A new HMF member has started a review blog site and we thought it’d be nice to have a new source of reviews, so we will be posting his reviews here as well.

The Evil Dead

Ok, so I heard a lot about this movie, and today I decided to see it

Story: 7/10
Before I saw this movie I thought it was a zombies movie, but soon found out that it was something completely different. Evil Dead talks about a book with a spell that awakens a terrible demon that tries to possess the 5 member of a group that is on vacations in an old cabin. It’s not really a new or innovative premise, but it’s done in a good way. The story may be full of cliches, but at the same time, it’s something really fresh.

Characters: 8/10
There are 5 characters: Ash, Scotty, Linda, Cheryl and Sharron. None of them is really special, but everyone is different and we can understand well their way of acting towards each situation. They take time explaining every character personalities and even the demons seem to act differently from each other, like Linda’s always laughing and Sharron seems to be the leader.

Gore: 9/10
This movie as blood all over the place, to the point were the house literally bleeds. Broken bones everywhere, heads falling apart, this movie as it all. The final scene its disgusting and it gives a 9 out of 10 on this category.

Special Effects: 7/10
We can really expect much from a movie that old. The dolls are easy to spot and the bodies falling apart also look fake. But they did what they could, at that time they didn’t really had CGI or (good) 3D. But the final scene elevates what would be a 6 to a 7 seven out of 10.

Horror: 8/10
This movie does make you jump a couple of times and the story and demons can be scary. Although they sometimes (a lot of times) use cheap tricks to scare you, they work and so I’ll give it a 8 out of 10.

Overall: 8/10
It was an enjoyable movie. Again, at the beginning you may think you’ve heard this story before, but the fact is that it is a good movie, and what it does, it does well.