So...So..Groovy

Rating: 7/10 (27 September 2013)

Over thirty years ago, several young film students named Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell had an idea for a movie with a premise of five college students away for the weekend in a remote Cabin in Tennessee who become possessed by Demons and try to kill each other off. Now it's 2013 and can you guess who the producers are? The Storyline is thisMia, a drug addict, asks her brother and three friends to come with her to a cabin to help her go cold turkey. While she's going through withdraw, her friend Eric finds a book bound with human flesh and wrapped up in a garbage bag. Don't forget barb wire also! Eric translates some passages in this book and the demon procession begins! Fede Alvarez makes his film directing debut here and he attacks us with gut-wrenching moments throughout the movie. Instead of having Raimi mentor this virgin director, Alvarez came out swinging with his own version of this film. The $17,000,000 budget drenches us with blood, guts and gore! The special effects are extremely well done. Every single character is inflicted with severe pain and pretty much, if there was a theme to this film, I think it would be pain! And I mean that in the best way possible! I totally understand the disappointment in this film and sometimes even hatred by the so called die-hard fans. Even when I first saw the spoiler trailer on you-tube, I was skeptical but still interested. After watching this film, I realize Alvarez, Raimi, and Campbell wanted a fresh, new direction in these chain of movies. In my opinion they hit the mark on the spot. Even though Evil Dead 2013 is a remake, I consider it as Evil Dead 4 after Army of Darkness. By telling myself this and my readers hopefully, it makes this movie more understandable. The only main issue I have with this film is the lack of the character "Ash", which was played by Bruce Campbell in the original. I might be in a minority with my die-hard friends but I give this film 3.5 stars out of 5.