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Too blown away to comment coherently

I will say that the thought went through my head that "this might be the best horror movie of all-time" and wasn't immediately dismissed


also: stay through the credits

I'm torn... you usually don't troll about movies... but you do troll a hell of a lot...

I am dead serious. I loved the movie. I used full punctuation and capital letters and everything.

All I've seen have been the TV ads, and the distinct lack of Bruce Campbell in them makes me say, "fuck this movie."

DarkAudit said:

All I've seen have been the TV ads, and the distinct lack of Bruce Campbell in them makes me say, "fuck this movie."

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There are literally hundreds of great movies without Bruce Campbell in them

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Charlie Don't Surf said:

There are literally hundreds of great movies without Bruce Campbell in them

also

Spoiler

stay after the credits

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Why did you spoiler that when you didn't spoiler it in your first post? Lol

Charlie Don't Surf said:

There are literally hundreds of great movies without Bruce Campbell in them

also

Spoiler

stay after the credits

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Yes, but Bruce Campbell is iconic to the Evil Dead franchise. To imply that he was not a part of this one was a dealbreaker for me.

this is a really stupid argument, and I give up since you're the loser in it anyways since you're not seeing a fucking great horror movie

I probably wasn't going to see it anyway. No time or money for any movies lately.

So I win.

He's old and gave his blessing to the new movie. I'm pretty stoked to watch it.

I will go see this, Charlie Don't Surf , you just sold it to me.

Frank said:

He's old and gave his blessing to the new movie. I'm pretty stoked to watch it.

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Well there ya go then. I'm satisfied.

Still not likely to go see it, but for the reasons I'm not likely to go see any movie at all. Hell, I can't even find the time to watch any DVDs or streams at home right now.

Unless we suddenly become bad parents and drug Hailey so she'll stay asleep through a movie like this, I guess I'll be seeing it in three months when it hits rental.

It's a pretty terrible, predictable and cliche movie. I actually recommend you don't go see it. It's more of a rental.

Gilgamesh said:

It's a pretty terrible, predictable and cliche movie. I actually recommend you don't go see it. It's more of a rental.

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ladies and gents, you won't find a more ringing endorsement anywhere on these here forums

Charlie Don't Surf said:

ladies and gents, you won't find a more ringing endorsement anywhere on these here forums

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I say: Awesome movie, loved it. You'll say: I know right?
I say: Terrible movie, complete tripe. You'll say: See? Now you know it's good.

You make it so easy

Gilgamesh said:

I say: Awesome movie, loved it. You'll say: I know right?
I say: Terrible movie, complete tripe. You'll say: See? Now you know it's good.

You make it so easy

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hey come on, I was just being snarky about your taste, people say the same shit about like fade and I

I don't like most horror movies (I think it's the idea of the genre, I like a lot of the ones I see), but I'm glad to hear that the franchise is doing okay.

Charlie Don't Surf said:

hey come on, I was just being snarky about your taste, people say the same shit about like fade and I

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Except people tend to have real opinions based on what fade says, they only joke about him hating everything.

You on the other hand, well you saw your own response.

Last good horror movie I've seen was Cabin in the Woods. Same kind of quality?

Necronic said:

Last good horror movie I've seen was Cabin in the Woods. Same kind of quality?

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I really really loved Cabin in the Woods, but I think I like Evil Dead better since at least the tone is more consistent and the ending a lot more focused.

Definitely looking forward to seeing it. First time I watched it (ED2 was the first one I saw I think) I really wanted it to be scary, and it wasn't. Drag Me to Hell revitalized my hope for the horror genre, Cabin in the Woods accelerated it farther, I hope this can keep that trend up.

slight Evil Dead (2013) ending intrepretation spoiler

It's not great or anything, but I thought it was good. You'll have to put up with the usual characters making stupid choices, but it throws in gore worthy of the Evil Dead (virtually all practical effects, aside from a little CG here and there) and manages to actually pull some surprises. Hey, I'm just happy it's not another bad horror remake.

filmfanatic said:

It's not great or anything, but I thought it was good. You'll have to put up with the usual characters making stupid choices, but it throws in gore worthy of the Evil Dead (virtually all practical effects, aside from a little CG here and there) and manages to actually pull some surprises. Hey, I'm just happy it's not another bad horror remake.

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I thought the choices mostly made sense, especially consideirng the various states of shock everyone had to be in

If it doesn't have any of the tongue in cheek self-awareness of Evil Dead 2, I have no interest in seeing it.

I wish I wasn't so busy this weekend. I really want to see it. Sigh.

The trailers give me the impression there's a lot of self induced torture porn in this one.

People get FUCKED up

Gore was not the reason that I loved the Evil Dead series.

Bowielee said:

Gore was not the reason that I loved the Evil Dead series.

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And what separated it from all the other generic horror.

I loved Evil Dead for the same reason I love Brain Damage/Dead Alive. It's aware of the conventions of the genre and makes fun of them.

Bowielee said:

I loved Evil Dead for the same reason I love Brain Damage/Dead Alive. It's aware of the conventions of the genre and makes fun of them.

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In another way, it's what made Cabin in the Woods as unique/amazing as it was.

Bowielee said:

I loved Evil Dead for the same reason I love Brain Damage/Dead Alive. It's aware of the conventions of the genre and makes fun of them.

