Don't go and see "Evil Dead"

[quinnox]

Oh, it was awful. I'm a horror movie fan, but this was just a buckets of blood and gore movie. Literally! It was absolute trash. No story, or anything scary, to say the least. Please don't even think about seeing this movie. I was duped by reviews which I now think were made up by advertisers.

[Warren DeMontague]

1. Did you ever see the original?

That story wasn't really all that much, either.

[quinnox]

3. Yes, it was very much better

They took the comedy out that was present in the original in this horrible remake. It literally rains blood at one point in this movie. All the movie is close-ups of limbs being teared off of people with accompanying sounds. And people sawing their own faces off. It is just that bad. And not scary, but boring. Just a gross out fest movie.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. It doesn't seem to me like Hollywood can do horror, anymore.

Now "The Shining".. that was a great horror flick. And there's only one murder.

I don't remember feeling that strongly either way about the 1st Evil Dead. Number two, and Army of Darkness, were funny.

[quinnox]

5. Yep, Hollywood has been putting out stinkers for a long time now in the horror genre

I'm a sucker and still hold out hope they might make a good one, sooner or later. Stupid me.

[Warren DeMontague]

7. Movies in general have gotten worse.

Fortunately there has been some interesting narrative stuff happening on TV. That's where the good writers seem to have gone.

I don't know about Horror, though. My wife watched that "American Horror Story" show.. I put up with the 1st season, but the 2nd one in the Asylum, I'm like "ugh. enough"

[arcane1]

9. The whole "keep pushing the envelope" thing will eventually run out of adhesive

Then they will have to go for the cheap adhesive, and we all know what cheap adhesive did to George Constanza's fiance!

[HughBeaumont]

20. It's why I can watch The Shining, Night of the Living Dead and The Exorcist over and over.

These movies creep you out every time, even though you know what's coming. They go beyond a superficial idea of "a scary movie".

Modern horror just relies on startle and gore. YAWN. Seen it, bored by it the first dozen or so times.

[redqueen]

28. Evil Dead wasn't funny. You're thinking of Evil Dead 2. nt

[Katashi_itto]

32. Go try "The Awakening" on Net Flicks aalso another one I am excited about is

"The Stuart House Recordings" That looks like it's very high on atmosphere and story, I think it's supposed to be out next year somethime.

[Ilsa]

2. I just saw Prometheus on HBO. I liked it.

I don't like horror sic-fi that much, but I thought it was good.

Spoiler:










It's a prequel to Alien.

[RiffRandell]

6. No intention.

I get more scares watching Hauntings on Discovery.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

15. "Hauntings" or "A Haunting"?

Those shows are ****ing scary as hell.

[RiffRandell]

33. A Haunting.

Yeah, they scare me. Some are better than others, but most of them are really good. I've seen them all...the first one I saw was "A Haunting in Connecticut" (the movie sucked) and I was so scared I shut it off but recorded it because my husband was out of town on business and couldn't watch it by myself.

I can't remember the last scary movie I saw. I like them but most nowadays are cheesy. I like the old ones (then again I'm old) like The Changeling, The Exorcist, The Omen, Re-Animator (and funny), Alien, The Shining, Halloween...I even thought the first Nightmare on Elm Street was scary.

The reviews on Insidious were pretty good and there were some scary parts, but I wasn't that impressed. I think that's the last one I've seen. I liked the remake of "Let the Right One in" and "May" was pretty bizarre.

"Identity" with John Cusack was a good thriller.

Saw Blair Witch at the theater opening weekend and thought it sucked. I was really looking forward to it.

Sorry for ranting since you only asked me one question and I wrote a novel.

[arcane1]

8. The beauty of the original two was the comedy and humor

I can't imagine remaking that.

[frylock]

10. Fangoria has been pimping this movie hard..

I was hoping it would be worth watching, as I do enjoy the originals.

[Bluenorthwest]

11. Wouldn't go see it if it was the only film in town.

A blood soaked bupke is my assumption.

