Reviews for the new Evil Dead are in - 100% on Rottentomatoes so far!

Not theatrically of course, but at the SXSW Festival. Reviews will soon follow. So are you excited? Me excited. Me so excited, baby. Me sooooo excited.

*update*

Some reviews are in from the folks who attended the premier, and things are lookin up. 

I'm glad they're trying to emulate the darker tone of the original film, instead of trying to replicate the humor of the sequels.Rhazakna

[QUOTE="Rhazakna"]I'm glad they're trying to emulate the darker tone of the original film, instead of trying to replicate the humor of the sequels.Aljosa23

Apparently, the first time the submitted the movie for a rating, it got hit with an NC-17 rating.  They trimmed it to get the R rating, but I'm curious to see what was cut.  No doube there's gonna be an unrated version for the home release.

I can't stand Diablo Cody, but this looks like it might be ok. I'm glad they're trying to emulate the darker tone of the original film, instead of trying to replicate the humor of the sequels. I doubt they could pull off the campiness of Evil Dead 2.Rhazakna

i was always bummed we didn't get to see the army of darkness sequel where ash messed up the spell and ended up in the future deadite apocalypse.

all we got was the  s-mart happy ending.

i was always bummed we didn't get to see the army of darkness sequel where ash messed up the spell and ended up in the future deadite apcolypse.

all we got was the lame s-mart happy ending.

Riverwolf007

They have the director's cut on DVD.  I was glad I got mine when I did--it's been out of print for years now.

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i was always bummed we didn't get to see the army of darkness sequel where ash messed up the spell and ended up in the future deadite apcolypse.

all we got was the lame s-mart happy ending.

Hallenbeck77

They have the director's cut on DVD.  I was glad I got mine when I did--it's been out of print for years now.

i thought the concept of the entire world being overrun with deadites and ash trying to survive and get home was perfect for the sequel.

i really thought they were going to give the next one the whole sci-fi  apocalypse  makeover and wanted to see that movie get made so bad.

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i was always bummed we didn't get to see the army of darkness sequel where ash messed up the spell and ended up in the future deadite apcolypse.

all we got was the lame s-mart happy ending.

Riverwolf007

They have the director's cut on DVD.  I was glad I got mine when I did--it's been out of print for years now.

i thought the concept of the entire world being overrun with deadites and ash trying to survive and get home was perfect for the sequel.

i really thought they were going to give the next one the whole sci-fi  apocalypse  makeover and wanted to see that movie get made so bad.

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[QUOTE="Hallenbeck77"]

They have the director's cut on DVD.  I was glad I got mine when I did--it's been out of print for years now.

Hallenbeck77

i thought the concept of the entire world being overrun with deadites and ash trying to survive and get home was perfect for the sequel.

i really thought they were going to give the next one the whole sci-fi  apocalypse  makeover and wanted to see that movie get made so bad.

The trailer was cool. Hopefully, the whole movie ends up being good and not schlock like most horror remakes...

that's cool, i never knew that . i will have to look and see if it was collected into a trade paperback.Riverwolf007

not sure about this...without raimi directing or campbell...campzor

I think i'll wait until it hits bluray.

Hell yeah, apart from the Lack of fellow 80's Icon Bruce Campbell. Jack-Burton

love ur avatar.

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[QUOTE="Rhazakna"]I'm glad they're trying to emulate the darker tone of the original film, instead of trying to replicate the humor of the sequels.aaronmullan

Yeah I guess I'm not an evil dead fan.

The showing is about to begin. People are posting pictures of it on twitter. Some of them are located in this thread - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288558/board/flat/211699171

I wish I was there :cry:

I hope Bruce Campbell has a small cameo. He keeps saying he doesn't but I like to think he's lying. Regardless, this movie seems really interesting. Evil Dead is my favourite series of movies which possibly means I should hate any remake but the way Bruce keeps going on about it and the fact that it's almost all practical effects is something to be excited about.

Roll on April 5.

It's got good reviews on rottentomatoes so far.

It's sad that I'm so old that I remember the first Evil Dead being available on VHS cassette... Hope this new version is as good now as the original was back then.

First reactions to the film.

Seems like the most it has going for it is the gore, which is what I was expecting. 

5 reviews on RT, all positive. Average rating sits at a respectable 7.0 but will most likely drop. The tomatometer will probably steady out in the 60-70% range with an average rating of 6 something. Not bad considering most modern day horror films recieve a total ass whooping from critics.

Its 100% with only 5 reviews.....

Even then, the average score is 7.0

This score is going to drop off, but it does seem this is deffinatly not a cheap remake cash grab that many feared.

Lol dude, seriously... 5 reviews? Wait till it gets 200 reviews than add the exlamation point at the end.

Lol dude, seriously... 5 reviews? Wait till it gets 200 reviews than add the exlamation point at the end.

zenogandia

Never heard of it, but if it's about zombies I'll pass.

it's easy to have a good score when there's few reviews, but it's a good starts so hope it maintains a positive impression, just checked and one rotten review dropped the score to 83%, that's still decent overall for nowlamprey263

It went up a little to 86%. Rottentomatoes still hasn't posted the Hollywood Reporter review yet and those guys gave it high praise.

I'll be seeing it what ever, This and Iron Man 3 in the same month make ol'Jack very happy.Jack-Burton

jack burton says go and watch the film.

86% now

86% now

konvikt_17

Now at 75%...dropping fast!

Not happy about them taking out the dark humor aspects...

I loved the goofy stuff in the Bruce Campbell versions. 

Really disappointed this comes so late to Australian cinemas - 16th of May seems so long away :(