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2013
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3.8
But Alvarez just keeps on amplifying the gory intensity until the film becomes absurd and weirdly infectious, an exercise in seeing how far the audien ..
Av Club
3.8
What made it a fright flick for the ages was its 22 year old wunderkind directors dime store ingenuity and gonzo wit.
EW
1.3
Im bored to death and sick to death of movies that seem to have one goal: How can we gross out the audience by torturing nearly every major character ..
Rogerebert
3.0
Alvarez seems to know where to pay tribute to the original... but he also knows where to depart... Overall, his new movie packs a punch.
Common Sense Media
3.2
Alvarez relies on the its right behind you tactic so many times you start holding your breath in virtually every scene while anticipating the next jum ..
Indie Wire
3.5
The rare remake that likely will be enjoyed most by diehard fans of its predecessor, Evil Dead often comes off as the cinematic equivalent of a cover ..
Variety
3.0
I count myself as one of the big fans of Raimis classic and watch it just about every year, just like many others out there, but what is it about the ..
We Got This Covered
4.5
Fede Alvarez loudly proclaims THIS IS MY BOOMSTICK and delivers a horror remake which defies the Gods by almost challenging the quality of Evil Dead i ..
We Got This Covered
4.0
It is gory beyond belief and Alvarez absolutely drenches the film in blood.
We Got This Covered
4.5
Evil Dead, however, accomplishes what it sets out to do: scare viewers silly and uphold a tradition.
Austin Chronicle
3.0
Yet despite much old school splatter, its seldom frightening and oddly unfunny.
Time Out
3.0
The sanguine showstoppers are almost enough to distract you from the fact that the movie is so interested in serving the ED fan basethat pandering pos ..
Time Out
3.8
Instead, it resurrects the original as it was: an inventive horror picture defined as much by its rickety backwoods chamber drama as its paroxysms of ..
3.5
This redo is more splattery and visceral than most recent horror, but isnt terribly scary.
Screen Daily
4.5
This redo is more splattery and visceral than most recent horror, but isnt terribly scary.
Screen Daily
3.5
Watching someone kick really is hell.Wholl live and become undead is rarely predictable, and its fun to see the way the role of principal demon fighte ..
Vulture
3.5
The flip flopping between why are you hurting me and I will rape your soul in Hell! is one of the original films gags like Raimis camera, dodging tree ..
The Hollywood Reporter
3.0
Yet, gorehounds will likely welcome this new film on its own merits, with or without its kosher labeling.
3.6
For those unfamiliar with the original films, this latest Evil Dead serves well enough as a neatly packaged, delightfully repulsive gore fest.
Paste Magazine
0.5
Olivias a registered nurse, but she doesnt seem smart enough to know how to register for Google Plus.
Rogerebert
4.5
Brilliant new take on a horror classic Brilliant new take on a horror classic The original Evil Dead was nothing short of a horror phenomenon.
IGN
2.0
To top it off, this thing is too slick.Its beautifully lighted, and it cost $17 million and looks it.
E Film Critic
4.0
I was left clamping my hand to my open jaw, not so much in terror, more in shocked hilarity at how grand the guignol was willing to go.
Telegraph
3.5
There is plenty of over the top gore, great gushing geysers of it.
3.0
Hollywoods horror recycling project has largely produced an awful lot of androids: technically superior but lifeless doubles.
3.0
This movie is likely to do the same, though its surprising to see that Raimi and original star Bruce Campbell are the producers of a straightforward e ..
Ny Daily News
4.0
This one is a must see for hardcore horror fans.Not for the faint of heart.
JoBlo
3.5
From the timing needed to deliver lines of witty meta humor, to moments of drama and a pretty extensive run of physical horror/comedy gags, Pucci make ..
Screen Rant
3.1
So long as you grit your teeth and keep your eyes on the screen, its an enjoyable, if almost academic, exercise in bad taste.
The Globe And Mail
3.8
While its impossible to surpass the original so much of its fame is a function of its time Alvarezs version still manages to measure up.
Philly
1.5
The big budget remake lacks the low budget originals imagination, charm, wit and freshness, as it goes for an all out mindless demonic possession and ..
Sover
3.5
Its an unfortunate development driven almost entirely by the prospect of easy box office returns (with newcomers and fanatics lining up in droves), bu ..
Blu Ray
2.0
As with most millennial remakes of post Vietnam horror classics, there isnt much to do here except turn the gore up to 11; if youve ever wondered what ..
Chicago Reader
1.9
The one thing they all have in common is the movies apparent hatred for them.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.8
This is the good one.The fact that its a remake makes it even more remarkable.
