Evil Dead

[Grumpy RPG Reviews]

I saw "Evil Dead" Friday - having missed it the first week - and I enjoyed it for the most part. Something many people miss is while "the Evil Dead II" is a comedy the original "the Evil Dead" is not intended to be a comedy and people laugh owing to the occasional ineptness of the producers and as an ugly reaction to horror. People laugh in "Color Purple" when Glover's character beats Goldberg's character, but no one says "Color Purple" is a comedy. But humans are humans and we enjoy seeing people disassembled, it makes us happy, and so we laugh at the original "the Evil Dead" even if it was not supposed to be a comedy. Now people watch the remake and bitch about how it takes it self to seriously and the first one was funny - the first one is only funny by accident. The remake mostly avoids that, though plenty of people laughed as the one woman died in her boyfriends arms and as the brother found the family's dog dead.

 

[Ebon Shar]

I saw the movie today and didn't care for it much. In fact, I imagined it as a scenario from The Cabin in the Woods and it was much more enjoyable. When you watch the movie, imagine this scenario in your mind and you'll find that it's perfect.

 

[sabrinathecat]

You'd think Ash would have learned from his first trip into the woods. But maybe not--he is a bit of a screw-up.

(Yes, I DO know that ED2 was more of a remake than a sequel, but I find the idea of him doing the same thing twice rather funny).

Some high-school kids laughed during Schindler's List during the interrogation scene, and had to publicly apologize to the audience members they offended. They claimed to not know that the scene (and movie) was based on actual events.

 

[frankthedm]

I found the remake acceptable for the majority of the movie, but grew weak as the end closed near. Had the movie ended with the brother

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purging the demon at the cost of his sister's life,

I think the movie would have been far more satisfying.

The only way I can mentally reconcile the

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addict getting up and being fully healed after the poorly executed defibrillation attempt was her receiving a Resurrection

from the powers above. And while I don't mind divine influence in a horror movie, in fact I'd like to see it more often{ I liked The Reaping], I prefer it feel less out of nowhere.

 

[sabrinathecat]

How about Wes Craven's "Shocker." Does the ghost of the girlfriend count as divine?

Oh, is this a new remake of Evil Dead I wasn't aware of, or the Bruce Campbell brought back to the screens?

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It's a remake.

 

[sabrinathecat]

Oh...

....

...never mind.