Evil Dead

Psycho, The Wicker Man, The Taking of Pelham 123 et al. The list of rubbish / pointless remakes is long and now continues to grow thanks to this reboot (yawn) of the Evil Dead franchise. Not much point comparing this to the original, suffice to say we have a cabin in the middle of nowhere, some teenagers who make dumb decisions and a whole lot of gore. It's a bit of a shame really as the film has a cracking start and is genuinely unnerving for a while. Before long however director Fede Alvarez throws subtlety into the misty woods and it becomes one long blood fest. Electric knife, crowbar, nail gun, chainsaw...you name it and no doubt at some point you'll find it used in this film. The main problem is though is that there's no real difference between something with such a historic flag bearing title as this and any standard torture-porn from the last ten years. Some humour amongst the carnage would have helped. This made a coin at the box office mind so maybe all you need these days is a decent marketing team and not much else? Rating: 5/10.