Evil Dead remake (spoilers...groovy)

[Lvl45DM!]

Hail to the king of horror baby. This movie was awesome a great blend of gore suspense and jump scares mixed with some characters you actually cared a little about. Also they screwed with who you thought Ash was gonna be. Love it.
The downside was they kept the tree rape. But it was alot less gratuitous and violent more creepy and sinister I reckon.

Thoughts?

[Lvl45DM!]

Not a B-movie fan here? dang.

[hamlet]

Meh. Was pretty terrible in a terrible way.

It kind of missed a lot of the point of the original, which was that it was so horrible it started being funny in the end.

Nice to see the car made a cameo.

I'll probably pick it up on DVD when it comes out if only for completness' sake. I love the Evil Dead movies.

[Kyberwulf]

I heard it wasn't suppose to be a remake. Just a redo. If that makes sense. Kind of Like a campfire Story. You know, one that a new counselor heard from an old one. Can't remember the specifics.

Also, I wouldn't call this new Evil Dead a B-Movie.

[Lvl45DM!]

Meh. Was pretty terrible in a terrible way.

It kind of missed a lot of the point of the original, which was that it was so horrible it started being funny in the end.

Nice to see the car made a cameo.

I'll probably pick it up on DVD when it comes out if only for completness' sake. I love the Evil Dead movies.

The first Evil Dead really wasn't funny. But this remake had elements of that over the top humour. The arm hanging by a thread. And the chainsaw through the skull. Hell even the sheer amount of abuse the nerdy guy took was pretty funny.

And I did hear that there was plans for another one starring the Chin himself, confirmed?

[hamlet]

The first Evil Dead really wasn't funny. But this remake had elements of that over the top humour. The arm hanging by a thread. And the chainsaw through the skull. Hell even the sheer amount of abuse the nerdy guy took was pretty funny.

And I did hear that there was plans for another one starring the Chin himself, confirmed?

Are you kidding? The first one was downright hilarious, just not in a funny hah ha sort of way. Or, at least it was to me.

And yes, they're planning on making Evil Dead 4 (a direct sequel to Ash in Primitive Screwhead Land) starring the Chin himself at some point. But it might also end up in the same place as Ash Meets Frankenstein, so don't get too invested.

[Lvl45DM!]

Are you kidding? The first one was downright hilarious, just not in a funny hah ha sort of way. Or, at least it was to me.

And yes, they're planning on making Evil Dead 4 (a direct sequel to Ash in Primitive Screwhead Land) starring the Chin himself at some point. But it might also end up in the same place as Ash Meets Frankenstein, so don't get too invested.

What kind of hilarious was it? It certainly wasn't aiming for comedy.

Seemed the same in tone as the new one to be entirely honest except for the ending. Mia was more badass than Ash was in 1

[Vknight]

It was ok.
It just wasn't that good. I don't think they handled the original idea well. As a remake or redo of the original

The gore went too far without hitting silly, and was just pointless.
The characters were meh... Are 'lead'? no just no

[Olinser]

I already created a thread for this movie - it fell off the front page a while back, just not enough interest. I imagine this one will do the same in a few days.

I loved it, it was pretty in keeping with the spirit of the series.

My only problem was the last 15 minutes or so, when

The 'demon' appeared, and was LESS dangerous than the previous Evil Dead, all he did was slowly plod around and then get chainsawed. Seriously, he was just lame.

Also - Fridge Horror alert. The demon would only appear after he had 'feasted on 5 souls'. So, does that mean the girl is still bound for Hell??

[Vknight]

I already created a thread for this movie - it fell off the front page a while back, just not enough interest. I imagine this one will do the same in a few days.

I loved it, it was pretty in keeping with the spirit of the series.

My only problem was the last 15 minutes or so, when

The 'demon' appeared, and was LESS dangerous than the previous Evil Dead, all he did was slowly plod around and then get chainsawed. Seriously, he was just lame.

Also - Fridge Horror alert. The demon would only appear after he had 'feasted on 5 souls'. So, does that mean the girl is still bound for Hell??

I will disagree. It just was too much everything. I don't think they knew when or where to take some scenes. When to stop, who to focus on, or how to make the characters likeable

The last 15 minutes were just bad things accumulating to a strike out.
It was not swinging well before that

[Giggling Ghast]

I finally got around to seeing this last week. The movie was … OK. They didn't screw up the franchiese, but they didn't quite hit the mark either.

The biggest problem was that the movie didn't possess an ounce of levity. The closest I came to laughing was when Mia was taunting her brother. "MIA'S NOT HERE, YOU ****ING IDIOT!" I giggled.

Evil Dead isn't just straight horror; it's goofy, over-the-top gorn that's so ridiculous that you can't help but laugh at. This had plenty of over-the-top gorn, but it was more torture porn than black comedy.

The ending was by far the best part, though. Pathetic junkie, indeed. :smallamused:

I'd like to see Mia in another Evil Dead movie. Fingers crossed.

[zorenathres]

I liked some elements, but it was way too over the top with gore, actually to the point of me almost getting sick at some parts.

Really didn't like that the "demon" was (in appearance) just a "dark" version of Mia, this just didn't fit with me, & was way too derivative of things like silent hill. The original never showed the demon (until it manifests) & this really set me off.

Furthermore, the parts they "recycled" from the old movies were really just patched on there, & I actually skipped the tree part because I knew exactly what was coming & would not put my poor eyes through that (plus, they throw some exorcist lines in there when she cuts her tongue under the cellar). Basically Evil Dead in name only, IMO...

For some things i liked... well, the possessed people were pretty gruesome i guess in a good way (well, better than the original in the sense that you actually see the ridiculous damage inflicted upon them, & actually cringe at it). I did kinda like how they tried to add some more rules (needs 5 souls), but would have preferred that they kept the demon a secret until the end, talk about anti-climactic.

[Giggling Ghast]

Well, the Abomination did push the car on top of Mia's arm, so it didn't do absolutely nothing. Plus, its presence was causing lots of weird reality-warping effects, such as the rain of blood or the chainsaw that could run without its fuel cap.

Actually, had Mia not grabbed the chainsaw, she probably would have died. But in the Evil Dead universe, chainsaws trump demons any day.

[tomandtish]

For me the problem was that it started as though it was going to be an attempt at a serious horror movie, and then suddenly switched to gorn. I like serious horror movies. I like gorn. What I don't like is movies that can't make up their mind what they are going to be, and then try and do both. Because when you try and do both you almost invariably fail at both (as this movie did). By not staying serious throughout, the seriousness was undone for me, and since they started serious, the gorn just seemed stupid instead of over the top.

[hamlet]

Well, the original was fairly . . . "goornish" for lack of a better word. Except that, as zorenathres points out, it was so over the top and so ridiculous at the time the movie was released that it was just hilarious. Ridiculous, maybe, is a better word.

The new one just took itself too seriously and neglected to see the inherent humor of the original IMO.