Fans of the original trilogy of The Evil Dead films have nothing to fear: This new reworking has the blessing of the cult horror series’ holy trinity of progenitors – original director Sam Raimi, producer Robert G. Tapert, and star Bruce Campbell. Evil Dead (version 2013) smartly retools the original outline and delivers far more bloody mayhem than is usually considered acceptable. The template is familiar: Five attractive young adults are holed up in a remote cabin in the woods when they discover a hidden chamber of unimaginable horrors and naively unleash the evil forces contained within. In his first feature film, Uruguayan director Fede Alvarez demonstrates a fertile imagination and talent for delivering squirm-inducing images of bodily mutilations and other atrocities. Though it lacks some of the original film's tongue-in-cheek humor, this Evil Dead accomplishes what it sets out to do: scare viewers silly and uphold a tradition.
Opened 04/05/13