A movie with more notoriety than it deserves

Rating: 1/10 (21 December 2012)

First off, I liked "Army of Darkness", essentially the film that put the Evil Dead movies on the map. I knew of the two prequels, but they were really hard to find for a while. I'm not really a fan of gore per se, so the reviews that described it as such deterred me for a while. However, I couldn't resist streaming Netflix + some spare time.
I know people in these sort of movies are compelled to do stupid things, but this one goes over the top. The most cowardly woman of the group going out alone to look for someone/something was completely out of character. The subsequent violation by demonic foliage was out of place, uncalled for, and unnecessarily gratuitous. Then there's the whole notion that evil supernatural forces are trying to kill them, so... let's split the injured girl away from the rest so she can take a nap. That's a sound strategy.
There are people who are scared by this film, even think it is the scariest they've seen? You probably shouldn't have gone to my high school; you'd just be cowering in a corner somewhere. The gore effects were about as ridiculous as one could imagine. The stop-motion at the end had me laughing like I was watching an episode of MST3K. For comparison, it made a Doctor Who episode of the same era look like "Avatar". I can imagine this being a cult movie with its camp appeal, but scary? Really?
This is one overrated movie. When ED2 comes available on streaming Netflix or On Demand, I'll probably watch it for completion, certainly with low expectations.