Mia, a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David, his girlfriend, Natalie and their friends Olivia and Eric to accompany her to their family's remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead at the cabin and reads aloud from it, awakening an ancient demon. All hell breaks loose when the malevolent entity possesses Mia.
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Nate H. reviewed Evil Dead (2013)
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It is very rare that remakes of movies are as good as the original. There are exceptions, and Fede Alvarez’s take on cult classic Evil Dead is one of them. Alvarez shakes off the campy humor that fans of the original loved so much (not me) and takes a no laughs approach, offering even more gore than Sam Raimi’s splatterfest. The result is a testament to what a student of the genre can do with a creative eye and flair for the hardcore. Make no mistake: this is a shockfest through and through, but Alvarez does it with style, something most modern horror directors lack. After seeing the success of the film’s opening weekend, you can bet there will be a sequel and it will be interesting to see if Alvarez signs back up, and if so, where he goes with the franchise. Until then, job well done.
A private user reviewed Evil Dead (2013)
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5 friends go to a cabin in the woods to help one of the group get over personal issues. Once they arrive, they soon find out that a very sinister form of evil is awaiting them, and it will stop at nothing until they all become victims of its beastly embrace. Call Evil Dead what you want Re-make, Re-imagining, whatever. Great horror films don't come across very often, and when they do, you have to go out and support them. Evil Dead falls into this category. Fede Alvarez's first full feature film shows he has some chops and solid vision as what he wants to bring to a film. I loved that he tried to keep the CGI to a minimum, and instead tried to rely on conventional effects. The result? A wonderfully, bloody good time.
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