Before, it was ‘The Evil Dead, a very specific threat. Note how the definite article has been ditched from the title. If Raimi’s film felt sinister, scuzzy, and strangely insidious, this blandly entertaining update comes across as an oddly corporate piece of work, like the documented minutes of a business meeting about The Evil Dead rather than an outstanding horror film in its own right. What a shame, then, that Fede Alvarez’s 2013 reboot – produced with the co-operation of Raimi and Campbell – feels entirely toothless and lacking in bite. One of the most endearing pieces of Dead mythology is how the film ended up largely funded by dentists.
From the production’s cheap ‘n’ cheerful DIY aesthetic (some of the most memorable shots were achieved by Raimi and Bruce Campbell running around the woods with a camera attached to a piece of lumber) to the hellish nature of the low-budget shoot (Raimi allegedly liked to ‘torture’ his actors by making conditions on-set as arduous as possible) it’s a goldmine of nerdy trivia. The story of how Sam Raimi’s demonic ‘video nasty’ The Evil Dead (1981) came to pass is almost as entertaining as the film itself.
Watch the Evil Dead remake online in the UK: Amazon Prime / Apple TV (iTunes) / Prime Video (Buy/Rent) / TalkTalk TV / Google Play
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