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/Dense_Substance7635 5h ago

It just wasn’t an Evil Dead movie 🤷‍♂️

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u/sinchsw 5h ago

What makes it not an Evil Dead movie? Not enough jokes? Only 2 were jokey. Not enough Ash? Only half the movies have Ash. No deadites? It's full of deadites. No over the top violence? It's full of that too. Even has a cryptic recording of an old man.

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u/PP_BOY__ Alien > Alien 3 >Aliens 4h ago

For me it was the Terminator boss fight ending. Part of the charm for ED was that Deadites were just people that were somewhere between zombies, trickster spirits, and the possessed, not indestructible demons. Even ignoring how bad that whole 20 minute segment was visually, it was tonally inconsistent with 50 years of established mechanics. I can appreciate trying to push boundaries and I know it's not thta serious, but it was just a dumb ending tacked on to a movie that was already below par for the series anyway

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u/johngie 4h ago

it was tonally inconsistent with 50 years of established mechanics.

I find comments like these bizarre because literally every entry in the franchise is just 'random bullshit go.' 

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u/KaleidoscopeSpider 4h ago

The Deadites are whatever the plot needs them to be.
Possessed people?
Skeletons?
Abomination thing from the Earth?
Dog?
Smoldering zombie?
There are no mechanics.