This film doesn't pretend to be anything it's not. All of these films are ridiculous but in there own right. It was in keeping with the tradition of being disgusting, humorous and well put together. I see these films as little pieces of gory art work and less as serious storytelling films.
I liked the two leading actresses, progressive in the films universe in terms of having a female antagonist and female protagonist. The acting was good, although one of the silliest things about this film was the lack of realistic reactions to horrific death and gore. Whenever someone died or was torn to pieces the main characters just looked horrified before shrugging it off in the next scene, although that being said, that is exactly the same for all these films. There not meant to be full deeply emotional moments, there meant to be brutal, beautiful and symbolic in certain ways.
I saw references to numerous horror films it has clearly been inspired by. Not only the original evil dead films but also Poltergeist, the woman in black, the thing, the exorcist, Texas chainsaw massacre, aliens and the shining. In certain places this film was more of a homage to great horror films while still remaining a great horror film in its own right. This film also kept within the traditions of horror. For example the main character was pregnant giving her a maternal instinct to keep the child alive and giving her a reason to live.
I also thought this film was very brave in terms of what it did considering the limits of what Is acceptable are constantly changing and narrowing. For example several children died quite brutally, the antagonist was originally a single mother of 3 when normally a woman in this situation in a film would be the hero.
I thought there was an excellent use of surroundings and props to create almost relatable moments and play on relatable fears. . A good example of this is a scene when a woman has a cheese grater dragged down her leg, when we can all understand the pain of just grazing ourselves on one of these. Another example is that there are a few scenes with the same shot through a peephole in a door, we have all seen through a peephole and know the feeling of trepidation and not knowing as well as being unable to fully see what's going on. In another scene a woman starts eating a wine glass which is painful to watch especially for those who have trodden on or unfortunately bitten down on glass.
The Setting was perfect. The sense of isolation remained the same as it does in all the previous films except now in a completely different place. It was More gory than most of the other evil dead films.
Symbolism: I realised the use of the lift was very symbolic of a womb. For example the mother was strung up by wires in the lift at the beginning when she was possessed, she was in pain, scared, confused. When she came out of the lift she was reborn as a possessed being. Later on the protagonist and her child ran into the lift and it began filling with blood. At the same time the 'evil dead' were burrowing into the dead mothers stomach with there hands. This could be the whole play on death and life, good and evil that all these films have.
Well directed, good use of lighting. Camera angles and imagery perfectly well used and done.
I liked the two leading actresses, progressive in the films universe in terms of having a female antagonist and female protagonist. The acting was good, although one of the silliest things about this film was the lack of realistic reactions to horrific death and gore. Whenever someone died or was torn to pieces the main characters just looked horrified before shrugging it off in the next scene, although that being said, that is exactly the same for all these films. There not meant to be full deeply emotional moments, there meant to be brutal, beautiful and symbolic in certain ways.
I saw references to numerous horror films it has clearly been inspired by. Not only the original evil dead films but also Poltergeist, the woman in black, the thing, the exorcist, Texas chainsaw massacre, aliens and the shining. In certain places this film was more of a homage to great horror films while still remaining a great horror film in its own right. This film also kept within the traditions of horror. For example the main character was pregnant giving her a maternal instinct to keep the child alive and giving her a reason to live.
I also thought this film was very brave in terms of what it did considering the limits of what Is acceptable are constantly changing and narrowing. For example several children died quite brutally, the antagonist was originally a single mother of 3 when normally a woman in this situation in a film would be the hero.
I thought there was an excellent use of surroundings and props to create almost relatable moments and play on relatable fears. . A good example of this is a scene when a woman has a cheese grater dragged down her leg, when we can all understand the pain of just grazing ourselves on one of these. Another example is that there are a few scenes with the same shot through a peephole in a door, we have all seen through a peephole and know the feeling of trepidation and not knowing as well as being unable to fully see what's going on. In another scene a woman starts eating a wine glass which is painful to watch especially for those who have trodden on or unfortunately bitten down on glass.
The Setting was perfect. The sense of isolation remained the same as it does in all the previous films except now in a completely different place. It was More gory than most of the other evil dead films.
Symbolism: I realised the use of the lift was very symbolic of a womb. For example the mother was strung up by wires in the lift at the beginning when she was possessed, she was in pain, scared, confused. When she came out of the lift she was reborn as a possessed being. Later on the protagonist and her child ran into the lift and it began filling with blood. At the same time the 'evil dead' were burrowing into the dead mothers stomach with there hands. This could be the whole play on death and life, good and evil that all these films have.
Well directed, good use of lighting. Camera angles and imagery perfectly well used and done.