Review of Evil Dead (2013) by Tashy497 — 06 Apr 2013

I'm giving this a 10 because it's probably one of the best horror movies I've seen in a long time. Obviously it's not on the same playing field as the original Evil Dead... but it holds its own. It lacks the campiness which I did miss...

Some things that bugged me (spoilers):

- characters not interesting, the backstory to the brother sister was snorring. Should have been a couple like the original. They tried to hard.

- The Book of the Dead lacked a face... I understand to make it look more believable... but then the drawings on the inside looked too polished, and the red writing looked cheese-ball.

- No atmospheric effects, or lacking much of it. Like the swing chair knocking on door, or woods-demon looking through windows. The horror build didn't exist like the original.

- Burying his sister, digging her up, her face lacking the scars from the hot water scene, like her face was perfect.

Things I loved:

- End scene with the chainsaw, how she slices the demon down the middle... the raining blood and the red wetness was reminiscent of The Descent.

- Slipping on the cheek meat.

- the actor who played the main character, she was great. Too bad the other actors weren't good like her.

- Secret ending after credits.

- Keeping with some camera styles.

The only other movie that I thought was a great horror movie that wasn't from the 70-80s was "The Girl" and "Insidious".