I saw Evil Dead yesterday and thought it was really bad. There was no character development at all (due to the lack of interaction between the characters, I thought Olivia was called Emily) and didn't really care about any of them. It seemed the filmmakers were too busy putting nods to the original film in (the cards on the table appearing in the same order they do in Sam Raimi's 1981 film, the Oldsmobile outside and other such things) to bother with characterisation and believable dialogue.
I also felt it was unnecessarily violent to the extent where any dead space was filled with throwing blood at the camera. Also, the professor's voice during the end credits felt tacked on and the 'Groovy' soundbite when they finished was like a slap in the face to those of us who love Evil Dead 2.
It won't be one I'll be desperate to rent and will be very unlikely to buy when it's released.
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