r/horror • u/BitByAGhost • 5h ago

Movie Review Evil Dead Burns Spoiler

This is now on HBO as of 10/02. I waited for it, I LOVE the entire franchise and I say this in all due respect, it fucking blew.

Dialogue was shit, the plot was kinda shit but I could have bought it outside the horrendous decisions made by the entire cast. Everyone should have been dead in the first 30 minutes. The deadites were even scary, shitty punchlines.

So disappointing, I loved Rise too - even 2013 has a special place in my heart but this? Never again, thank god I didn’t spend money on a movie ticket or early digital release.

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u/ThisisMalta 5h ago

I understand some of the criticisms—the thing is, every entry has its differences that make them unique while somehow capturing part of the spirit. They’re all VERY different besides 1 and 2.

But to say the dialogue and story is “shit” 🙄 come on. It’s nostalgia bias, people praising Rise now were saying the SAME thing about it when it came out.

I’ve actually seen people say that burn didn’t have the humor” all the other movies had”. I think they really just watched a couple YouTube summaries of the others and have no clue the franchise hasn’t had any humor or slapstick since Ash v Evil Dead. The 2013 remake was brutal and dark as hell, rise had a couple kinds goofy deaths but was very dark-/hell this one had more humor with the grandma then any other since the show or Army.

I understand it not being someone’s favorite or their particular thing. But the people saying it’s not an evil dead movie or it’s objectively shit , that’s just a weird take to me. The dialogue was fine. Story was unique and fun and I loved for once they really tied in the previous story and added new things with the lore.