Evil Dead (2013) Review

      When it comes to scary movies, in my opinion Evil Dead has to be one of the best remakes of our time. Evil dead is about a group of friends who venture out into the woods for helping one of there own through rehab to get the main character off the drugs she's been taking. During the stay they discover witchcraft was done under the cabin they were staying at and they find a book. One of the friends then reads a passage from the book and unleashes evil. That evil unleashed attaches itself to the main character who then makes the killing occur with the other characters by somewhat possessing them with evil until one by one, each is dead. 

      

      The film is a remake of an older version with a similar story but the film does not bring back the same characters, but simply the book itself. It is directed by Fede Alvarez and produced by Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell and Robert G Tapert. It stars Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, Jessica Lucas and Elizabeth Blackmore.  It's original release date is April 15th 2013 and is going to be distributed by TriStar Pictures. The run time is 92 minutes long with a 15 million dollar budget. 

Fede claims this film to be a sequel to the events after Evil Dead. The Film has gotten 4/5 stars at the SXSW review and Chris Tilly of IGN gave it 9/10. 

      

      The theme of this film is obviously dark and gore with lots of blood. The genre it falls under is Horror though it can fall under other categories as well but thats really on perception. The film in my opinion is truly terrifying and full of gore. The Film's setting takes place in the woods in a cabin and majority of it is all at night. According to Fede, no CG was used in making this film and everything done was realtime. In my personal opinion, I have to agree with them saying its a terrifying film simply because it does have moments where it makes you jump and makes you a bit disturbed. It is definitely not a film for the weak hearted. The story does have similarities to the Original story and what upset me thought about it was that it did not have any cameos from Bruce Campbell but it did pay homage to the boomstick shotgun and the chainsaw.