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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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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 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 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 Read all reviews

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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 Full Review Jason S This is a great remake. It's a different take in that it replaces the humor with brutality and makes the possession a metaphor for addiction. Well done! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/14/25 Full Review Pedro Henrique C Evil Dead (2013) is the kind of film that I couldn't like, many people have a lot of praise for this horror adventure but I myself can only describe the discomfort it gave me. It has well-produced and bizarre scenes. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/09/25 Full Review Alejandra C To be honest, this movie adaptation was just insanely scary. The make up, the song, the characters and even if the idea is not as original i can still recommend it as a gore top film with a real horror definition film. YES Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/05/25 Full Review Fire T. One of the best horror movies Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/30/25 Full Review 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 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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