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Saw this one last night. Mo summed up my thoughts exactly. It was entertaining, but it needed more humor and better characters. (I wouldn't be surprised if the blonde had less than five lines).

It seems like they rushed through the script and skipped over a lot of "character scenes" just to get to the killing. That's common for horror these days, unfortunately.

What I did like was the finale. The supposed "main character" dies in a fire and his sister becomes the sole survivor. That was unexpected.

Obviously not better than the original, but still an enjoyable flick.

Of course it's not the original,

but as far as "remakes" and "reboots" and "reimaginings" go:

I thought it was pretty damn awesome.

It's hard to capture the magic of an original classic.

But you can still make a bloody great flick (literally).

Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead, Rob Zombie's Halloween I and II, The Fog, Fright Night, etc and the list goes on (way on)... a list of shitty remakes/reboots.

I was extremely surprised and pleased with Evil Dead.  

I'm actually about to head out and buy the DVD.

yo reaper, let me know if there are any additional scenes on the dvd/blu ray. i heard they cut some scenes for the R rating and I'd really like to see what they cut. this is one of the few times i'm genuily interested in unrated version.

You got it, buddy!  

However, I'll just be purchasing a regular DVD.

I didn't upgrade to Blu ray yet.  

Quoted from albinopenguin yo reaper, let me know if there are any additional scenes on the dvd/blu ray. i heard they cut some scenes for the R rating and I'd really like to see what they cut. this is one of the few times i'm genuily interested in unrated version.

THere are several "good" sites to read about DVD and Blu Ray releases, and what's included and what' not.

the Horror Club is one and I really like how the guys write up their views.

Another one is DVD Verdict.

Check them out...

I always use this to check out what's on the various editions (regions, different labels) of DVD and Blu-ray's to see which has the most extra's, cuts, commentary's etc:

http://www.dvdcompare.net/

I picked up Evil Dead along with Jason Goes to Hell.

Evil Dead features on regular dvd are as:

Making Life Difficult - The intense and physically exhausting creation of the film.

Directing the Dead - Director Fede Alvarez re-imagines a cult horror classic.

Being Mia - the physical and psychological transformation into "evil Mia"

Kind of lame there's no director's commentary or even commentary by Bruce and Sam.

O well.

JGTH has a badass commentary track, very insightful and funny.

Had to re-purchase it because I lost it a while back.

It gets a lot of bullshit, but I think it's one of the better Friday films.

This is a decent remake, although it adds nothing to the mythology of the original.  Some clever twists in the set up, but then it falls into retread territory.  I had the same problem that I had with the original -- after enough chainsawing and stabbing, the shock value wears off.  

The conjuring book wasn't utilized very effectively.  Just some nerd uttering a couple words and that sets the plot in motion.  It seemed like the film needed more than this.  If you're remaking a cult classic, the stakes have automatically been raised.  This film delivered the blood 'n guts, but not much else.  

Well, finally saw this last night!  One caveat: I HAVE NOT seen the original*.  Despite being a Bruce Campbell fan.

Honestly, this was one of the most fun horror flicks I've seen in quite some time.  Amazingly gory, action packed, decent characters and a good set up for the premise.

The only thing I thought was lame?  The abrupt wrap up at the end, with the book closing.  Seriously - they pulled everything off so well, and then couldn't come up with better than that?

**I HAVE seen Evil Dead the Musical, and ended up singing What the F*ck Was That? halfway though the reboot....

I saw this last year at a movie theater. OMG it's been a year...

Anyway... I didn't like it.

I like the original Evil Dead and I think the second one is a quite colorful and interestingly shot movie. I like that one the best of the trilogy. It has color to it, I like the look and feel of the movie. It has a dream like quality for me. It's a fun movie.
Army of Darkness on the other hand in my eyes is one of the worst movies of all time. I've bought this movie on DVD, I've tried. I've seen it 3-4 times. I watched it two months ago, giving it another shot... still horrible. Just scenes thrown together, stupid unfunny lines, rehashing things from the previous two movie, rehashing shots... I hate it. And I'm a big Bruce Campbell fan.

I like the addict angle they played in the remake. I thought that was good, rest wasn't anything interesting to me. I especially hated the beginning and ending of the film.

Of the top of my head Dawn of the Dead is the best remake from the remake craze of the past 10 years. I pretty much didn't like most of them, the Black Christmas one was horrible.

Not seen this yet but I will get round to it eventually. When it pops on TV.

Demento, I share your feelings on the trilogy. I thought I was the only person alive that disliked Army Of Darkness. I'll say it has some funny moments but the majority of the film is so full of childish over-the-top humor it becomes brain-numbing.
I have not seen any of these movies in ages, used to love the first two as a kid.

Did Raimi have anything to do with this remake? Not really followed its movements.

Quoted from Scoob Did Raimi have anything to do with this remake? Not really followed its movements.

His company made it. He and Bruce produced it.

And I have a feeling they would have made the same type of movie back then, if they had the same budget they had for the remake.