Evil Dead Rise

[Andrew NDB]

I could've sworn there was a thread for this but I couldn't find it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/EvilDead/co...the_style_the/

So only 1 male character in the whole movie. And this is basically Evil Dead 4 in the sense that it's in the same universe as the other films and isn't a remake/reboot. No Bruce Campbell cameo.

[Autbot_Benz]

No Bruce Campbell No Thanks

[The Deadman]

It doesnt need Bruce Campbell to be good. In fact, not every horror movie needs a legacy character to be good. They need to drop a trailer for it soon though, it comes out in the spring.

[joe-eyeball]

Originally Posted by The Deadman

It doesnt need Bruce Campbell to be good. In fact, not every horror movie needs a legacy character to be good. They need to drop a trailer for it soon though, it comes out in the spring.

This is true but the first time they tried Evil Dead without him it was absolutely terrible! Perhaps it was terrible not necessarily because of a lack of him being in it but it was terrible none the less! I’m cautiously optimistic about this film but I’d bet most fans of the franchise will end up being disappointed by it. I would also bet they make the same HUGE mistake they made the last time and that is to try a straight up horror film almost completely void of tongue in cheek humor and absurdity that is vital to the franchise.

[The Deadman]

Originally Posted by joe-eyeball

This is true but the first time they tried Evil Dead without him it was absolutely terrible! Perhaps it was terrible not necessarily because of a lack of him being in it but it was terrible none the less! I’m cautiously optimistic about this film but I’d bet most fans of the franchise will end up being disappointed by it. I would also bet they make the same HUGE mistake they made the last time and that is to try a straight up horror film almost completely void of tongue in cheek humor and absurdity at hat is vital to the franchise.

Army of Darkness was the lowest rated out of the 3 movies with Campbell in them and that one went for pure comedy over horror.

[Andrew NDB]

Technically Ash couldn't appear in it anyway -- last we saw him, he was in a distant hellscape future where deadites are running rampant. We did not see him going back.

Originally Posted by joe-eyeball

This is true but the first time they tried Evil Dead without him it was absolutely terrible!

The remake was awesome. Very grisly.

[joe-eyeball]

Originally Posted by The Deadman

Army of Darkness was the lowest rated out of the 3 movies with Campbell in them and that one went for pure comedy over horror.

Perhaps but the first two films as well as the series had plenty of humor and absurdity thrown in. The style and tone of the remake had zero! It was a dead serious take on the basic premise of the first film and relied totally on shock gore. The point is these remakes and or continuations are really an Evil Dead in name only kind of thing! I fear that this new film will be more like the previous remake and less like what came before. And I’m not quite clear what you meant Army by of Darkness being the lowest rated of the 3? Historically it is regarded all over as an excellent albeit different chapter in the Evil Dead franchise.

[frank_one]

The truth is the original three movies were great because of Sam Raimi's unique direction style. You cannot have a real Evil dead movie without Raimi directing it.

[The Deadman]

Originally Posted by joe-eyeball

Perhaps but the first two films as well as the series had plenty of humor and absurdity thrown in. The style and tone of the remake had zero! It was a dead serious take on the basic premise of the first film and relied totally on shock gore. The point is these remakes and or continuations are really an Evil Dead in name only kind of thing! I fear that this new film will be more like the previous remake and less like what came before. And I’m not quite clear what you meant Army by of Darkness being the lowest rated of the 3? Historically it is regarded all over as an excellent albeit different chapter in the Evil Dead franchise.

Since everyone uses Rotten Tomatoes as the standard for ratings:
Evil Dead: 95% (critics), 84% (audience)
Evil Dead 2: 95% (critics), 89% (audience)
Army of Darkness: 74% (critics), 87% (audience)

Also if the remake channeled the original, people would be complaining that it wasnt a different take on the franchise and therefore its bad.

[member_removed]

Is it going to honour/acknowledge Ash vs Evil Dead.

I get the idea of a "part 4" so long after with a new cast, but the fact that we just had AvED on TV makes a new film feel completely unnecessary.

[Andrew NDB]

Maybe some of the added lore and/or types of demons from AvED might show up but I wouldn't expect much else. It'd be great to see, say, Kelly show up and save the day.

[Andrew NDB]

[Andrew NDB]

[Andrew NDB]

Red band trailer:

[joe-eyeball]

Yawn! A fairly generic possession movie with shock gore. Another serious take on Evil Dead, so no thanks but I’m sure many will like it.

[Andrew NDB]

Looks like one of the kids might be trans. I wonder if there's a sideplot baked into it where the possessed mom never accepted their transition so now they end up getting their revenge on her.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by joe-eyeball

Yawn! A fairly generic possession movie with shock gore. Another serious take on Evil Dead, so no thanks but I’m sure many will like it.

Saw it. Yeah, it was another serious take, and probably the most mean-spirited (literally AND figuratively) one yet in what happens to the family. And yes, the son is trans but the movie doesn't even mention it.

It was good and boy was it brutal, but it does kind of leave a bad taste in the mouth. I think the remake accomplished what they were going for a little better but even that left me feeling similar.