EVIL DEAD - a little late to the party

I really liked the visual palette of the 1st half of EVIL DEAD but thought it got muddy by the end. This re-did is not a bad film but I think it's been somewhat invalidated by recent advents like CABIN IN THE WOODS and the proliferation of zombie movies and TV. If this is supposed to be a "re-imagining" for a "new generation" then it has to be a little more self-aware of where horror movies are at and not just turn up the dials on sound, gore, blood, sfx, etc, etc.

Evil Dead (2013)

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Directed by Fede Alvarez. With Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Jessica Lucas, Lou Taylor Pucci. Five friends head to a remote cabin, where the discovery of a Book of the Dead leads them to unwittingly summon up