Evil Dead (2013)

You know you are not the intended audience of this revoltor - it doesn't horrify with its excess of body fluids, just revolts - when you find yourself rolling your eyes at young adults who one minute stumble innocently upon a satanic book in the cellar of their cottage in the woods and the next spout lines with utter conviction about exactly how the summoned evil must be stopped, and because this humourless remake is played straight umlike the classic 1981 horror comedy original, how else can you react?

★★☆☆☆

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Army of Darkness (1992)

This third movie of the Evil Dead series looks like it was a hoot to make with the big-chinned hero, Ash Williams, this time battling the stop-animated demons of the Necronomicon in 14th Century England, a task he undertakes with a cocky swagger but the movie, while great fun, doesn't quite live up to the deranged originals set in that creepy cabin in the woods.

★★★☆☆

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