Evil Dead (2013)
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 173
Fresh: 108 | Rotten: 65
It may lack the absurd humor that underlined the original, but the new-look Evil Dead compensates with brutal terror, gory scares, and gleefully bloody violence.
Average Rating: 5.8/10
Critic Reviews: 34
Fresh: 20 | Rotten: 14
It may lack the absurd humor that underlined the original, but the new-look Evil Dead compensates with brutal terror, gory scares, and gleefully bloody violence.
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Movie Info
In the much anticipated remake of the 1981 cult-hit horror film, five twenty-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin. When they discover a Book of the Dead, they unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival.
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Cast
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Jane Levy
Mia -
Shiloh Fernandez
David -
Lou Taylor Pucci
Eric -
Jessica Lucas
Olivia -
Liz Blackmore
Natalie -
Phoenix Connolly
Teenager -
Jim McLarty
Harold -
Sian Davis
Old Woman -
Stephen Butterworth
Toothless Redneck -
Karl Willetts
Long Haired Redneck -
Randal Wilson
Abomination Mia -
Rupert Degas
Demon Voice -
Bob Dorian
Voice of Professor K... -
Ellen Sandweiss
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Inca
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All Critics (173) | Top Critics (34) | Fresh (108) | Rotten (65) | DVD (1)
Despite much old-school splatter, it's seldom frightening and oddly unfunny.
Top CriticAn effectively relentless gore-fest.
Five years from now, will you want to watch this bloody $14 million extravaganza or Raimi's shoestring original, which was Amateur Hour elevated to pop art? Evil Dead just bleeds money.
A stylish and worthy homage: inventive even as it is derivative, never quite jokey but never taking itself too seriously, and clocking in at an entirely appropriate 91 minutes. Any longer would be unmerciful; any shorter, ungenerous.
Though it never channels the raw DIY energy of the original Evil Dead series -- what big-budget version could? -- this polished, clever remake remains true to the spirit of the original, which was at once viscerally terrifying and weirdly lighthearted.
A gore fest that's just effective enough to whet fans' appetite for a sequel, even as it kills everyone else's appetite for dinner.
Too ludicrous to take seriously, yet too po-faced to laugh at, it sacrifices wit and energy for intensity.
Rarely do you find a modern reboot that has the power to satisfy fans of a revered franchise while simultaneously grabbing audiences unfamiliar with the original and kicking them in the teeth.
Maybe I am just getting too old for this stuff.
Evil Dead owes everything to its predecessor, and [director Fede] Alvarez never tries to hide that fact, even when his movie feels painfully redundant.
A masterful new version that adds even more value to Sam Raimi's masterpiece than ever.
The filmmakers behind this Evil Dead remake have completely missed what made Sam Raimi's original film work so well, opting instead for a typical horror bloodbath that fails to differentiate itself.
This Evil Dead isn't as flavorful as the old one, and it doesn't try as many different things. But on the promises it does make, it delivers.
An (extremely) blood good time that will likely please horror fans.
It's not great, it's not quite as anarchic as the original or as you want it to be, but as a gorefest aiming to pop you out of your seat a few times, it does the trick.
... strips away the tongue-in-cheek satire of its predecessor and settles for modern genre pandering aimed at fans of death, dismemberment, and unbelievable amounts of gore.
Alvarez does show some directorial flair but this is not as frightening as it would like to believe it is, nor as interesting.
The film is about nothing more than Alvarez devising amusingly fiendish ways of freaking out audiences.
Alvarez doesn't succeed in making Evil Dead terrifying, but he does make it as prodigiously intense and gory for our time as the original was for its own.
A spookily effective remake of the ultra-low budget 1981 cult horror classic by Sam Raimi, the gore and blood is so plentiful here it even falls from the sky...A must for fans, Evil Dead also affirms horror as the most remake-friendly genre going.
Fernandez's film falls most flat, as Raimi's Dead pics are full of comedy, whether Three-Stooges-indebted or just plain black and gross-out, while this rethink is monotonously serious - and really a bit evilly dull at times.
I will always appreciate a horror flick that introduces novel and inventive ways to dispatch of its cast. But the frights are almost totally absent. So what are we even doing here?
Alvarez seems to know where to pay tribute to the original... but he also knows where to depart... Overall, his new movie packs a punch.
... not for people prone to nightmares. It's highly effective as causing involuntary chills and hand movements (as in, up to eyes to block the bloody chaos onscreen). ... a cut above just about any other modern horror/slasher remake
If Hollywood is having trouble with deciding who its 'war and terror' enemies are, that's nothing compared with its crisis in horror.
All the requisite blood and gits but not much else to offer by way of entertainment.
Audience Reviews for Evil Dead
Super Reviewer
In order to kick her heroine habit, Mia (Jane Levy) and a few friends head to a remote cabin away from society and any temptations. Itâ??s here, that they stumble upon some strange goings on in the cellar and find the Book of the Dead, which once opened, releases a demon intent on possessing them all.
The difference between this and the stylishly imaginative original, is that Raimiâ??s was shot on a shoestring budget by a bunch of college students, intent on experimenting and pushing boundaries. This, on the other hand, throws in the bucks and itâ??s use of gratuitous gore simply doesnâ??t have the same impact or originality of itâ??s tongue-in-cheek predecessor. The approach that debutant director Alvarez takes is the filmâ??s biggest issue: it has an innate inability to laugh at itself. Itâ??s far too serious and as a result has to be judged on that. Itâ??s one of those horrors were you know not to expect logic, reasoning or any form of a sensible decision by itâ??s characters. Theyâ??re merely there as fodder for some soul devouring evil entity. It is what it is, and thatâ??s fine, but when you ask an audience to fully commit themselves, then you have to offer them something in return. If it was in touch with itâ??s sense of humour then this could have been a wild ride in a similar vein to â??The Cabin in the Woodsâ??. Unfortunately, it isnâ??t and its serious, po-faced approach comes across as ludicrous. Added to which, itâ??s a horror film that has very few genuine frights, a surprising lack of suspense and itâ??s use of jump scares are glaringly obvious and redundant. To be fair, it does bring some laughs to the table, but those laughs are entirely unintentional.
One for the torture-porn generation that have no interest in characterisation or plot development. Itâ??s main agenda is to deliver gore and plenty of it. In that respect, it delivers but on every other level it fails miserably. Unequivocally, the worst film of 2013.
Mark Walker
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- Olivia: I just gave her enough sedative to put a horse to sleep!
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- Eric: I unleashed something, something evil.
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- David: This is my girl, Natalie.
- Olivia: Oh, that heart-breaker from your car shop.
- Natalie: The doctor.
- Olivia: I'm a registered nurse.
- Natalie: Nurse. Sorry.
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- Eric: The possessed must be cleansed.
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- Mia: Why don't you come here so I can suck your cock, pretty boy?
- David: Mia?
- Mia: Mia's not here you fucking idiot! Your little sister's been raped to hell!
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- Eric: Everything's going to be fine?
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