By: Heather Seebach





5 Reasons You Should See Evil Dead :



5. The Easter Egg Hunt



For serious fans of the original trilogy, there are plenty of references - some big, some small. A full break-down (for those who have seen the film) will be posted here in the next day or two, but until then, let me advise - you must stay through the entire end credits. There are no less than three geeky surprises for those who love the franchise!



4. Want better horror films? Support movies like this!



All I ever hear from horror fans is how "they don't ma ke them like they used to!" Never m ind the great indie an d foreign market horror films made every year, mainstream is what matters apparently. And yes, too often we are bombarded with half -assed sequels or bland rip -off's full of CG gore. Well here is what you've been c raving, old-sch ool hor ror fans! The scares, the blood, and most importantly, the gen uine heart put into this production. Even if Evil Dead is not the messiah some claim it is, we st ill need more mainstream horror like it.





3. Evil Dead is its own film



Sure, there are references for the old fans, but the fi lm abs olutely works for new fans, too. Rai mi is paid homage, but not stolen from. This movie redefines what i t means to be a "remake" b ecause it stands on its own with new scenes of horror that will stay bu rned in your brain.



2. Gore! Gore! Gore!



p e cifically the CGI plague. Do you want old to pull of some of these tricks (just as Sam Raimi did). More info on that here sionist methods Fede Alvarez researched illu , and actical -school dismemberments? Well, look no further. The gore scenes in this are 100% pr the CGI plague. Do you want old the biggest complaint from fans about most modern horror is the lack of good gore, Probably





1. Want to see Raimi and Campbell make another? Then buy a ticket!



Anybody who considers themselves an Evil Dead fan needs to see this movie, or a least buy a ticket. P ull the branch out of your ass and support this film because the success or failure of this film will directly impact whether Raimi, Tapert and Campbell make another ED film. So it's your duty!





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5 Excuses-Not-to-See-It That Are Bullshit :





5. "It's not Evil Dead without Ash!"



Oh, really? Firstly, does anyone really think that this movie would be more tolerated if Fede Alvarez attempted to re-cast Ash? Making his own separate branch of the franchise without A sh is the best thing he ever could have done. In fact, Raimi and co. refused to greenlight other treatments because they all i nvolved Ash.



Secondly, the so-called fans who want th is chainsaw-ar m-one-lin er-spewing- hero must not remember the original film very well. Ash was a pr etty much a s econdary character until he happened to survive (which i s one of the grea t things about the movie). A nd there was no machismo - he spent a good portion of the movie underneath bookshelves ! So this idea that you can't have Evil Dead without Ash is ridiculous. In fact, I love that elements of that character are subtly dispersed in the new film.





4. "It's just a cash - grab!"



So, making a thoughtful, fan-driven new entry in the franchise is a cash-grab, but having 54-year-old Bruce Camp ell re turn in ED4 or AoD isn't? A nd why is it that established franchises like Friday the 13th, Saw, Texas Chainsaw, etc. can keep shitting out new brainless sequels (often with a new director, b tw) and hor ror fans line up, but the mention of a new Evil Dead after a 2 0-year hiatus is considered blasphemy?





3. "They should have made a sequel or new series instead! "



They did! While the press has generally labeled this a remake, Fede Alvarez has said that Sam Raimi & co. had no intentions of remaking the classic, but instead wanted a new take on the general story. I like that this one blu rs the line between remake and sequel. H ell, Evil Dead 2 pretty much did the sa me thing. I do NOT consider that movie a remake, but it certainly re-hashed elem ents of its predecessor.



anchises will ultimately cross over in a later film! f, it was recently announced that the two fr Raimi & Campbell recently decla red tha t their next film would in fact be Army of Darkness 2 and not Evil Dead 4? To avoid conf usion with the new series! Adding to the prooWhy do you think



"But, why call it Evil Dea d ? That's not a sequel name!"



Probably for the same reason Final Destin ation 4 got titled The Final Destination. Same with Fast and F urious , and The Thing. With the exception of the latter (which some peop le still refuse to acknowledge is an obvious prequel), fans have no troub le grasping that those are sequels!



I suspect Sam Raimi believes his portion of the Evil Dead universe (cabin, woods, etc) i s done, but in Army of Dar kness, the story of Ash lives on. So he asked a n exciting new filmmaker to take a stab at what he started.









2. "All horror remakes are shit!"



John Carpen ter 's The Thing. David Cronen berg ' s The Fly. Tom Savini's Night o f the Living Dead. Alexander Aja's The Hills Have Eyes. Shou ld I continue or do you get the idea?



