Evil Dead [Blu-ray] [Region B]

For anyone who hasn't seen the original evil dead and its sequel Dead by dawn may find the story slow with the horror really taking its time to start, but once it does you get quite the roll a coaster ride. For those who have seen the original films there's enough here to remain true to them but also enough alternate material to warrant a reboot.There are nods to the originals, that aren't too in your face such as card shuffling hinting to the card predicting deadite form Evil dead, and a water seen fight that gives you flashbacks to the pit deadite from Army of darkness.Minor spoilers and back storySo what's different to make this original? For the first time in horror (from my own knowledge) a story that makes sense. When a character shows up with scratches and cuts claiming to have been attacked by brambles and tree vines you would either get the hell out the dodge or have them committed (neither ever happens in horror). In this however as the character in question (Mia) is going cold turkey on a drug intervention after an accidental overdose (having previously tried to quit and lasting mere hours) so her brother and friends think this is her way of getting away from seclusion to return to her habits which makes sense (despite other reviews).What's missing? The camp comedy b movie style of the original, and the so bad its good theme Bruce made famous but it doesn't suffer for this. I have to say I'm a huge fan of the originals and didn't expect to enjoy this but after watching it through and then with comentry, all the extras and then again to see what was missed that nods to the original etc I think its the best reboot in horror that I've seen. Its got enough originality (well as much as you can with a cabin in the woods story) to be a film in its own right with enough evil dead to please most fans.Will I enjoy this?If your looking for girls in underwear running upstairs to avoid a serial killer, gore that's over the top just for cheap scares or dodgy low budget sex scenes then no, you won't enjoy this. If your looking for a horror that takes a done to death plot, based on a classic film and somehow breaths new life into it and adds enough spark to make a reboot worth while then yes I don't think there is now or will be anytime soon anything better in this genera.Any regrets? One and that is watching the comentery which has so many this was cut, we shot this and cut it blah blah. So many good scenes cut including the trap door deadite mia singing time to go to sleep not another peep as seen in some of the trailers, other than that best film since Batman dark knight.

Go watch it.

After the success of Marcus Nispels Texas chainsaw massacre in 2003 we have had most of the classic horror films of the 1970s and 80s remade. This is a good effort and continues the mythology of the book of the dead. The visuals continue the modern horror aesthetic of a brown, yellowy grungy vibe (inspired by Nispel) with lots of splatterings of gore and blood that will appeal to the post Saw/Hostel generation. It is far more violent than the original film, this made me go yuk whereas the original made me go agh! It's also faster paced then the original and the humour has gone as this film is a straight up horror piece.Star of the original trilogy Bruce Campbell said in the extras that this film can be seen as a separate story, one in a parallel universe, where the question remains as to how the book ended up in that cabin. I also like the fact that there is no Ash in this (only one man can play that role) and that the film features a strong heroine, something the franchise will benefit from. A crossover evil dead featuring Mia and Ash would be something to look forward too!

Good scary film if your into horror movies. I love horrors so for me it’s a big thumbs up.