2.5
Re making a horror flick seems pointless if it fails to frighten.Its billed as the most terrifying movie youll ever experience.
Usa Today
2.5
Its the strength of that stretch, coupled with strong performances by Levy and Lang, that ultimately confirms Dont Breathes place as a passable horror ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.5
The tone is intense, occasionally darkly funny (though not as much as in the original), and theres a gleeful malevolence to the violence that gives it ..
Eric Ds Nider
2.8
When CGI is employed, its done well, but the stuff that will stick with you is plain, old fashioned gooey stuff poured on performers and shooting out ..
News Review
4.0
As for me personally, Im sorry.This kind of thing stopped scaring me years ago.
Screen It
2.0
Lights on Moscow is the duo of Justin Lockey (Editors/Minor Victories/Mastersystem) and Hazel Wilde (Lanterns on the Lake) and their new single Like L ..
Pop Matters
4.0
It hints at going to darker places than it ultimately dares traverse.
The Wrap
3.0
On top of that, the film opts for high intensity gore over actual scares, so it never really gets under your skin.
View London
1.9
LENGTH 1:30 BOTTOM LINE More backstory and better effects, but none of the homemade creativity that made the low budget original such a delight.
News Day
1.3
Which means that instead of spoofing the excesses of that eras slasher films, theyre basically being offered up for the delectation of contemporary mo ..
New York Post
3.0
Whether you think its a good movie will depend largely upon your stomach for gruesome violence. Then again, if you are going to see a movie called Evi ..
Az Central
2.5
Its OK, but apart from a pretty terrific ending, its nothing you havent seen before plenty of times.
Mountain X
3.5
This Evil Dead is polished and meticulously planned, and it benefits from the attention to detail as well as from Alvarezs obvious love for the spirit ..
Npr
2.0
This is one of the most disgusting movies Ive ever seen, grading strictly on a scale of blood and guts and viscera and burns and slashes and stabs and ..
2.5
The really scary thing about Fede Alvarezs Evil Dead is its failure to shock. Are we all now completely desensitized to movie horror
Toronto Star
3.0
It is nowhere near as creepy as the recent indie horror V/H/S, but it is a full bloodedly grisly and macabre film that zaps over a few scares.
Guardian
2.5
Raimi made up for his blah narrative with gonzo filmmaking prowess and the inherent humor of watching lead with his chin Campbell screeching away as t ..
Q Network
4.0
As many horror fans like myself originally perceived it to be nothing but a cash grab, I expected really nothing but a faint half assed reconditioning ..
Cinema Crazed
3.0
It was like a gag two sick minded fifth grade boys would come up with on a sleepoverwhats the grossest thing you can imagineand laughing at it felt ca ..
Slate
3.0
Evil Dead has ample cheap shocks and few bloodcurdling frights but it builds to something gorily bravura and, if thats your bag, youll come away satis ..
Flim List
4.0
As it is, the fun ride is over and forgotten as soon as its brisk 90 minutes have elapsed.
Eye For Film
4.0
The very satisfying result is a lovingly crafted, chaotically loud noise symphony conducted in honor of evisceration, agony, vomit and other gnarly de ..
Movies
3.0
The characters are forgettable but the horror they suffer lingers in the memory, for good or ill.
Express
2.5
You cant remake a sense of humor.Alvarez may well have one, but itll have to wait for the next project.
Chicago Tribune
3.0
Using the very latest Cern tested atom interferometry, we can reveal that Evil Dead is precisely, exactly in the coldest atomic terms the film that yo ..
The Irish Times
2.2
The original trilogy is Raimis DNA through and through so the question becomes, how to update it for a modern audience.Last years SXSW opener Cabin In ..
Blogs Indie Wire
4.0
A stylish and worthy homage: inventive even as it is derivative, never quite jokey but never taking itself too seriously, and clocking in at an entire ..
The Atlantic
2.0
What you dont know is what Alvarez is going to do with the old tale.
Standard
2.2
Gone is any remnant of the slapstick humor that filled the films far superior inspiration.
Coles Mithey
3.0
There is little quite as entertaining as the familiar doing what you expect exactly as you expect it.
3.1
It easily qualifies as one of the most audaciously revolting movies ever made, one that keeps daring you not to look away.
Groucho Reviews
3.2
... if youre looking for a film that works both thematically and viscerally, Evil Dead comes up a little short, and in ways that left me frustrated ju ..
Hit Fix
4.4
It cannot be stressed enough that Evil Dead is very simply a ride.
Aisle Seat
3.8
This is a movie literally awash in blood, body parts and vomit.Its a fun spookshow if chainsaw violence is your idea of fun but its sure not my The Ev ..
