An Honest Review

Rating: 8/10 (19 April 2013)

So the hype, yup even the poster cranks that one up a notch by saying it's the most terrifying film like ever!!!
I'll start off by saying that a lot of the reviews on here are from people who have not even seen the film, they started bashing it before its release so. Ignore any you see before the date of the film's release.
I've watched the original, scared the hell outta me as a kid and respected it a lot more as a film lover over the years.
This film? It's a different sort of Evil Dead, it's what I like to call Glossy Horror, the sort of Horror film that looks good with a good budget and doesn't wanna make you hurl by looking cheap and nasty.the best way to walk into this film was by thinking "this is a spin off" it's TOTALLY NOT!!! But a lot of people are comparing it to the original and it just kept the basics. A revision. There were a lot of things in the original that didn't make it into the 2013 version, such as the demons creepy playful singing and laughing and just being bat sh!t cray!!!! But then there are things about the 2013 version that was just amazing to watch such as the finale!!! What a showdown!!!
It's not a scary film,, it's really not and a lot of peoples reviews just made me think that they were putting it on for the sake of looking tough but I'm not sure if this is what they were going for but it doesn't go for the cheap scares, its more "watch whilst this chick totally messes her face off you still watching? Of course you are! You paid for it!" but the film is very WTF!!!
If you're a hardcore film lover then this is a good film, if you're not so much then I would say this might be too intense for you it's a very graphic and violent film and there a certain films that I won't watch again just because they cross the line and are unnecessary,
An example, Hostel part 2, girl being hung upside down, that for me was too much. Walking out of the cinema, my partner and me got chatting and he felt that this film crossed the line too much, so I guess its your own thoughts
The acting it's a strong cast, the BFF was the best of the bunch, it seemed that she had more to give and it was a shame she was first out!! Mia was a strong focal point but bad editing and sound effects caused her best lines to run away with her and some lines actually sounded a little slurred she came into her own in the final act and if it wasn't for that scene, I would have written the character off as a body count as we didn't really see much of her before and during as she was well a mess the bro was a misleading ASH if you wanna call him that, he was one to route for, Natalie was the most underwritten, a line here and there and then when there were a few less characters left I was waiting for her to "nail it" and, ummm she didn't it has nothing to do with the actress who was brilliant, I just wanted more from the character which she never got the chance to do and finally, that guy that's always a stoner and does the wrong thing like read demonic books? Actually one of the best, completely surprised me, a lot of heart and not what to expect, his last line was just sweet!
The film shots are beautiful, I think they managed to capture every single good angle of darkness the only reason I didn't get the full score was just down to one thing from the Original. Ash has to survive the night alone. This was truly an amazing horror scene back in the day and I was always on the edge of my seat and to have the rights to work with the original and not use this was just a waste, the clips from the trailer that didn't make it into the film were just frustrating as this is what I call false advertising and I hate it when they do this. The film did dip a little in the middle
But overall, it's a good horror, its bloody, its fresh and it's a lot of fun!
One last note, the music was excellent, the sound of a WW2 alarm ringing out was epic!!! Sharp and clever!