This was not good


For me, this doesn't work as an Evil Dead movie. It feels like a generic horror movie with typical cliches and underdeveloped characters. It lacks originality and isn't fun or entertaining. The film looks dark and ugly. The opening was good though and a couple of the actors were cute. 5/10 is my rating.

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He likes the trans hen!

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5/10 for me too ...it had too many cliche moments, like when the little girl actually unlocks the door for her possessed mommy and the chainsaw/wood-chipper ending. Definitely a crowd pleaser for the fans of extreme gore though.

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It was a okay horror movie, but not a okay Evil Dead movie.

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Agreed.
It was an OK horror movie but didn’t feel like an Evil Dead film to me.

I suspect this was a script that was kicking around for a while so somebody just slapped a famous name on it and tried to cash in.

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Yeah that’s a good point - you take the Evil Dead off the title and would we even be talking about it? Prolly not

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Exactly.
I did like it to some extent but it didn't fit well withe the previous installments.

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It's bad, but it's hard to expect better, b/c it's impossible to recreate the feel of the boundless creativity that the original, low-budget indie versions have. The same happened with the Halloween movies. It's about cashing in, of course, but it's like no modern filmmaker understands the DNA of the originals.

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Good post and I couldn’t agree more! The modern evil dead and Halloween films are so soulless and devoid of the charm and creativity of the originals. It’s just such a different time and us horror fans have seen it all hundreds of times . I don’t think anyone could take on a new Halloween or Texas Chainsaw Massacre flick and have it come close to matching the vibe or creepiness of the original ..

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I liked the beginning and how the ending tied into it, but the rest is just the typical modern day bloodbath. The horror wasn't enough.

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It’s a very generic zombie movie with loads of cgi gore. The cgi looks mostly good but I found myself yawning halfway through - I find once you’ve seen this type of movie it all just becomes mindless .

It’s not a bad movie by any means but It’s just barely worth a first watch

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