Just to start with this film was excellent it was such a good blend and i found it very hard to pick out all the faults and even then they were just Little nit-picks. And I decided to split this into categories below.
Acting:
Well near the beginning the acting was very.... eennnaarrrgggyyy, not great but as soon as Mia started to have 'withdrawl' symptoms it really kicked of. The begging of the film I'm referring to is when they just get to the cabin and they're all chatting and Mia's sat on an old car out back which by the way how did that get left there and as for the whole film when the hell was the last family member at the cabin, a century ago. But that aside it was very soap opera with cheesy lines and when David says "hey sis" I was almost out, who says that really ? But it very hastily redeemed itself so its okay and that part of the film is about ..... hmmm 20 minutes long give or take so it was bearable.
The rest of the main cast were impressive as well but they were easily overshadowed by Jane however when Natalie (Elizabeth Blackmore) had her individual scenes she started to shine through but if you've seen the film you know it didn't last long.Gore:
This is what got many people in my screening, there was two people threw up and to my left was a huge guy deep breathing and he was so jumpy you wouldn't believe, but the gore (I found) was not overdone, it all had a purpose. Where with many horror flicks there is lots of gore and severing of limbs for next to no reason just for the sake of being gory but with this everything was done and you understood why it was done. It wasn't that unbelievable the measures of blood or what the characters could stand before they died apart from Eric(Lou Taylor Pucci) who withstood a hell of a lot before he croaked, hit repeatedly in the head with a crowbar, shot with a nail gun, stabbed with shards of glass, stabbed in the eye with a needle and then still maneges to walk from outside the cabin to the basement through the house, down a set of stairs and into another room and then bash Mia in the head. Really, still not dead. But if that it put aside it was all very believable.
Well done to some of the actors for dealing with some scenes like when Mia vomits blood and other stuff directly into Olivia's (Jessica Lucas) mouth, I don't know how she put up with that and Mia and Natalie's scene in the basement stairs that was just so grungy and sick it was crazy, and I know that what they are paid for but that was impressive that they did that so many times as well just well done. And just to up the ante on any other horror film the last 20 minutes are scenes filled with raining blood from the sky so that happened.Make-up/practical effects:
Obviously this film was shocking everyone with its no CG at all, the effects throughout are all practical and in many parts i was questioning how did they do that ? there was use of animatronics with the torching of the girl in the opening scene and the cutting mouth part in the bathroom. But major applause for the make-up team for this production, it was all phenomenal and looked very realistic and really intensified the movie. I really found that the no CG qwerk was such a right decision it made it feel so much more real and authentic and even more terrifying than other gore-fests. If nothing else it also made the film feel like a classic horror not these modern day haunting s**t. Even the standard dark eyes and boil make up was great it just looked beautiful. The iconic rape tree was amazing how did they make it look so smooth, with Mia's scream, it just shuck me through. Then at the end the demon giant thing looked fantastic and lovely hand tearing looked real it didn't look plastic and easily torn it looked f***ing painful.Camera Shots:
My favourite part and the part that most horror films fail miserably on is camera shots and angles, this film was littered with unique and perfect camera movements especially the over the shoulder shots that worked so well here but really shouldn't, the best one was Mia at the bottom of the basement and Natalie is at the top that angle was so amazing I just fell in love there and then but it shouldn't have worked for the film, but it did oh it definitely did.
Towards the end the camera just like the action was intensifying very fast, quick changes and extended shots and angles making you try with the characters to help them survive, all of these rolled up together were just pushing this film from a horror flick to some great cinematography.
Story:
The story was very different to the original thus proving this is not a REMAKE, its just so frustrating when people use that term but anywho, it is a strong story but this may be the weakest part of the film but that is in no way saying this film is weak that just the weakest part. Being that it has to compete with 'horror' audiences that like paranormal activity, insidious and other slosh, it was a challenge for the writers but they did well pleasing the possession fans while giving us fans some proper real horror action which was just so refreshing In this age of films. it is all very strong until one part near the end when Mia gets killed to lay the demon to rest and David tries to bring her back with a home made defibrillator (which was so cool) and fails, then two minutes later or so she pops up with "David?" in the sweetest scared voice, this just killed me so much because they left it too long between his last try to bring her back and her popping up. But as an overall standard the story was fantastic it felt real and feasible(for what it is) with some strong foundations and lore there.Nods to the original:
The film had many noticeable nods to the original such as Mia severing her hand and then using a chainsaw with her other hand and the stump as support, the camera movements in the forest, Natalie cutting her hand/arm off because its possessed/infected, pages in the necronomicon (as seen above), some of the dialogue, the opening scene with the man in the forest, the 'boomstick' and so many more its hard to keep count. It was so nice to give us true evil dead fans something to notice throughout.
In Conclusion:
I would say this is a true horror film filled with gore, possession, demons and slaughtering on a massive scale. With some really strong performances and an updated horror film that felt like an evil dead classic told a bit differently just empowered the horror genre so that we may have a strong horror comeback in the next few years which would be great as the died around the early nineties. Lots of little references and an amazing ending I would recommend this film to any evil dead fan, horror fan or just anyone wanting to see a great (actually) scary movie. Take your friends, partners and family and go'n check this out it will be worth it.Cograts! you made it to the end of the review and thanks for reading hope you enjoyed this review as much as I did the film and ill see you next time bye.
P.S wait until after the whole credits for a little extra 'tit bit', its worth the wait trust me.
If anyone has any requests of what review to do next I will happily do them, just leave a comment, bye.
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