Olivia tries to seize the shotgun, but Mia attacks her, vomiting blood on Olivia’s face. Mia shows up in the living room with the shotgun and shoots her brother in the arm and tells the group in a demonic voice that they will not survive the night before collapsing to the floor. David attempts to drive her to a hospital, but a flood has blocked the roads. David then finds his dog bludgeoned to death with a hammer, and when he attempts to confront Mia with this, he finds out she had locked herself up in the bathroom and severely burns her face in the boiling hot shower. The group finds Mia and take her back to the cabin where she attempts to warn David, but the group dismisses her believing she is just trying to leave to get drugs. The demon, now taking the form of a darker version of Mia herself, chases her into the woods and possesses her. Terrified, she pleads the group to leave, but they refuse as agreed. Ignoring repeated warnings scrawled on its pages, Eric ends up reading a passage from the book aloud, which casts a demon that starts haunting Mia. There, they find various animal corpses suspended from the ceiling, a double-barreled shotgun, and a book titled Naturom Demonto. After David’s dog begins sniffing at a rug in the main room, they discover the door to a cellar. Upon entering the cabin, Mia complains about a stench of death, to which the rest of the group appear oblivious. Olivia suggests that Mia will attempt to bail out, and they should keep her from leaving, to which they agree. The group has arranged this getaway as Mia’s opportunity to become clean after her drug addiction caused her to overdose to the point of clinical death.
The group consists of Eric, Olivia, Mia, Mia’s brother David, and his girlfriend Natalie. Some time later, a group of friends are meeting at an old cabin deep in the woods.
She is then set on fire before Harold shoots her in the head. The girl’s father, Harold, is about to light her on fire, and she initially pleads for him to save her but then quickly reveals she is possessed.
#EVIL DEAD 2013 ABOMINATION MOVIE#
Sam Raimi was involved in the project as a producer but the movie was directed by unknowned director Fede Alvarez.Īn injured and staggering girl is captured in the woods and awakens tied to a post in a basement, with many people present. Alongside previously-released material such as the hilarious commentary, The Gore the Merrier doc, Behind the Screams slideshow and trailer, it also boasts a wonderful new 98-minute documentary, five additional behind-the-scenes vignettes, four stills galleries and a contemporary visit to the shooting locations.Let me start by saying that this is the first Evil Dead movie I’ve seen.Īll I knew was that the movie revolved around a group of people in a cabin and some demon possession. Surround use isn't quite as convincing as you might hope for, but there are more than enough scenes that take the film's manic sound design on a trip all around your speaker set-up.Įxtras: No matter how many times these films are re-released they always seem to arrive with new extras and this Special Edition is no exception. Colour reproduction is also improved, capturing the vivid multi-colour hues of the film's cartoonish gore.Īudio: Despite the obvious limitations of the source material, the DTS-HD MA 5.1 mix does a reasonable job of living up to the film's acoustic aspirations. Native grain runs rampant through the entire movie (particularly in the many optical effects – which also mark a natural loss in clarity) and there's a massive amount of detail evident in every close up of Campbell's panicked face (see below for a comparison between this Special Edition and the original 2008 BD).
#EVIL DEAD 2013 ABOMINATION 1080P#
Utilising the same AVC 1.85:1 1080p encode created for Lionsgate's 25th Anniversary US hi-def release, Evil Dead 2 finally looks like an actual film again rather than some weird CG abomination. As usual, this had the side effect of virtually eliminating all fine detail and giving the material an oddly posterised look.Īs such, this new Blu-ray release is a welcome treat for fans. We presume that the folks responsible had the misguided notion that it would be better to smooth out the grainy footage with a heavy dose of DNR. Picture: Visually, the 2008 UK Blu-ray release of Evil Dead 2 left rather a lot to be desired.
It shouldn't work, but thanks to Raimi's direction and Bruce Campbell's central performance, it does. Sam Raimi's Deadites are back on Blu-ray and look better than everįorget mega-budget blockbusters like Spider-Man and Oz: The Great and Powerful – for most knowledgeable film fanatics Sam Raimi will always be remembered as the man who gave us the Evil Dead trilogy.Įvil Dead 2 marks a notable turning point in Raimi's style as he steps away from the outright terror of the original and moves towards a mix of latex monsters and slapstick comedy – 'splatstick', if you will.