Evil Dead (2013)
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A group of friends faces a terrifying demonic entity while staying in a remote cabin.
The story
The story follows a group of five people under attack by a corpse-animating demonic entity in a remote cabin in the woods. The group includes David, his girlfriend Natalie, his estranged half-sister Mia, and their friends Eric and Olivia. They gather at the cabin, which is David's family's holiday home, to help Mia overcome her heroin addiction. However, the discovery of a mysterious book called the Naturom Demonto and the reading of an incantation awakens a malevolent force, plunging the group into a desperate struggle for survival against a growing supernatural threat.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The film begins with a woman in a cabin being possessed and killed by her father after a ritual. Later, David, Natalie, Eric, and Olivia arrive at the cabin with David's sister, Mia, who is struggling with heroin addiction. After Eric reads an incantation from the Naturom Demonto, a malevolent force is unleashed. Mia is chased and possessed by a demon, and the group is forced to deal with the escalating horror. As the 'Taker of Souls' demands five souls to unleash the 'Abomination,' the group members are killed or mutilated one by one. David eventually sacrifices himself to stop the Taker of Souls, who then rises as the Abomination. Mia survives the final battle by severing the creature's limbs and head with a chainsaw. In a post-credits scene, Ash Williams appears briefly.
- First release year
- 2013
- Runtime (minutes)
- 92
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Fede Álvarez
- Writers
- Fede Álvarez · screenplay; Rodo Sayagues · screenplay
- Cast and characters
- Jane Levy · Mia; Shiloh Fernandez · David; Lou Taylor Pucci · none; Jessica Lucas · none; Elizabeth Blackmore · none; Bruce Campbell · Ash Williams
- Genres
- supernatural horror; dark fantasy; splatter
- Themes
- addiction; possession
- Tone and mood
- brutal; gory
- Premise and plot tags
- reboot; horror
- Source material / true-story basis
- Evil Dead film series
- Franchise connections
- Evil Dead
- Content notes
- violence
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics and was considered a box office success.
- Reported review scores
- Rotten Tomatoes · score: 64% · review count: 203; Metacritic · score: 57 · scale: 100 · review count: 38
- Production trivia
- The film did not use CGI except for touch-ups.; The script was initially written by Fede Álvarez and Rodo Sayagues and then revised by Diablo Cody.
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