If you are unfamiliar with the Evil Dead films then this might be something you appreciate more. If you are familiar, and are a gore-hound, then the bloodthirsty repetition on offer here won't be off-putting. To anyone else this is an entertaining, albeit stupid film, that does absolutely nothing new with the story, action or scares.It isn't a continuation of the previous films, and seems to be a full remake, so some of the premise is contradictory despite most of the details being the same.A group of people who are a mixture of childhood friends, and a brother and sister, go to a cabin in the woods owned by their late mother and attempt to help the sister quit her drug addiction. Once there they find a trapdoor coated in blood that leads down to a basement with a whole load of dead cats strung up from the ceiling, and a book made of human flesh that was sealed up with barb-wire.Now, since none of these discoveries leads to them getting the heck out of there, well, it starts off pretty stupid. To make matters worse: despite the book being made of human flesh, and inside is illustrated with horrific images and warnings of "don't read the book!", well, you know, some donkey reads the book and unleashes evil.After that....new day, new characters, same old shee-yit, as one by one they get possessed and commits acts of self-mutilation or murder.You see someone using a nail-gun for some "home improvement" on this run-down shack, that still bizarrely has working electricity and running water despite nobody living there for years or paying the bills, and you know that's going to be used later on for acts of violence.You see someone cutting up some meat with an electric carving knife and you know that that too will be used for self-mutilation and / or acts of violence. They even include a chainsaw for old times sake.It's gory, probably suspenseful for horror newbies and generally watchable. For anyone who isn't a newbie and was hoping for this to be scary or at least moving the franchise forward....nope! For the old fans there's nothing new here and 99% of it is overly familiar despite seemingly not being a continuation of the originals. For anyone else it just isn't scary at all and trades in blood and gore.It was alright, but then I watched it as part of a free trial and so didn't pay for it. If I had, well, I wouldn't want to pay too much to watch this, as it's a bit better than average but miles away from being great.

Good film! Worth a watch

Ok but not as good as the original

I know my title for this review may seem a bit steep,but I was honestly so impressed and pleasantly surprised with this movie,it's made me ecstatic!!I have been a fan of the original for as long as I can remember,but this is an ENTIRELY different animal.Where the original was kinda campy at times(albeit in a very entertaining way),this one is utterly,completely,balls-to-the-wall CRAZY!!It still has some of the black humour and sillyness of the original,but it's mostly played straight...a move which could have been risky but man,did they ever pull it off!!I think the biggest(and best)difference,is the story.It's obviously still very close to the original but the changes they have made are really,really good.Inventive,clever and well thought-out,it puts almost every other horror re-make to shame in that department.The acting is all stellar and extremely committed(watch the bonus features to see what the lead actress went through),with everyone fitting their characters perfectly.It's the pacing of this movie which really takes it to the next level,it's just SO incredibly awesome...I mean,it feels more like a French horror film in that sense,it just doesn't let up once the carnage begins,it's totally breathless and relentless until the amazing finale....just WOW!!If you like you're horror films with tons of craziness/gore/excitement,then this is one for you,I honestly stand by my review title....I have seen this film multiple times already and I truly believe it is one of the greatest horror films I have ever seen. BUY IT NOW!!!