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Except the original, first Evil Dead was supposed to be a straight up horror flick. But even Raimi himself admitted that it was so amateur in so many ways that it wound up becoming an unintentional camp classic. Hence Evil Dead 2, which remakes the first and just says "Screw it. Let's Larry, Curly, and Moe this shit!"

This new one is meant to be taking what the original was meant to be: legit horror. Apparently the gore is off the charts and the majority of it is practical, so I'm down for that alone. Plus, MovieBob gave it a solid thumbs up and I share his opinion on most things.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vid...st&utm_medium=index_carousel&utm_campaign=all

ThatNickGuy said:

Except the original, first Evil Dead was supposed to be a straight up horror flick. But even Raimi himself admitted that it was so amateur in so many ways that it wound up becoming an unintentional camp classic. Hence Evil Dead 2, which remakes the first and just says "Screw it. Let's Larry, Curly, and Moe this shit!"

This new one is meant to be taking what the original was meant to be: legit horror. Apparently the gore is off the charts and the majority of it is practical, so I'm down for that alone. Plus, MovieBob gave it a solid thumbs up and I share his opinion on most things.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/vid...st&utm_medium=index_carousel&utm_campaign=all

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When people talk about how good Evil Dead is, they're rarely referring to the first one.

Bowielee said:

When people talk about how good Evil Dead is, they're rarely referring to the first one.

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Oh, I'm not arguing with that at all. Evil Dead 2 - and to a lesser extent, Army of Darkness - is what people are most familiar with because it's what really put Raimi on the map.

So, I don't care about gore one way or the other. For me, it does not enhance the horror aspects of a good horror movie at all. I'm much more into tension, fear of the unknown, subtle terror, etc. Is the new Evil Dead actually scare in that way, or is it relying entirely on gore and the "ick factor"?

There's some unsettling stuff, but I will grant it's mostly well done jump scares, relentless audacity, and artfully done brutality.

I also have to give props to all the practical effects. The score was also REALLY good.

Based on that, I don't think I would enjoy it. It just doesn't sound like it fits my tastes in a horror movie. But, I'm glad to hear it's well done and people are enjoying it. The last thing the world needed was another shitty remake.

DarkAudit said:

Well there ya go then. I'm satisfied.

Still not likely to go see it, but for the reasons I'm not likely to go see any movie at all. Hell, I can't even find the time to watch any DVDs or streams at home right now.

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This might be why your state is #50

I only watched the first Evil Dead once when I was 19. I thought it was pretty fucked-up; I didn't find it funny at all. Doubt I'll ever watch it again, but I remember just gaping at the TV for most of the movie.

Quotemander Prime said:

I only watched the first Evil Dead once when I was 19. I thought it was pretty fucked-up; I didn't find it funny at all. Doubt I'll ever watch it again, but I remember just gaping at the TV for most of the movie.

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The first movie wasn't supposed to be funny.

I never really enjoyed the original Evil Dead. I remember seeing Army of Darkness first when I was young. Then when I realized Army of Darkness was a sequel to Evil Dead 2, I picked that up. I wanted to get Evil Dead first, but this was back when the original production company that owned the rights had already gone out of business, and the rights were being negotiated over by other companies. When I got Evil Dead 2 I didn't like it nearly as much as Army of Darkness. I was rather surprised by just how gory and disturbing it was. Course that was when I was much younger, and now my opinions have switched. When I finally did see Evil Dead I pretty much decided that one viewing was enough. It wasn't funny like the other two. It was just a straight up, bad horror film that tried to be as gross as it possibly could. I just didn't appreciate it that much as an individual film. Plus Ash in Evil Dead is nothing like the Ash in the other two films. The first version is kinda depressing after you've seen what the character is capable of.

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The first movie wasn't supposed to be funny.

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I was referring to what Nick said:

Except the original, first Evil Dead was supposed to be a straight up horror flick. But even Raimi himself admitted that it was so amateur in so many ways that it wound up becoming an unintentional camp classic.

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Quick question for Charlie Don't Surf before I take his review at face value...how drunk were you when you wrote your OP?

SpecialKO said:

Quick question for Charlie Don't Surf before I take his review at face value...how drunk were you when you wrote your OP?

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100% sober. I went to see it alone late at night without anyone to ferry me around.


CONFESSION - I'm kind of drunk NOW, but Thursday night I was stone sober

Heh, it seems like you really liked it then!

You seem to get really enthusiastic about things when you're apparently drunk, so I was just trying to adjust for it.

It's okay, I understand that, my friends feel the same way! But I really really liked it

This movie is awesome, if you skip it because of some attachment to the original/ED2/etc you are doing yourself a disservice.

Another coin in the it's awesome camp. That movie was fucking rad. The only downside was a lot of the shitty dialogue. Everything else was balls out rad.

I agree with Red Letter Media's review in a few places. The overall movie's great, it could have been better if the characters weren't so bland (the Deadite dialogue was hilarious, though). It's like they over-avoided the usual stereotypes in horror protagonists and hit too far on the opposite end of the spectrum.

Also, a couple parts in the trailer that didn't make the cut.

Fuck, that final climactic shot had everyone in the audience just agape. That shit was sensational.

Frank said:

Fuck, that final climactic shot had everyone in the audience just agape. That shit was sensational.

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Usually horror gore doesn't bother me, but


But yeah, the whole final confrontation was fantastic. Can't wait to get this movie on BluRay.

Note to self: Never go camping again.

Okay, yes, it's awesome. Jake put his hand in front of my face at all the appropriate moments... I got a little queasy a few times.