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Evil Dead

R

Released Apr 5, 2013

1h 31m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

List

63%

Tomatometer

205 Reviews

64%

Audience Score

50,000+ Ratings

Mia (Jane Levy), a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David (Shiloh Fernandez), his girlfriend, Natalie (Elizabeth Blackmore) and their friends Olivia (Jessica Lucas) and Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci) to accompany her to their family's remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead at the cabin and reads aloud from it, awakening an ancient demon. All hell breaks loose when the malevolent entity possesses Mia.

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Critics Consensus

It may lack the absurd humor that underlined the original, but the new-look Evil Dead compensates with brutal terror, gory scares, and gleefully bloody violence.

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Monica Castillo

Bitch Media

The current reboot feels uncreative. Watching the new film just made me miss Bruce Campbell's chin and shots of Raimi running insane through the woods.

May 10, 2016

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Using the very latest Cern-tested atom interferometry, we can reveal that Evil Dead is precisely, exactly - in the coldest atomic terms -the film that you were expecting.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 19, 2013

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

Happy days for those who love this sort of thing. But Raimi's effort, perhaps because we hadn't seen the plot before, was infinitely more scary.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 19, 2013

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Takes the bones of the core concept, then remixes and reimagines them in ways that honor the spirit of the source material without trying to replicate it. Without Bruce Campbell's charm, this might be the best we could get out of an Evil Dead revival.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 20, 2023

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Miles Surrey

The Ringer

Horror remakes are notoriously difficult to get right, but the 2013 update on Sam Raimi’s classic sets the bar for other franchises to follow.

Apr 6, 2023

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

As gorefests go, you could do a lot worse.

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 12, 2022

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Audience Member

DAS BÖSE BEKOMMT DICH IMMER Eine Gruppe von Freunden möchte einer Freundin helfen von den Drogen runter zu kommen. Dazu fahren sie zu einer abgelegenen Hütte im Wald. Helfen soll ein eiskalter Entzug, doch was sie dort im Haus vorfinden ist die nackte Gewalt. Ein Überleben scheint ausgeschlossen zu sein, es sei denn sie können das Böse irgendwie aufhalten. Dieses Remake haut so richtig rein. Blut, Horror und Ekel sind hier in dauerschleife zu finden. Die Geschichte ist von Anfang bis Ende toll umgesetzt. Die Charaktere selbst sind nicht weiter wichtig, da sie das Werkzeug sind damit es hier richtig ab geht. Die Dämonen sind wunderbar in Szene gesetzt und trotz des übernatürlichen Touches ist es nie zu drüber. Am Ende bleibt hier ein hervorragender Horror Streifen der keine Wünsche unerfüllt lässt.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

05/24/24

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Jason W

Superb make up and special fx. Phenomenally shot. Excellent violent scenes, bloody and some scenes make you feel the pain. I think it could have been good as a stand alone and not an Evil Dead linked film, but regardless, great movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

05/20/24

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Teddy B

It isn't particularly god-awful in any way but compared to the legendary franchise that is on such a top tier of creativity and pure enjoyment its continuing the legacy of, it's quite insulting.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

04/20/24

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Dairon P

Evil Dead (2013) is a somewhat mixed bag. While it delivers on the gore and shock value expected from the franchise, it falls short in terms of character development and originality. The film essentially retreads the familiar story of friends encountering a sinister force in a remote cabin, without adding much new to the formula. The performances are decent, and the practical effects are impressive, but the overall impact feels lacking. While it may satisfy hardcore fans of the horror genre looking for a gory thrill, for others, it might come across as just another forgettable entry in the genre.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/29/24

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Challa R

Ultimate horror Very scary Superb making

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/27/24

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Alec B

The refusal to embrace humor in the same way is a little frustrating but I do appreciate that the movie is not afraid of unrestrained violence and is willing to push buttons.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/05/24

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Fede Alvarez

Director

Jane Levy

Mia

Shiloh Fernandez

David

Lou Taylor Pucci

Eric

Jessica Lucas

Olivia

Elizabeth Blackmore

Natalie

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Synopsis

Mia (Jane Levy), a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David (Shiloh Fernandez), his girlfriend, Natalie (Elizabeth Blackmore) and their friends Olivia (Jessica Lucas) and Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci) to accompany her to their family's remote forest cabin to help her through withdrawal. Eric finds a mysterious Book of the Dead at the cabin and reads aloud from it, awakening an ancient demon. All hell breaks loose when the malevolent entity possesses Mia.

Director: Fede Alvarez
Producer: Rob Tapert, Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell
Screenwriter: Fede Alvarez, Rodo Sayagues Mendez
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Production Co: Ghost House Pictures
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content|Language|Strong Bloody Violence/Gore)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 5, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 16, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $54.2M
Runtime: 1h 31m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS

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