After a 21 year hiatus (well, if you ignore the TV series), Evil Dead is back with this 4th entry. Serving as a sort of remake / sort of reboot to the franchise, the film follows five friends as they visit a remote cabin in the middle of nowhere. When one of them finds the book of the dead and reads aloud passages from it, an ancient demon is awoken and ends up posessing one of them. Cue murders. And gore. Lots and LOTS of gore...
The original Evil Dead, despite being creepy and full of ott gore maintained a somewhat tongue in cheek vibe and didn't take itself too seriously. This does. With a genuinely unsettling atmosphere, plenty of actually frightening scenes and tonnes of pretty grim kills and gore effects, there is not a gag in sight. There is no light relief here. Combined with an actual decent plot (the friends are trying to help Mia overcome her drug addiction, so won't let her leave no matter how crazy she gets) that actually gives a legitimate reason for them staying, and great performances by the cast, this is actually pretty great. Oh, and the final act not only throws in a bit of a curveball that I challenge anyone to correctly predict, but the final battle is awesome. Just needed a bit of Slayer to top it off, haha.
All in all this is a pretty solid entry into the series. It's well made, has decent performances and some cringeworthy scenes. If you are in the market for some extreme violence and gore, then look no further. For me personally though, I do like my Evil Dead films to have a bit of humour...
The original Evil Dead, despite being creepy and full of ott gore maintained a somewhat tongue in cheek vibe and didn't take itself too seriously. This does. With a genuinely unsettling atmosphere, plenty of actually frightening scenes and tonnes of pretty grim kills and gore effects, there is not a gag in sight. There is no light relief here. Combined with an actual decent plot (the friends are trying to help Mia overcome her drug addiction, so won't let her leave no matter how crazy she gets) that actually gives a legitimate reason for them staying, and great performances by the cast, this is actually pretty great. Oh, and the final act not only throws in a bit of a curveball that I challenge anyone to correctly predict, but the final battle is awesome. Just needed a bit of Slayer to top it off, haha.
All in all this is a pretty solid entry into the series. It's well made, has decent performances and some cringeworthy scenes. If you are in the market for some extreme violence and gore, then look no further. For me personally though, I do like my Evil Dead films to have a bit of humour...
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