Review of Evil Dead (2013) by Wade W — 16 Oct 2015

Talk about taking a steaming dump on the original... To make Evil Dead sans humor is like making The Shawshank Redemption as a vaudevillian comedy...

This review of Evil Dead (2013) was written by Wade W on 16 Oct 2015.

Evil Dead has generally received positive reviews.

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