Joe Neff wrote:
Psst....check out my review of EVIL DEAD on my long-dormant blog:
http://deadstaebler.blogspot.com/2013/04/im-back-in-cabin-again.htmlWarning: there might be a ten dollar word or two.
Your "ten dollar word" warning should also include a spoiler warning... but that's okay, I saw it before reading.
I enjoyed it for the gore gags, made more effective because they were mostly practical, and the climax was pretty nifty (or dare I say...groovy?).
However, the tone was way too serious to forgive the faults of the script. Too many poor, nonsensical decisions by the cabin spam ("don't worry, everything's going to be okay"... now let's leave you alone and sit in the other room...more than once!). And I am so sick and tired of movies expecting us to suspend our disbelief that nail guns can be wielded like regular guns so one may casually dispense deadly metal projectiles freely.
Little things like this can be forgiven with a more playful tone, but they decided to go for nasty and creepy. Which worked half of the time, but could have been so much better. I enjoyed the moderately surprising climactic showdown, but...
first of all, the demon's resurrection wasn't telegraphed clearly enough. Secondly, I think they dropped the ball a little by making the demon a little too human. Something nasty and more demon-like would have pushed the payoff in the river of viscera to another level.
Still, I can recommend it for the gore and dismemberment, if that's your thing. And try not to watch the redband trailer if you haven't already. More than a few of the gags were spoiled in that.