Metacritic Movie Ratings
Evil Dead Reviews

A sample of reviews from critics across the country.

• 83

  out of 100

  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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• 80

  out of 100

  Village VoiceChuck Wilson

  The plotting as a whole feels fresh, as does the emphasis on women strong enough to defend themselves.

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• 70

  out of 100

  VarietyJoe Leydon

  Boasts way better production values than the penny-pinching 1981 original and conceivably could delight genre fans who have never seen the first version or its previous remakes/sequels. But it’s bound to play best with those who catch Alvarez’s many wink-wink allusions to Raimi’s picture.

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• 70

  out of 100

  The Hollywood ReporterJohn 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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• 50

  out of 100

  USA TodayClaudia 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

  out of 100

  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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