I write this review, after watching Evil Dead Rise today in 2023. I don't know what other reviewers watched, but this film is almost perfect! From the opening scene that IMMEDIATELY subverts expectations. (love the Ted Raimi cameo) This film tells you right off the bat, that they aren't playing around and this isn't your campy, typical Evil Dead film. You know in the first 6 minutes that this is gonna be brutal, and if you can't handle that, just watch something else. I say I write this after seeing Evil Dead Rise for a reason. I love this Evil Dead film! No offense to Bruce or Sam but I not only enjoy this film more than the original trilogy, it's in my top 10 favorite horror films of all time! Rise definitely took more aspects from this than the original trilogy, and even though I enjoyed it immensely, I still like this one more. There are seriously frightening moments in this that Rise just doesn't provide. And to have Rise at what will probably end up a 7.1 or so and have this at 6.5 is a disservice to this film. I've been a hard-core horror fan for over 43 years and as one, I've been desensitized to scare factor in film. This film has it in spades! And 10 years and a requel later and I still think this is the greatest horror film made in the last decade! And I will die on this hill defending it!
Review of Evil Dead