I never thought I'd live to see this remake, but, here it is.In 2003 it was announced that Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell would be producing a remake of the original horror film that started both their careers, 1983's (or 1979, or 1981, depending on where you were before the wide release of the original) "The Evil Dead," a film so violent and so disturbing it's still banned in several countries across the world, today. The original film is a classic, from the opening frame depicting a crashed automobile half sunken in a swamp in out in the boondocks of Tennessee to one of the most profoundly haunting endings of a horror movie I've ever seen. And while the original in is a classic, nearly flawless horror film made on a shoestring budget, this remake proves to one up it many ways. I waited ten years for this film to be made, it was worth every moment.The main strong points of the remake are the character development and the slight expansion on the origin of the demonic nature of the Mortorum Demonto (Book of the Dead). The original film's premise was straightforward: Five college students go to a remote cabin in the woods for a weekend to drink, smoke pot and have fun, but when something evil haunting the woods beyond leads to them discovering the ancient Book of the Dead, which one by one possesses them, turning them into monsters, turning on each other, playing mind games and eventually leading into a blood explosion extraordinaire.The remake drops much of that premise, while retaining only the bare bones of the old characters' archetypes. There's a guy with his girlfriend who's with his sister, but she's a recovering heroin addict and has come to their old family cabin in hopes of detoxing over the course of a weekend with the help of a rather nerdy fellow's smart registered nurse girlfriend. A foul smell in the basement leads to the nerdy guy discovering a strange package wrapped in black trash bags and barbed wire and upon carefully opening it, he discovers a book bound in human flesh and inked in human blood. On the inside, someone has scribbled the words "LEAVE THIS BOOK ALONE," but being a curious college student, presumably with a philosophy nature (or just bored because he forgot to bring a book along for the trip and the TV doesn't get good reception) he begins to translate it, speaking the terrible words aloud which awaken something from deep below the earth.And then the fun begins.I know this remake (I'm not sure it's a remake, part of me thinks it's actually a clever prequel to the original, more on that, later) had rather split views from fans of the original. Some hated it, others loved it. It seems in the year since it was released it's leaned more towards the latter, gaining trust due to the heavy involvement of Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell acting as executive producers. Pretty much everything in this movie is, if Sam Raimi or Bruce Campbell wanted you to see something going on on screen, you saw it. There's a scene when the addict girl tries to escape and she crashes a car into a swamp... this is what leads me to believe this film may be a prequel. In the original movie, as I said, the first scene is of a crashed car in the swamp-- not the same make or model of course, but it's the thought here that counts. On the commentary for the original film, Bruce or Sam said the idea behind the crashed car was that another group had been at the cabin and tried to flee, failing-- although in the original movie that's only implied for the brief time the submerged automobile appears. So I'm lead to assume that this film takes place before the original movie, if not literally then spiritually speaking.This movie did not disappoint me, I've been a fan of the original "Evil Dead" movies for a very long time and this movie stayed very true to the original's "balls to the wall" approach, rather than sink into the demented "Looney Tunes" or "Three Stooges" comedy/horror of the also excellent sequels. And, to viewers with a keen eye, the "Three Stooges" elements are still in this film, however they're played in such a way that they come off as more terrifying than funny (when someone slips on a severed ear and smashes their head into the bowl of a toilet in the movie is rather gruesome, where as it can be seen there is influence from comedic bits, there).The acting is surprisingly good for a group of unknown actors, the writing was done by the same screenwriter as the Oscar winning (or nominated?) film "Juno," and the camera movement is fluid and haunting, combined with the dark lighting and often ambient sounds creating a perfect atmosphere for a great horror film. However, all in all, I felt this movie's violence was seriously downplayed from the original's. The original film is a much more brutal film if you watch them back to back. And while there may be more blood in the remake, the original has more scenes that make you turn your head and wince (the Achilles' heel pencil stabbing scene, for instance). While much of the film's plot is dramatically different from the original, certain scenes are almost frame for frame reproductions of the original-- which is a nice mix.My main disappointment was a single line of dialogue near the end which was from one of the original films spoken with a slight change which made me a little upset, but it's easy to get over, though it still makes me roll my eyes when I hear it delivered. However the rest of the movie is so solid that it borders on brilliance. The expansion on the demons is nice, some rules have changed regarding the book, but for the most part, the same rules to kill a "deadite" apply. If you pause the film and look at each visible page of the Necronomicon, you'll find there's some interesting insights written in it by "previous readers," which expand upon the origin of the demons. In the old movies, one could argue that the demons weren't so much devils, as they were mischievous spirits who happened to be extremely playful in a very violent way. In this film, the demonically possessed don't act so goofy, instead opting to taunt the tormented by whispering those most profound of personal blasphemies.The picture quality of the Blu-Ray is amazing, there's a nice commentary by the director and actors on it, but few special features other than that to be found. But, if you're an "Evil Dead" fan, new or old, this movie belongs on your shelf along with all the others. It's pretty damn groovy.

Sabemos que este es un remake del clásico de los 80 y la verdad me encantó en esta historia algunas cosas cambiaron pero no todas lo que si los efectos especiales, la atmósfera de terror y las actuaciones superaron a su versión original claro con la tecnología que se usaba en ese tiempo pues los efectos no eran los mejores pero en cuestión de remakes la verdad me fascinó no me decepcionó.La película viene en inglés y por supuesto con su doblaje latino y subtitulos.La compra llego en tiempo y forma y en excelentes condiciones

Merci le film fonctionne bien

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