-sister team that differed from the original. Jessica Lucas and Lou Taylor Pucci were strong additions to the group of friends and were great as the supporting characters. The only weak person in the group was Elizabeth Blackmore, not because her acting was in any way terrible, the character was just boring and very forgetful.
Evil Dead is a fun, guts and gore filled horror flick that is no where near it's predecessor. The movie will scare you (if you're a baby like me) and gleefully disgust you with it's gory scenes.
As much as I found it disappointing, I would recommend at least seeing it once. 5 out of 10 stars.