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88
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch Kevin C. Johnson
It's ultimately everything a modern horror movie should be.
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83
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Entertainment Weekly
The new Evil Dead's delirious gross-out scenes spoke to me, and they go further than any mainstream picture I can think of.
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75
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Slant Magazine
The setup and geography are consistent with the original, though the film never makes the mistake of trying to rebottle the lightning that electrified Sam Raimi's movie.
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75
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Philadelphia Inquirer Tirdad Derakhshani
Alvarez triumphs because he made one crucial decision: Avoid digital animation and use only practical in-camera special effects. He uses every trick from classic Hollywood and invents a few of his own.
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70
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The Hollywood Reporter John DeFore
A gore-for-broke affair that strips the flesh off Sam Raimi's cult-beloved comic-horror franchise and exposes the demons at its core.
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70
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NPR Ian Buckwalter
Effective scares, respectful nods to its inspiration and a few new twists make the question of whether this new Evil Dead succeeds in matching its inspiration superfluous. This is one remake that succeeds on its own blood-soaked terms.
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60
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New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Though Alvarez keeps us watching, he takes no real chances. Buried under all those enthusiastically mangled bodies is the comfort of familiarity. He may have intended to remake a single film, but we've seen this movie countless times before.
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50
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USA Today Claudia Puig
Goes overboard on the gruesome and scrimps on humor. Raimi's "Drag Me to Hell" was a much funnierchill-fest.
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25
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San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
This remake of the 1981 horror classic starts well, but it soon degenerates into tiresome shock gore that overstays its welcome, despite the film's modest run time. Jane Levy as a heroin addict going through withdrawal is the one bright spot.
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25
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Chicago Sun-Times
This isn't a strict remake of Sam Raimi's hugely influential 1981 horror classic, but it does include the basic framework and some visual nods to the original. On its own, it's an irredeemable, sadistic torture chamber reveling in the bloody, cringe-inducing deaths of some of the stupidest people ever to spend a rainy night in a remote cabin in the woods.
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