#and Mia's final struggle with her demon alter can easily be read as an analogy for her battle to get clean. that being said the script can
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Evil Dead (2013)
"I will feast on your soul."
"Feast on this, motherfucker!"
#evil dead#horror imagery#gore tw#blood tw#2013#evil deadology#fede alvarez#rodo sayagues#sam raimi#jane levy#shiloh fernandez#lou taylor pucci#jessica lucas#elizabeth blackmore#phoenix connolly#jim mclarty#sian davis#bruce campbell#roque baños#unexpectedly kind of great. doesn't rely too heavily on trying to channel the spirit of the originals (a fool's errand in the hands of#anyone but Raimi and Campbell i suspect) but is content to do its own thing; retooling the basic premise through the lens of 2010s#nu horror aesthetic‚ all extremity of spectacle and coldness of delivery. and that spectacle can be for sure extreme; there is legit#stomach turning‚ messed up stuff in this (first film in a while that's had me wincing and looking away) and it isn't for the horror#lightweights. it's also more intelligent than a simple remake might have been; has some relatively interesting stuff to say about addiction#and Mia's final struggle with her demon alter can easily be read as an analogy for her battle to get clean. that being said the script can#be clunky with a lot of awkward and unnatural exposition in the first half and some of the supporting characters going under developed#can't say i didn't miss some of the humour of the originals but at the same time i get it and i have to respect what is ultimately a ballsy#decision to revisit a beloved iconic comedy horror franchise and to play it entirely (devastatingly) straight#i watched the extended cut and im glad i did bc besides some extra grue it sounds like it also solves a few slight plot issues that are#unclear in the theatrical version
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