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Title: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Robocop on October 21, 2012, 01:40:55 AM
I know there isn't a lot of information about the remake at this point, but this production image does make for an interesting comparsen piece to the orignal. Its obviously a more updated realistic look which reminds me of the make up design used for the girl in The Exorcist (1973) which incidentally the orignal 1981 film used as a reference template for its blend of horror and black humor. Anyway, which do you think looks creepier?

(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mpGAmd3bMSk/UILvQczV4xI/AAAAAAAACz0/ivW7deFqKdY/s640/ED.jpg)   

My vote still goes to the 1981 version.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Chainsawmidget on October 21, 2012, 02:07:02 PM
The first one looks better because it's not incredibly realistic.  It's an overblow EC Horror style exaggeration, which makes it look even creepier. 

Also apparently the voting in this topic is going to close in October 11, 1903, which is just weird. 


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: ulthar on October 21, 2012, 02:38:09 PM
One of the things that bothers me with 'modern horror' is the emphasis on so-called visual "realism."

Think about it...what would a creepy zomboid look like, anyway?  Or a werewolf...or vampire.  Much of the genre deals with fantastic characters, so what the heck is "realistic?"

The "old ways" settled the issue with making something that looked disturbing, then utilized mood, story and acting (and some other stuff, like music) to make "creepy" or "scary."  What was taken by the viewer to be "horrific" was not necessarily VISUALLY horrific, though it could be.

It just strikes me as lazy film making that all the "horror" eggs are put into the visual basket these days...and as such, the 'race for who can make the goriest movie' or what not has destroy my interest in contemporary 'horror' pretty much completely.  I find "psychological thriller" to be a more interesting genre these days.

Shoot, I find "Romantic Comedy" to be a more interesting genre these days...that's what I've come to think of most modern horror.

I cannot even see the point of remaking THE EVIL DEAD.  It works in the context of when it was made, how it was made, who made it and what it showed/did not show.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Chainsawmidget on October 21, 2012, 03:19:33 PM
One of the things that bothers me with 'modern horror' is the emphasis on so-called visual "realism."

Think about it...what would a creepy zomboid look like, anyway?  Or a werewolf...or vampire.  Much of the genre deals with fantastic characters, so what the heck is "realistic?"

The "old ways" settled the issue with making something that looked disturbing, then utilized mood, story and acting (and some other stuff, like music) to make "creepy" or "scary."  What was taken by the viewer to be "horrific" was not necessarily VISUALLY horrific, though it could be.

On that note, I'd also like to go on record as saying I preferred the original Nightmare on Elm Street's twisted pizza face makeup as opposed to the more realistic burn victim design they used in the newer movie. 


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: The Gravekeeper on October 21, 2012, 04:08:13 PM
I understand that movies want to look more realistic, and it is hugely beneficial to draw from life. However, if everyone goes for "as realistic as possible," it all starts to look the same. That's not necessarily bad, but we're dealing with demonic possession of corpses here. The 1981 looks possessed, like some demonic force intruding on our reality and using a meat puppet to assume a crude caricature of the human body.

The 2013 version, well...she looks like she has a bit of a skin condition and spent all day rolling in the dirt. Granted, it's hard to tell how effective the effects will be, because part of what makes any movie monster scare/creepy/whatever is how the actor(s) play it. Fantastic makeup and costumes can't make up for an actor who doesn't know how to act like a monster.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: indianasmith on October 21, 2012, 06:28:09 PM
They're both kinda creepy, but I do think the original version is definitely scarier!


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Deathfeast on October 22, 2012, 07:15:59 PM
1981 wins for me. The 2012 looks like an easy halloween costume that anyone could easily do. I would go in kick it in the face without any fear. :drink:


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Zapranoth on October 23, 2012, 12:31:11 AM
What do I think of the remake?

(Slam your fists on the desk as you read along):

Dead by dawn!!
Dead by dawn!!
DEAD by DAWN!!


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: SynapticBoomstick on October 23, 2012, 11:53:50 AM
My first thought at seeing the 2012 job was, "I've seen this somewhere before." The style just looks too familiar, too similar to many of the horror movies I've seen in recent years. I swear, they all use those exact same eyes. As far as these two images, not the new film or actors or all that, goes, I definitely prefer '81.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: JPickettIII on October 23, 2012, 04:52:34 PM
I know there isn't a lot of information about the remake at this point, but this production image does make for an interesting comparsen piece to the original. Its obviously a more updated realistic look which reminds me of the make up design used for the girl in The Exorcist (1973) which incidentally the original 1981 film used as a reference template for its blend of horror and black humor. Anyway, which do you think looks creepier?

