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Old 7th April 2013, 06:33 PM
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Evil Dead took $26m in its first weekend topping the US box office.

Weekend Box Office Results for April 5-7, 2013 - Box Office Mojo
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Old 7th April 2013, 06:35 PM
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I'm quite stoked to see this new version of The Evil Dead now, what with all these good reviews coming in.I will probably wait until it hits Blu-ray though, as I hardly go to the cinema nowadays.
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Old 8th April 2013, 05:32 PM
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hi guys,looking forward to the remake,but not sure what to expect.
must see this on the big screen!
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Saw it at a press show today. Was really excited after the initial teaser and avoided ALL other trailers / featurettes etc, which I'd advise as that trailer already took the sting out of several key sequences.

It's going to be this year's Prometheus - many will HATE it, despite some undeniably excellent stand-alone moments. Alot of it is just too stupid, it messes with the mythos in a really daft way, the acting and script are pretty dire (don't get me started on the way the deadites - if you can call them that - act, look and talk), and some of it feels more like an Exorcist remake than Evil Dead.

They have stuck to their guns with the non-CGI gore though - it's not quite as impressive as I'd hoped (curious to see if much has been cut from the UK one in the same way as the US R-rated cut), but judged on its own terms it has a good few intense sequences. It's not very scary though, and feels too polished in some regards and too much like a straight-to-video title in others.

I'll go see it again with friends when it's out, should be a laugh with a crowd, but I'd say to anyone who (like me) has got their hopes up from the teaser etc - lower them and you should enjoy it, just don't expect it to blow you away. It's firmly in the 2003 Texas Chainsaw remake category for me - technically impressive in many places but just doesn't 'get' the original vibes right and falls way short the further it goes along.
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Just back from a preview screening and I really enjoyed it. It was bloody, gory and I felt a pretty good remake! Up there with Dawn of the Dead and Texas remakes. Make sure you stay till the end of the credits as well!
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Alot of it is just too stupid,the acting and script are pretty dire non-CGI gore thoughIt's not very scary though, too much like a straight-to-video title in others.

I should be a laugh with a crowd, .
Sounds just like the original to me.
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Sounds just like the original to me.
The original was actually scary though, and nowhere near as derivative as this. I know that sounds ridiculous when talking about a remake, but this new one rips off everything from The Ring to The Exorcist - the biggest problem is the 'deadites', they're just not very menacing and the way they're dispatched is a cop-out. Don't even get me started on the fate of the main one. I don't know, it just didn't work for me very well, wish it had!
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Interview with everyone's favourite S-Mart employee regarding the home video release of Evil Dead and the possibility of AOD2

http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/679...ess-2?page=0,1
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Just come across this video on YouTube and thought I'd share it with you guys. It's an early short staring Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell! Definelty a big influence on Evil Dead 2 -

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