this movie gets three stars from me immediately because shannon sturges, god bless her, and i’m sure she’s a wonderful woman personally — has absolutely no business being the leading woman of any film, even one like this. 

she is flat. she is cold. she is dare i say, purposely unlikeable. part of that effort is assisted by a very mild script and very mild performances by all ( bruce campbell and ernie hudson obviously excluded ) but the brunt…

evil dead rise brings fresh life to an undying franchise and gives its hungry fans even more to chew on.

evil dead fans are as relentless as the deadites they adore ; nothing involving this franchise is ever enough, we always want more, and lee cronin graciously provided us exactly that.

a quality i look for in remakes / reboots, although i wouldn't classify this movie by either title, is not the reinvention of the wheel but rather, the perfection…