([url]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mpGAmd3bMSk/UILvQczV4xI/AAAAAAAACz0/ivW7deFqKdY/s640/ED.jpg[/url])   

My vote still goes to the 1981 version.



I am BIG fan of the original Evil Dead.  I love watching it and laughing at the Demons who are going to swallow our souls.  Hope they don't choke.    :bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle:  The make up on the remake looks scarier because it looks human.  That could be the down fall for  the hero of the movie.  The demon could catch people off guard and then swallow the souls.  I don't like remakes too much, but I would like to see how the director does the evil in the woods.  That could be really scary.   :buggedout:


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Criswell on October 23, 2012, 07:32:43 PM
My initial response to this movie is of course to kill it with fire, but Ill try as hard as possible to watch it with an open mind.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Swordmaster1982 on October 23, 2012, 09:29:10 PM
The 2012 pic reminds me of Reagan in THe Exorcist.I prefer the 81 pic also.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Criswell on October 24, 2012, 11:24:06 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxLjqazSmQo
There's the trailer guys.

Um... No one hurt me for what I'm about to say, but It doesn't look bad. I think it has potential to be decent. And this is coming from a guy who has The Evil Dead in his top 5 favorite films of all time.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: dean on October 25, 2012, 12:49:28 AM
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxLjqazSmQo[/url]
There's the trailer guys.

Um... No one hurt me for what I'm about to say, but It doesn't look bad. I think it has potential to be decent. And this is coming from a guy who has The Evil Dead in his top 5 favorite films of all time.


So far I've been hearing nothing but good things so far about the remake.  Shall still wait and see but the trailer looks demented enough to at least make me sit up and take notice.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: The Gravekeeper on October 25, 2012, 01:53:17 AM
O...kay the trailer does make it look decent. I might actually watch this; however, I will be disappointed if it follows the remake trend of making pretty well all the characters completely unlikable.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Robocop on October 25, 2012, 02:30:32 AM
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxLjqazSmQo[/url]
There's the trailer guys.

Um... No one hurt me for what I'm about to say, but It doesn't look bad. I think it has potential to be decent. And this is coming from a guy who has The Evil Dead in his top 5 favorite films of all time.

I like some of the imagery, but it looks a bit generic with the same old character stereotypes and general plot cliches that most modern horror movies endorse. I also get the feeling that its going to take itself super seriously with none of the well timed black humor that made the orignal so memorable.

I do hear that there is very little CGI being used which for horror in this day and age is a giant tick, I just hope with regards to the violence they don't try to make it too slick or overly realistic.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Jim H on October 26, 2012, 05:24:52 PM
O...kay the trailer does make it look decent. I might actually watch this; however, I will be disappointed if it follows the remake trend of making pretty well all the characters completely unlikable.


Yeah, seriously, what is up with that?  All the new remakes, I can't recall a single highly likable character.  It's a pretty big issue really. 

Quote
I also get the feeling that its going to take itself super seriously with none of the well timed black humor that made the orignal so memorable.


It's not to say I don't laugh a few times, but from what I can gather there's actually not any intentional black humor in the original.  At least, I seem to recall Raimi saying they were going for pure horror (aside from the light character bits in the first third). 

BTW, there is hope for this remake, far more so than the other remakes.

Several factors.  First, Evil Dead is creator owned - that is, Raimi, Tapert, and Campbell decided to have it remade, and they produced it.  It was not purely done due to studio interest.  This doesn't inherently mean it'll be good, but it means the vision of the creative minds behind it will probably have more leeway.  This is especially true with the films (by Hollywood standards) very low budget of $8 million.  For reference, the original film's budget in adjusted dollars is somewhere south of a million.

Second, they did something interesting and flew in an untested first time feature director from South America.  You may have seen his short.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dadPWhEhVk

Fede Alvarez created the above short for around $300, working in his spare time for a long period of time.  The guy can do visuals, and apparently has made numerous short films in his spare time for years outside of the studio system in Uruguay.  He's a guy who seems to have genuine talent (though we'll see if it extends to feature-level storytelling), and was evidently given wide latitude to write and direct the remake by Raimi and the rest. 

I don't know if we'll get a classic, but it looks like we will NOT be getting a bland rehash of the original - we'll be getting, at the very least, a unique take on the original film. 


