Evil Dead

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Evil Dead

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Released Apr 5, 2013

1h 31m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Mia (Jane Levy), a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David (Shiloh Fernandez), his girlfriend, Natalie (Elizabeth Blackmore) and their friends Olivia (Jessica Lucas) and Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci) to accompany her to their family's remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead at the cabin and reads aloud from it, awakening an ancient demon. All hell breaks loose when the malevolent entity possesses Mia.

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Critics Consensus

It may lack the absurd humor that underlined the original, but the new-look Evil Dead compensates with brutal terror, gory scares, and gleefully bloody violence.

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Monica Castillo

Bitch Media

The current reboot feels uncreative. Watching the new film just made me miss Bruce Campbell's chin and shots of Raimi running insane through the woods.

May 10, 2016

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

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 you were expecting.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 19, 2013

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

Happy days for those who love this sort of thing. But Raimi's effort, perhaps because we hadn't seen the plot before, was infinitely more scary.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 19, 2013

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Bryce Hanson

Horror Movie Talk

While there were some moments that were very disturbing, I thought it was artfully done and didn’t ever cross the line into tasteless or exploitative.

Rated: 8/10

Aug 11, 2025

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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana

Ghouls Magazine

Fede Álvarez’s Evil Dead, while not entirely following the Evil Dead traditions the cult classic is famous for, creates a further sprawl into the Raimi-verse, bringing the world of the Deadites firmly into modern day.

Rated: 5/5

Jul 9, 2024

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Takes the bones of the core concept, then remixes and reimagines them in ways that honor the spirit of the source material without trying to replicate it. Without Bruce Campbell's charm, this might be the best we could get out of an Evil Dead revival.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 20, 2023

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Jonatan

This movie is bananas! Gory , nasty, brutal, and unrelenting. Amazing practical effects and kills! People complain cause the tone is different but this is its own thing! Must watxh.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/26/25

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Fire T.

One of the best horror movies

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/30/25

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Andrew S

Typical horror formula, but some decent creep and well-done gore, make it a fun, over-the-top horror film that ultimately does what an Evil Dead movie should. Worth watching.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

08/15/25

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Idodeclareindeed B

A very well done remake that changes the tone but does a great job at making a brutal horror film. Really great cinematography, good performances, and a lot of fun. I have so much trouble enjoying most movies these days but I really really like this one.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/03/25

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Adam Massacre G

If you are looking for the slapstick black comedy of the original you will certainly not in any shape or form find it here. This is a straight up brutal and extremely violent horror movie. The cinematography is fantastic and the gore is on a whole new level. Jane Levy (Mia) is easily the star of the show she is phenomenal and truly goes all in. If your thing is sheer crimson brutality and dark horror this will be fun for you. SWALLOW YOUR SOUL!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/27/25

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Darcy J

thrillingly disgusting, but i cant help feel that their fate would be different if they had used their brains.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/25/25

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Synopsis

Mia (Jane Levy), a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David (Shiloh Fernandez), his girlfriend, Natalie (Elizabeth Blackmore) and their friends Olivia (Jessica Lucas) and Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci) to accompany her to their family's remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead at the cabin and reads aloud from it, awakening an ancient demon. All hell breaks loose when the malevolent entity possesses Mia.

Director: Fede Alvarez
Producer: Rob Tapert, Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell
Screenwriter: Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues Mendez
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Production Co: Ghost House Pictures
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Language|Strong Bloody Violence/Gore)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 5, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 16, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $54.2M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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