Seriously now, you've been warned. When it comes to film reviews I am not to be trusted. You are reading the opinion of someone who has watched the 1998 version of Godzilla approximately fifteen (yes 15) times. I know, I know, it's an appalling movie, and I wouldn't have much to say in defence of it...other than it's GODZILLA. In MANHATTAN. You had me at giant irradiated lizard Mr. Emmerich. Frankly you could have had Matthew Broderick playing every role in the movie, maybe even the lizard itself. I wouldn't have cared.
So...don't trust me. Yet, here I am, telling you that Evil Dead is the best horror movie I've seen in years. I haven't read any reviews of it, haven't really had any word-of-mouth on it, so there's every chance I am as horribly out of step with the world as I was when I said Cloverfield was the greatest movie ever made (Hey, it's a GIANT MONSTER. In MANHATTAN).
Anyway, Evil Dead. Loved the original, approached the remake with Michael Bay-instilled trepidation. And loved it. Interesting characters doing their best to break away from horror cliches, an excellent opening sequence that turns the girl-being-chased-in-the-woods staple on its head, and then about an hour of genuinely squirm-inducing uberviolence.
Some horrific imagery that stayed with me long after the credits rolled and just when you think you can relax, Evil Dead manages to find a way to escalate things. I love that in horror, that escalation.
I'm not really into writing sprawling, epic reviews, but I'd recommend Evil Dead to anyone. Watch it and you'll love it. Trust me.
So...don't trust me. Yet, here I am, telling you that Evil Dead is the best horror movie I've seen in years. I haven't read any reviews of it, haven't really had any word-of-mouth on it, so there's every chance I am as horribly out of step with the world as I was when I said Cloverfield was the greatest movie ever made (Hey, it's a GIANT MONSTER. In MANHATTAN).
Anyway, Evil Dead. Loved the original, approached the remake with Michael Bay-instilled trepidation. And loved it. Interesting characters doing their best to break away from horror cliches, an excellent opening sequence that turns the girl-being-chased-in-the-woods staple on its head, and then about an hour of genuinely squirm-inducing uberviolence.
Some horrific imagery that stayed with me long after the credits rolled and just when you think you can relax, Evil Dead manages to find a way to escalate things. I love that in horror, that escalation.
I'm not really into writing sprawling, epic reviews, but I'd recommend Evil Dead to anyone. Watch it and you'll love it. Trust me.
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