Nj
4.4
The picture is also very much concerned with the lie of the past, how memory can amplify beauty and allegorize ugliness.
Film Freak Central
2.5
A driven pool of young filmmakers pulled together at precisely the right point in their respective careers, heralding the arrival of a remarkable tale ..
Movies Tv Guide
3.0
The unrelenting pace combined with the ferocious nature of the violence is numbing, so if your cup of tea isnt overflowing with blood, then look elsew ..
3.0
The unrelenting pace combined with the ferocious nature of the violence is numbing, so if your cup of tea isnt overflowing with blood, then look elsew ..
3.0
To its credit, lvarezs Evil Dead is a perfectly functional horror reboot that far surpasses usual dire sequels, prequels and reimaginings that litter ..
Cine Vue
4.0
A must see for horror fans, Evil Dead is great fun from start to finish and establishes the basis for a rejuvenated franchise that could fuse with pas ..
Digital Spy
3.2
When the fake blood flows its impressive and not as blatantly derivative as the originals fans might expect.
Tamp A Bay
1.9
Every other performance in this gruesome, unnecessary effort is awful.
Red Eye Chicago
3.8
Feeling unforcedly modern even as it remains an affectionate throwback, the film receives a more polished treatment than its forefather while upping t ..
Dustin Put Man
3.5
Remaking an iconic classic is dangerous business, even if the original filmmakers are on board as producers, but at least Uruguayan writer director Al ..
Contact Music
4.5
Unlike the mainstream horror movies of the time, the 1981 splatter epic pushed the boundaries of the genre.
Film Racket
3.8
This hardcore remake focuses most of its attention on what was lacking: a story.
Larsen On Film
3.5
Im jaded enough that I came out of it feeling exhilarated if exhausted..this film has a sense of humor, as well as a relentless approach to its tale o ..
Hollywood And Fine
3.5
They take the same basic premise and twist it around while paying homage to the original films.The result is as bloody as anything Raimi & Co. ever pu ..
The Filmy Ap
1.5
But our own self destructive urges often dont make sense, either.
Film
3.1
While Evil Dead doesnt quite have the wooden performances from Raimis original, theyre nothing to write home about with the potential exception of a q ..
2.0
Still, it seems weird to reboot a franchise that is beloved for its goofy satire by making a movie that is basically humor free.
Io9 Gizmodo
2.5
And some cult classics dont need a brand new coat of blood.Or brains.
Js Online
4.4
Enjoy but be warned: you might need a tetanus shot and stitches just watching it. (a three and a half skull recommendation out of four)
Movie Crypt
3.0
After some truly horrendous dialogue and plotting about estranged siblings and the perils of kicking drugs, the action kicks in.And it kicks in hard.
Hollywood Chicago
1.0
The screenplay is abysmal, the performances are lifeless (aside from Jane Levys turn as Mia, the heroin addicted lead), and Alvarezs direction does no ..
Cinemix Tape
3.5
Think you watch a lot of horror and have seen every possible big kill set piece
Shockya
1.9
This could well be the most terrifying film you will ever experience if youve never seen a horror movie before and will never see another one again.I ..
Daily Herald
4.0
Stray too far from the original template and youll be lambasted for leaving out favourite moments, but stick too closely to the formula and youll be c ..
The Shiz Nit
3.0
Take the slapstick comedy out of Raimis original and you dont leave very much behind at all, hence why Alvarez defers to more conventional wisdom.
What Culture
3.8
The results this time around, while, yes, predictable and repetitious, are energetic and definitely not for the squeamish.
Bitly
2.0
Lacking Raimis transgressive invention and wit, there really are some things that man should not meddle with.
Scots Man
4.0
A gory, old fashioned slice of schlock horror that, by successfully paying homage to one of the greats, puts many of its contemporaries in the shade.
Metro
3.8
Rarely do you find a modern reboot that has the power to satisfy fans of a revered franchise while simultaneously grabbing audiences unfamiliar with t ..
Scene Stealers
3.0
Theres an unwritten rule in movie making and its as simple as you are: if you cant write characters, write jokes and if you cant do jokes, write chara ..
The Ooh Tray
4.0
Dreamland psycho thriller elevates plot knotting mind games to a delirious new level.
reason
2.5
I will always appreciate a horror flick that introduces novel and inventive ways to dispatch of its cast.
Streaming Quickflix
4.0
Instead, its the spirit of the film, if youll pardon the pun.Evil Dead leaves a lot of the humor and absurd slapstick from the original films behind.
