Evil Dead

Evil Dead

The most terrifying film you will ever experience.

Rating

4.5 (3)

Release Date

4/5/2013

Runtime

91 mins

Genres

Overview

Mia, a drug addict, is determined to kick the habit. To that end, she asks her brother, David, his girlfriend, Natalie and their friends Olivia and Eric 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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$17,000,000

Revenue

$99,010,045

Homepage

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How It Feels

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A relentless, gore-soaked descent into supernatural chaos where isolation and demonic possession turn a support group into a nightmarish fight for survival. This is a brutal, visceral experience that commits fully to its horror with practical effects and unrelenting tension.

Mood

UnsettlingDread-soakedExhilarating

Themes

SurvivalAddictionComing apart

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

HandheldHigh-contrastPractical effects

Structure

Single location

Heads up

Graphic violenceBody horror

Reviews

stormaciousd

Am I scared of the girl from Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist now?

I expected this to be much campier. The visuals and effects are quite scary, and the gross stuff is certainly gross. Everything is well-executed; this is just a case of something not being my style enough for an eventual rewatch.

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