[redStateBlueHeart]

12. To those who haven't seen it...

I say watch it anyways. I'm a huge fan of Sam Raimi's work and loved the original...the remake wasn't as good but I was still highly entertained throughout. The film-making style was definitely intended as a tribute to Raimi...the camera zooming quickly through the woods, the buckets of blood (different colors of blood in particular), the nature of the possessed ("We shall feast upon your souls!&quot .

The filmmakers who made this remake took elements from the first and second movies and kind of mixed them in...the first Evil Dead was straight-up horror with a good bit of camp mixed in, which is pretty much what this film was. The second and third films had more straight-up humor but more gore. So I feel they focused on the gore from the second movie and the true horror elements of the first...that said, there were plenty of times when I LOLed during the movie, so the humor here works as well.

As evidenced in his other films, including "Drag Me to Hell", Raimi obviously has a thing for bodily fluids and a certain gross-out factor, but I feel like in this remake it's a bit...much. Besides that, my biggest complaint with the movie is that the characters (save for one) were WAY dumber than your average horror-movie folk, which simply annoys me.

Overall, I'd recommend it though.

[jollyreaper2112]

13. Recommend

Watch cabin in the woods. Don't read anything about it, not a blurb, not the back of the box, nothing. Go in cold and enjoy.

[Beacool]

14. Don't worry, I would never go to see it.

I hate horror movies.

[dionysus]

22. i have a trick for watching horror movies that makes em not so bad, Bea...

if you get too scared, hide under this!

[Beacool]

27. Ooohh, another new bankie!!!

She's so cute!!!



I don't like to see gore. I like suspense films, but not strictly horror films.

[cbrer]

16. Oh, sorry, I thought this was another thread about M. Thatcher nt

[In_The_Wind]

17. I never go to movies like that!

[Logical]

18. Well, rotten tomatoes has 76% of viewers liking it! Maybe you....

Are wrong?

[TheManInTheMac]

19. This is the first bad review I've read of the movie. And I mean viewer reviews.

The hardcore horror fans on Reddit rave about it. I'm going to make up my own mind. Loved the original, and I've read that this uses minimal CGI, which I think is refreshing. Buckets of blood? Yay!

[raouldukelives]

21. Bad timing. Evil Dead can't compete with chained CPI on the fear scale. nt

[rug]

23. Thank you for telling the truth about this piece of shit.

[demwing]

26. opinions are not truths

that doesn't mean that opinions are bad, it just means they are not truths.

[redqueen]

29. Precisely so. nt

[rug]

36. In general I agree. But Evil Dead is truly a piece of shit.

[darkangel218]

24. I saw it yesterday and it wasnt so bad.

A bit silly, but all recent horror flicks seem to be like that.

[demwing]

25. Disagreed

Make up your own minds, folks.

There was definitely a story - a girl is taken to a cabin to detox as she comes off of a drug addiction. The place has a history, and the history crosses paths with the detox. It wasn't on the level of "The Shining" or "The Exorcist" but what is? It was scary, and yes there was a LOT of gore, but it's "Evil Dead" - it's supposed to be a gore-fest. If you've read any reviews, or seen the original, you're likely to know that walking in.

Oh, BTW, very little CGI was used. The gore is physical and seems more real as a result.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

30. I hate CGI

I'm not a fan of horror movies, but give me the organic production design of say, "Raiders of the Lost Ark" over that crap that went on in "Crystal Skull" any day.

[Initech]

34. He is the executive producer of this film

I heard an interview where he said he wanted to do a remake where they actually had a budget since the original was shot for very little money.

[stuntcat]

35. I LOVE Horror, and Zombies are my favorite

I'll watch anything- good/bad, expensive/cheap, new/old, long as it's horror. But I did not like the older Evil Dead. I might have to see this new one just since it's got zombies. So maybe it will be on Netflix someday.. not paying for theater tickets though! Thanks for the review.