Fat Guys At The Movies
3.0
What it lacks is a real sense of an identity of its own, and it ends up feeling a little one note, a little laboured, in its attempts to shock the aud ..
Fan The Fire Magazine
2.0
Dont underestimate the power of your leadCampbell was the complete package.He made us care and keep watching.
Daily Film Fix
2.0
For a movie that was at one point wildly ahead of its time, its sad to see someone remake it into something stodgy and slow.
Blog Bullz Eye
2.0
What follows is the kind of full tilt demonic mayhem thats more often associated with independent films than major studio offerings.
Assignment X
4.5
But the original Evil Dead isnt even a great film despite what the howling hoards of fans would tell you otherwise.
Spectrum Culture
3.5
Here he has created a classic tale that wont appeal to everyone (the easily quesy should steer clear) but will appeal to fans of gruesome horror flick ..
Johnhanlon Reviews
0.5
This is a farcical device we know what they dont thats not just funny but, in its way, grimly resonant.
Vulture
3.1
But it is old school to a fault, with tried and trite scare tactics that fail to deliver consistent frights or push genre boundaries in inventive ways ..
Toledo Blade
0.5
If you watched the first films vine attack and went, You know what this needs This needs to be more like hentai. If you thought that, then this film i ..
Need Coffee
4.0
Sam Raimis horror classic gets a terrifying and intense rebirth for the 21st century.
Sky
2.5
But audiences expecting a throwback to Sam Raimis classic micro budget horror flick will find the remake wanting.
Free Beacon
4.0
Its a credit to the talents of Alvarez that this gore and violence is a feast for the eyes without seeming unnecessary.
Schmoes Know
3.8
Whether its a thrill or nightmare, one thing is certain: A well executed horror movie is going to get a rise out of you.
Ut Sandiego
4.0
Evil Deadis a good old fashioned gorefest that maintains a sense of fun, tension, and the all important ew factor.
Kpbs
3.8
The film is about nothing more than Alvarez devising amusingly fiendish ways of freaking out audiences.
MLive.com
2.5
That said, its not quite nonsensical and fatuous enough to be taken as a comedy horror, and neither is it scary enough to provoke genuine fear falling ..
Hey U Guys
2.0
But is fine enough.Is Evil Dead acceptable because it isnt absolutely horrible, because its better than many of the other horror remakes of recent yea ..
Bad Ass Digest
3.0
So you have to sit through some ho hum human drama before any demonic tongue slicing action kicks in.
Ear Of Newt
3.5
Too many young directors think chainsaw surgery and axe head theatrics are enough in and of themselves, so they end up making horror porn, where the c ..
O Canada
1.3
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4.5
To paraphrase a line from the old comedy Crazy People: This movie wont just scare you, it will mess you up for life.
KCCI (Des Moines, IA)
3.8
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.(AP) A Frank Sinatra impersonator asked Luck to be a lady as he bet on the New York Yankees on Wednesday and an Elvis impersonator ..
The Monitor
1.3
Hollywood doesnt believe it, but, sometimes, you need to leave well enough alone.
Dc5
3.0
.And in an age when most films rely on computers for special effects, its almost an homage to more authentic, old school moviemaking, relying entirely ..
American Profile
3.2
The screen is filled with torrents of blood and dismemberments that will please die hard genre fans and find everybody else covering their eyes or run ..
Events Austin 360
3.0
The film has stuffed plenty of fan moments throughout: the cast loses half a dozen arms, and yes, there is a chainsaw.
Bitch Media
3.5
Its not great, its not quite as anarchic as the original or as you want it to be, but as a gorefest aiming to pop you out of your seat a few times, it ..
Deads
4.0
This is an intense, grotesque, and thoroughly enjoyable piece of horror cinema that pays due homage to its predecessor while also concocting some memo ..
Blog The Horror Show
3.0
For efficient Saturday night popcorn horror, see Fede Alvarezs remake.
Electric Sheep Magazine
4.4
Heres hoping that The Hosts audience wont be susceptible to the calculated love story at its center or laughing too hard at the movies sophomoric dial ..
News Gazette
4.0
Alvarez adopts the film language of Raimis films, adds more to the bag of tricks, and keeps the sardonic attitude without necessarily being slapstick.
Lawrence
3.5
Alvares nails it. His Evil Dead has the fun spirit of the original (you need to have a very particular sense of the word fun, of course). His camerawo ..
The Canberra Times
1.5
This film was one of the most disappointing and boring horror films of 2013.
Real Queen Of Horror
4.5
So what prevents Evil Dead from being waved around as a triumph of feminist horror cinema Well, theres a completely unnecessary rape scene.
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