Evil Dead

Let´s make something clear. If you think vampire teenage movies are scary, you are way out of your league. Recently while sitting at the bus station, i heard some teenage girls talking about how scary the Twilight movies are.....hum....huuuum. No one should even say these words, because Twilight is not scary, it is just pure shit. Now, Evil Dead on the other hand is a true classic from the 80´s, with one of the best actors named Bruce Campbell. His character Ash is a legend in motion picture history, the first movie was great, the sequel was even better. In fact, on my top 5 list of best movies ever, you will find Evil Dead 2. And let´s not forget to say Army Of Darkness was one of the greatest classics from the 90´s, and i actually went to watch it in the cinema in Gothenburgh. The Evil Dead trilogy proves that Sam Raimi is one of the greatest horror directors ever, because he knows how to both entertain the audience and make really funny gore scenes, so twisted you simply sit there and feel more than pleased. Speculations about Evil Dead 4 have been going on for many years, and no one knew if Bruce Campbell would return as Ash, or at least be a part of the project. After many turns, a decision was finally made. A remake would be directed by Fede Alvarez, making his first motion picture. With such a classic brand on his hands, does the new Evil Dead feel like a worthy remake, or did mr Alvarez lost the magic along the way ?

Harold´s ( Jim McLarty ) daughter is possessed. The only way to kill the demon is to burn her alive. After this ritual took place, a group of friends are on the way to the cabin, where this event took place. Mia ( Jane Levy ) is here for a special reason, she needs to get away from her drug abuse, and in these woods, her friends and her brother David ( Shiloh Fernandez ) are trying to help her. While looking around, they find a cellar door, and go downstairs. There they found burned cats hanging all around, and what seems to be something else has been burned here. A book is also found Naturom Demonto, also known as The Book Of The Dead. Eric ( Lou Taylor Pucci ) decide to open the book, and begin to read some of the words. What he does not know, is that these words will summon a demon back to life. The door to hell have just opened, where no one will escape.

I think that one of Dolph Lundgren´s classic quotes says it all :- Dying is easy, rock and roll is hard. In fact, you are not going to see a more disturbing horror movie this year. And the best part is, the special effects are really disgusting, just the way we like it old school. Here we get lots of body parts torn off, so much blood you would think this must be Thanksgiving Day, the only thing missing is the turkey, instead it´s replaced with very gory flesh scenes. I can´t remember since i fell so in love in a movie, so many wonderful scenes, like when one of the girls arms is possessed and she cuts the whole arm off, it´s like you are a kid in the biggest candy store, you simply can´t get enough of the sweets. Director Fede Alvarez may not have a powerful technique with the camera as Sam Raimi have, but in his own way he finds the ingredients we all know from Evil Dead, and make sure we all get a feast of flesh. The only problem i have is some of the acting in different scenes. But then again, back in the 80´s some of the actors from the original movie did not do much better either. Evil Dead grab onto your balls, and make sure you dont´want to leave your seat. Finally we get a slasher that satisfy in many ways, all the mistakes so many horror movies does these days. The plot may not be very interesting, but this is Evil Dead, and we expected it to be more gore than storyline. Make sure you go see this one on the big screen, you will have a hell of a good time.

Rating: DDDD