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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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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Miles Surrey

The Ringer

Horror remakes are notoriously difficult to get right, but the 2013 update on Sam Raimi’s classic sets the bar for other franchises to follow.

Apr 6, 2023

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Audience Member

I think people hate on this film because they want it to be the original Evil Dead. It is it's own version. It is darker in tone but still feels like Evil Dead in vibes. The cinematography is amazing. The effects are phenomenal. The writing is great. The acting is perfect. It all comes together so well. This is a wonderful directed piece of art that 100% feels like Evil Dead. It is super bloody. It has memorable lines that definetley feel Evil Deadish. The ending is great.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/21/25

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Tyler B

If you're a fan of the "ORIGINAL" Evil Dead, you'll enjoy this one. The idea of addiction recovery is a powerful mix between Deadietes, and withdrawal.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/07/25

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(SPOILERS IN SECOND PARAGRAPH) Ash Williams will always be my favourite guy in films, but damn... Evil Dead 2013 is my all-time favourite horror movie ever! I just can't get over how amazing the visuals are, the music and the atmosphere it creates. Bloody and gory movies are my favourite so this hits that spot really well. That scene at the end where Mia chainsaws the creature in half while it's raining blood and the burning cabin in the background, it is so cinematic and an 11/10 scene. I would literally make it my wallpaper it's that good. When I watch horror, this is always a re-watch for me.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/12/24

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Wendel L

Direção: Bom Atuação: Ok Roteiro: Bom Caracterização: Bom Soundtrack: Ok

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/08/24

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Guy P

Decent story with some good callbacks to the original series, but is missing the dark humor that is essential for the Evil Dead series but makes up for with a shower of gore.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/31/24

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Jakeem B

Best Evil Dead movie by far!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/31/24

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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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