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I sat down and turned my receiver up a few notches and literally said out loud “Let’s turn this one up.” This is the same track found on Sony’s Blu-ray, for those who were curious. There are some pretty good screen captures between the two versions here. The original Blu-ray didn’t disappoint and this one has turned it up a notch.

#Evil inside dvd movie#

The new 4K image does add some HDR and with a movie this dark, it does “show” for lack of a better term.

#Evil inside dvd full#

Awesome! Detail is second to none, we see every hair, cut, scrape and blood vessel in full HD clarity. As we might imagine, there’s a plethora of red in the film so when someone is vomiting blood on another, we see it in the utmost clarity. Black levels are rock solid, though I noticed just the tiniest bit of some crush in a couple of scenes. I’ll be the first to say that the entire movie is dark and the majority of it takes place inside a dark and creepy cabin, but the image is rarely compromised. It’s now in the capable hands of Shout!Factory with a new 4K image. It’s been nearly a decade since I first saw this on Blu-ray when it was released by Sony. For fans of the original, they’ll like but not love it and for everyone else, it’s 90 minutes out of your life in which you’ll be entertained. It’s hard not to laugh when someone cuts off their own “possessed” hand with an electric knife or maybe I’ve seen one too many horror films. But movies are meant to be entertaining and I’d be remiss if I said that I wasn’t entertained.

Ironically enough, the movie Cabin in the Woods came out last year that pitted a group of teens in nearly the exact same situations, though it was handled in a much different (and perhaps better?) way. We get the fast motion camera through the woods (to suggest that the demons are approaching) and some little things here and there. Directed by Fede Alvarez, who was discovered after he released a short on the internet, there’s certainly some homage to the original. The camp value, Bruce Campbell’s iconic character and the sheer camp value of it all. In truth, I actually did like this re-make of Evil Dead, but to me (and many others) there’ll never be a replacement for the original. We know that at least one of them has to make it out alive so they can do a sequel, but who will it be? To say all hell breaks loose is somewhat of an understatement as Mia informs them that they’ll all die and, sure enough, arms are severed, heads are bashed in with toilets and people are skewered with nail guns. To make matters worse, Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci) has found a mysterious book that we know to be “The Book of the Dead” and unwittingly unleashes dormant demons from the forest. But as her withdrawal starts to hit, she wanders out into the woods where she’s “attacked” and seemingly possessed by an unnatural force. Mia (Jane Levy) is a recovering addict who needs the care and support of her friends. We meet five twenty-somethings as they’ve met at a cabin in the woods. Those familiar with the plot of the original will be right at home here, the only difference is that there’s no character named Ash as they wanted to preserve that bit of history.

How does it compare to the original? Let us find out. Still, we’ve got a new generation of actors trying their darnedest to make a career and they’ve been dealt a winning hand with this film. And maybe it’s just me, but I’ve never found any of the Evil Dead films to be scary in the least. It helped launch the careers of both Sam Raimi (who wrote and directed it) as well as Bruce Campbell and both of these men served as producers on this re-make. Switching gears, looking back at the original Evil Dead, it pretty much epitomizes what a “cult classic” is. Or, and I just thought of this, maybe it’s always been this way and I’m now old enough where I can remember the original versions of films? I’m putting too much thought into this, I do think.

Oh Hollywood, will you ever learn? Why, oh why must you re-make every single film that’s ever been a success? In truth, some are better than others and maybe I do get a bit of a kick out of saying “hmmm, that wasn’t like that in the original.” Still, it seems that this ever-increasing trend is either really taking off, it’s always been around or maybe I’ve just let it bother me. Plot: What’s it about? Video: How does it look? Audio: How does it sound? Supplements: What are the extras? The Bottom Line Plot: What’s it about?