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Evil Dead

R Released Apr 5, 2013 1h 31m Horror Mystery & Thriller List
63% Tomatometer 206 Reviews 64% Popcornmeter 50,000+ Ratings
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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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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JJ B Absolutely my favorite horror film, bar none! Though I've seen it at least 10 times, it still gets me. I was skeptical since it was a remake but it DID NOT disappoint. Great jump scares, a plot that moves and gore like you wouldn't believe. Watch. This. Movie!! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/30/24 Full Review Andrew T This is my favorite horror movie of all time. Forget it being a "remake", just focus on it being a HORROR movie and it hits ALL the right notes. The pacing, the gore, the scares. For me, it is the standard by which I compare all horror movies Ive ever watched since I first saw it in theaters, and there are very few that measure up to it. It's the only one I can rewatch over and over and it still creeps me out every time. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review Audience Member Is this my favourite Evil Dead movie? No. But is this an incredible stand-alone movie that had me literally trembling when I first saw it at 17? Abso-freaking-lutely yes. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/27/24 Full Review Audience Member An Added on and updated instalment that didn't try to do just a remake of the original! However, it did pay respects to the original in many ways and also didn't completely change the whole atmosphere!! Left me very satisfied! 👀👀👀 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/25/24 Full Review Stanny R It’s hard to chose which Evil Dead film is the best but this one certainly is a candidate for that title. Gone is the dark humour from 2 and Army of Darkness and returns is the pure horror and scares of Sam Raimi’s 1983 horror classic! It totally works with intense gore effects and tense scary scenes. 100% worth a watch if you’re into bloody, bloody movies! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/07/24 Full Review Jarrod B Much better than the original; it's over the top and I don't usually like Gore. Very well-done remake! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/26/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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