A Very Groovy Homage

Rating: 8/10 (19 April 2013)

Firstly let me get this out of the way, the reviews on here for this film are just shocking. I was excited to see this movie ever since it was announced and while the critic reviews pumped me up, the user reviews disappointed.
I was scared when I went into the theatre last night, the first night of the movies release in the uk. I did not know what the film was going to be like, so i crossed my fingers and hoped for the best.
Let me first say what is wrong with this movie. The characters feel flat, not your usual dime a dozen meat bags who usually occupy horror films, but for as far as this film goes it just does not have the character development it deserves. the second problem is the overuse of jump scares, if like me you enjoyed the evil dead films for the gore and not the laughable jump scenes then this may come as a disappointment, this entire thing is a lengthy collection of jump scares ranging in quality.
However when this movie does something right it REALLY does something right. The last 15 minutes of this are truly something to behold for true evil dead fans and fans of classic practical gore effects. That said the gore is beautiful, tons of unsuspecting girlfriends sat in the cinema last night screaming and mentioning how they 'were going to be sick' it was a lot of fun. While the movie is nothing like army of darkness and takes itself completely seriously the black comedy is there, if you are an evil dead fanatic then you should be able to get a chuckle out of a woman cutting her face off with a shard of glass.
There are a lot of throwbacks to the original evil dead's which i will not spoil here as well as a distinct 'exorcist' vibe going on with the deadites. All in all this is a movie well worth the £6 admission for the gore factor alongside a few good jump scares if only for laughters sake, throw all this in with a great post credits bit and you have the perfect reboot/re- imagining/quasi-sequel to Sam Rami's classic evil dead series.