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: RCMerchant on October 27, 2012, 07:24:07 AM
I dunno-I liked the KING KONG remake-it looked good. It really did.
I think you lose something when you remake a film-the freshness of the original -you KNOW whats gonna happen,already-ya know?
Of course I'll rewatch the '33 KONG a billion times -the new version-nah.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Criswell on October 29, 2012, 08:00:02 PM
I like some of the imagery, but it looks a bit generic with the same old character stereotypes and general plot cliches that most modern horror movies endorse. I also get the feeling that its going to take itself super seriously with none of the well timed black humor that made the orignal so memorable.



Trailers can lie about that though, It could have quite a bit of humor in it.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: JoeTheDestroyer on October 30, 2012, 04:53:16 AM
The main reasons I will see this movie:

1. It's Raimi's brainchild.  He's wanted to remake ED for over a decade now, even if he wouldn't be the one directing it.  As it turns out, he's a producer.

2. Bruce Campbell and Rob Tapert are also producers.

3. The trailer actually looks decent.  While I am a little sick of the "gritty, realistic take" on older horror movies, I may just suspend my nausea for this one.

Finally, you have a direct quote...

"The remake's gonna kick ass -- you have my word!"
-Bruce Campbell on Reddit

If it does suck, we all know who to lynch.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: the ghoul on October 30, 2012, 09:06:48 AM
This is, at best, totally unnecessary.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: the ghoul on October 30, 2012, 09:15:06 AM

"The remake's gonna kick ass -- you have my word!"
-Bruce Campbell on Reddit



Haha sounds like it came from Ash.  -No problem, I know the damn words!...............Klaatu barada....necktie!


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: fulci420 on October 30, 2012, 09:36:54 AM
I think horror remakes are unfairly maligned a lot of the time. Sure their are a lot of terrible ones out there but that is true for horror films in general. I would say that the ratio for good to bad horror remakes is the same or better than horror originals these days. Alexander Aja's two remakes have both surpassed the originals IMO. And it's not like remakes are some new invention either look at Carpenter's The Thing and Cronenburg's The Fly both remakes and both among the greatest horror films of all time. As for this trailer it looks pretty good, I think this one has a lot of potential.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Chainsawmidget on October 30, 2012, 11:31:57 AM
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And it's not like remakes are some new invention either look at Carpenter's The Thing and Cronenburg's The Fly both remakes and both among the greatest horror films of all time.
Yes, you have movies like those, but they tend to take the basic idea and go a completely different direction with it to the point where you can barely call them "re-makes" at all.

On the other hand, you have movies like the remakes of Psycho, Nightmare on Elm Street, or Friday the 13th where they basically say "Let's make the same movie again, but with a bigger budget and more modern effects!"  Those typically aren't that great. 

I remember hearing quit some time back that Raimi was going to redo Evil Dead WITHOUT the Ash character, because he wanted to try something new with it and didn't was "Ash" it to be unfairly compared to the older movies with Bruce.  I wonder what happened to that idea?


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: JPickettIII on October 30, 2012, 12:16:25 PM
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxLjqazSmQo[/url]
There's the trailer guys.

Um... No one hurt me for what I'm about to say, but It doesn't look bad. I think it has potential to be decent. And this is coming from a guy who has The Evil Dead in his top 5 favorite films of all time.


I watched the trailer and it does not look bad, I might see it.  The first will always have a special place in my heart. 


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: ulthar on October 30, 2012, 01:50:40 PM

Yes, you have movies like those, but they tend to take the basic idea and go a completely different direction with it to the point where you can barely call them "re-makes" at all.


Thank-you.  I was going to bring up that very point.

The term 're-make' I think used to be used as "another take;" not so much anymore.  Now, it's "let's just shoot the same story, with the same characters, again, only with 'better' visual effects and cooler, modern music."

Right.

There have been TONS of 'remakes' that were new adaptations of the same source material (a slew of "Dracula" movies come to mind...how similar is Hammer's version The Count to NOSFERATU?).  That's a WHOLE different ballgame to what we have seen in the last decade of movie making, especially in America.

Oh, and by the way...I should add that I'm not a big fan of American 'remakes' of foreign films, pretty much just to get them in English with popular/known actors.  LET THE RIGHT ONE IN and RINGU come to mind as examples.  What's the point of that?

No, there are 'remakes' and there are 'remakes.'  To me, the defining line of "acceptable" vs not is the level of creativity that goes into the production.  It's a personal choice, to be sure.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: SynapticBoomstick on October 31, 2012, 12:47:19 AM
On the other hand, you have movies like the remakes of Psycho, Nightmare on Elm Street, or Friday the 13th where they basically say "Let's make the same movie again, but with a bigger budget and more modern effects!"  Those typically aren't that great. 


In the case of Psycho, I can't even come up with a brainstorming senario that explains this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJRqt96RuUM

What... cow...?


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: spongekryst on November 04, 2012, 11:11:46 PM
No.

 :hatred:


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: skuts on November 13, 2012, 06:12:26 PM
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxLjqazSmQo[/url]
There's the trailer guys.

Um... No one hurt me for what I'm about to say, but It doesn't look bad. I think it has potential to be decent. And this is coming from a guy who has The Evil Dead in his top 5 favorite films of all time.

Looks like the same old same old. Didn't Cabin in the Woods pretty much skewer this haunted cabin genre to death?


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Chainsawmidget on November 13, 2012, 11:36:40 PM
On the other hand, you have movies like the remakes of Psycho, Nightmare on Elm Street, or Friday the 13th where they basically say "Let's make the same movie again, but with a bigger budget and more modern effects!"  Those typically aren't that great. 


In the case of Psycho, I can't even come up with a brainstorming senario that explains this:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJRqt96RuUM[/url]

What... cow...?

Maybe the director was traumatized by cattle as a child.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Doc Daneeka on November 14, 2012, 04:55:06 PM
The new makeup doesn't look awful, but the trailer makes me think that the remake is tossing all subtlety and creeping isolation out the window in favor of more obvious, polished shocks. I give them props for keeping the unsettling, self-mutilating demons instead of just having them scream and attack like animals, but why is the conflict so telegraphed in the trailer, and where is the physical intensity?

Yeah, the trailer looks "decent," but the original film was so much more. I don't like settling for less.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Robocop on June 11, 2013, 03:46:32 AM
Now that the remake has been released theatrically, does anyone want to retract there comments or change votes?


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: RCMerchant on June 11, 2013, 04:26:19 AM
I saw the hat made the original work was the humor.
The new one doesn't have any. The original the EVIL DEAD,besides billing itself as "the ultimate in grueling horror",was nowhere as shocking as THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974) or even JAWS. But it was gawd dam FUN! The remake is NOT fun-it's a modernized remake of a classic.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Bushma on June 11, 2013, 07:21:58 AM
I enjoyed the remake mainly because it was a bit of a gorgy, but it was missing a lot of the comedy I remember from the original.  I recommend watching it, but don't try to compare it to the original.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: indianasmith on July 17, 2013, 09:51:57 AM
I finally saw this last night, and it is a brutal, violent, gory, disturbing film.  Well done and genuinely creepy, but the black humor that made the original such a classic is nowhere to be found. I won't say I didn't enjoy it - I did, to a degree - but it is a much darker film than the 1981 classic.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: moregore on July 22, 2013, 03:29:36 PM
I finally saw this last night, and it is a brutal, violent, gory, disturbing film.  Well done and genuinely creepy, but the black humor that made the original such a classic is nowhere to be found. I won't say I didn't enjoy it - I did, to a degree - but it is a much darker film than the 1981 classic.

I agree its kinda Apples and Oranges original film was kinda comedic but the reboot is dark, gory and serious I like them both


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: VenomX73 on July 23, 2013, 11:49:42 AM
Not the "same" film Imo...

I like both about the same, the 1981 ver is dark-comedy as with this remake is VERY dark - NO comedy.

Just my opinion.  :twirl:


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: RCMerchant on August 01, 2013, 09:55:50 AM
I sat inna theater with young kids who had NO idea about the first one...and  I ruined it for them by b***hing about how it was so lame compared to the first. Ah well. f**k EM! The first WAS better,and if punks think different-f**k 'em!
I know that sounds narrow minded-I dont care. The film makers missed the whole point of the EVIL DEAD films.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: frankofthefuture on August 14, 2013, 07:07:59 PM
I think a lot of us are misremembering the original. It did NOT have the humor of Evil Dead II. And, I was guilty of remembering this incorrectly, Ash was NOT the incredible badass he was in the second movie.

I just deleted my post after watching the original again. It's a good classic, but not the "work of genius" that Evil Dead II was. It had some of the interesting camera work, and original makeup, but not the over the top stuff in the second movie.

So, the "remake", Evil Dead, of the original The Evil Dead, is not as horrible as I first thought.

It does have many trappings of the "modern" horror flick...e.g. dark film colors, The Exorcist makeup ripoffs, etc. But, taken as its own movie, it's not as bad as it could have been. Still more interesting than a lot of the junk we get these days.

Again, make sure you are remembering The Evil Dead correctly by watching it again...on Netflix streaming if you have that. It's easy to project memories of EDII onto the first film. Especially since EDII was technically a remake of the original as well.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Ted C on August 15, 2013, 08:44:54 AM
Again, make sure you are remembering The Evil Dead correctly by watching it again...on Netflix streaming if you have that. It's easy to project memories of EDII onto the first film. Especially since EDII was technically a remake of the original as well.

I have to disagree with you on that one. The first five minutes or so of ED2 is essentially a recap of ED1, but from there it becomes a proper sequel.

But yes, the original Evil Dead is not a humorous movie at all; it's straight-up horror.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Trevor on August 15, 2013, 08:59:19 AM
The film makers missed the whole point of the EVIL DEAD films.

Agreed: the same could be said of all the people who've tried to remake a classic horror film.  :buggedout:


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: VenomX73 on August 15, 2013, 11:01:29 AM
The film makers missed the whole point of the EVIL DEAD films.
Agreed: the same could be said of all the people who've tried to remake a classic horror film.  :buggedout:

I was under the impression the original director Sam Raimi +Bruce Campbell directed the remake...


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Ted C on August 15, 2013, 12:34:08 PM
I was under the impression the original director Sam Raimi +Bruce Campbell directed the remake...


IMDB doesn't list them as crew, except for crediting Sam Raimi as the writer of the original Evil Dead upon which the 2013 remake/sequel is based.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1288558/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_wr#writers


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Chainsawmidget on August 15, 2013, 04:40:36 PM
Having time to give it more thought...

On the good side...
The new Evil Dead (man, I hate when remakes use the same name as the original) is brutal and gory and has a nice atmosphere about it.  The effects are good and it remains unpredictable throughout.

On the bad side
None of the characters ever really clicked with me.  They all seemed rather bland.  Also the sense of danger wasn't there most of the time.  Even the final ULTIMATE EVIL Deadite felt like less of a real danger than the normal possesed people from the original movie. 


It was an atmospheric gory movie, but I don't think you could call it a terrifying one. 


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: zelmo73 on September 26, 2013, 07:10:49 PM
The original made revolutionary use of claymation; probably the only movie that I've ever seen that could legitimately get away with it without making it look cartoonish. I don't mind the more "realistic" look of the Deadites, just like I didn't mind the more "realistic" look of Batman and The Joker in The Dark Knight.

As long as the remake gives proper respect to the source material and attempts to establish ownership via a standout detail; in this case, a darker and gorier, down-to-earth feel to the original story; then I am in full support of a remake just so long as it doesn't retread the exact same ground with different actors playing the same exact role and muttering the same exact lines of dialogue (I'm looking directly at you, John Moore's The Omen!).


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: diamondwaspvenom on December 17, 2013, 10:28:06 AM
The original Evil Dead was an awesome movie that was even kinda disturbing in some parts.

I recently saw the remake at a friend's place. The main thing the remake has going for it was beautiful cinematography. For the most part it's very visually pleasing to the eyes. Plus the gore effects were actually neat. What hurt that movie was the acting. Good Lord, the acting was stiff as a board! Makes you wonder if they were taking lessons from Keanu Reeves before auditioning. That's the problem I have with modern remakes, there's a huge emphasis on special effects and cinematography and so little effort put into performing. It's despicable.

So, yeah, the original Evil Dead wins for me.


Title: Re: The Evil Dead (1981) vs The Evil Dead (2013)
Post by: Jim H on July 02, 2014, 05:13:52 PM
The original Evil Dead was an awesome movie that was even kinda disturbing in some parts.

I recently saw the remake at a friend's place. The main thing the remake has going for it was beautiful cinematography. For the most part it's very visually pleasing to the eyes. Plus the gore effects were actually neat. What hurt that movie was the acting. Good Lord, the acting was stiff as a board! Makes you wonder if they were taking lessons from Keanu Reeves before auditioning. That's the problem I have with modern remakes, there's a huge emphasis on special effects and cinematography and so little effort put into performing. It's despicable.

So, yeah, the original Evil Dead wins for me.

Out of curiosity, how long has it been since you saw the original?  All the actors are pretty much amateurs in the original (Bruce Campbell says he cringes at his own performance today), and I think it really shows, as much as I love Evil Dead.  I would say the acting is better in the remake, even though I think the original is the superior film.