Intro: The days of the couch are over and I'm back to the movies.
I really wanted to catch this one before it left cinemas, so I finally went back to Cineworld on the last day it was showing.
Film 2508: "Evil Dead Burn" (2026), directed by Sébastien Vaniček
Watched: At the movies
Language: English
Watched with: No one
Thoughts: Can a movie do too much? It definitely felt that way while I was watching this one.
I can't say I'm a huge fan of the "Evil Dead" saga, but I remember enjoying the previous movie, so I was quite excited about this one, especially considering how much "Evil Dead Rise" had scared me.
This sequel is scary too, but in a way I don't particularly appreciate. There's a lot of gore and splatter -- very graphic stuff -- and I have to admit I was a bit fed up with all the dismemberment and bloodshed, especially in the mid-section of the story as there's literally no time to catch a break. To me, it felt like the story took a back seat to the horror scenes and spectacle, so I guess you could say the violence started to feel a bit gratuitous after a while.
One element of the story I found interesting was the starting point for our protagonist: she's a widow who's just lost her husband, yet there's something off about her from the get-go. Without giving too much away, I appreciated how the screenplay starts with something that feels extremely real and grounded, only to then go balls to the walls and venture into the supernatural. I mean, it definitely wasn't subtle, but the parallel between the horror Alice (Souheila Yacoub) experiences in the movie and the abuse she suffers in her marriage was an interesting way to anchor the story -- and I liked that more than all the crazy, bloody scenes.
All in all, although it definitely delivers on the horror front, "Evil Dead Burn" wasn't for me.
Cast: Souheila Yacoub, Tandi Wright, Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan, Erroll Shand, Maude Davey, Alyssa Sutherland.
Box Office: $72.4 million
Worth a watch?: I'm sure hardcore horror fans can handle this without a problem, but I was actually quite surprised by the amount of graphic, explicit violence on display here. To each their own, but don't say I didn't warn you: "Evil Dead Burn" is not for the faint of heart.
Awards: /
Key word: Dagger.
Trailer
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Bengi
I really wanted to catch this one before it left cinemas, so I finally went back to Cineworld on the last day it was showing.
Watched: At the movies
Language: English
Watched with: No one
Thoughts: Can a movie do too much? It definitely felt that way while I was watching this one.
I can't say I'm a huge fan of the "Evil Dead" saga, but I remember enjoying the previous movie, so I was quite excited about this one, especially considering how much "Evil Dead Rise" had scared me.
This sequel is scary too, but in a way I don't particularly appreciate. There's a lot of gore and splatter -- very graphic stuff -- and I have to admit I was a bit fed up with all the dismemberment and bloodshed, especially in the mid-section of the story as there's literally no time to catch a break. To me, it felt like the story took a back seat to the horror scenes and spectacle, so I guess you could say the violence started to feel a bit gratuitous after a while.
One element of the story I found interesting was the starting point for our protagonist: she's a widow who's just lost her husband, yet there's something off about her from the get-go. Without giving too much away, I appreciated how the screenplay starts with something that feels extremely real and grounded, only to then go balls to the walls and venture into the supernatural. I mean, it definitely wasn't subtle, but the parallel between the horror Alice (Souheila Yacoub) experiences in the movie and the abuse she suffers in her marriage was an interesting way to anchor the story -- and I liked that more than all the crazy, bloody scenes.
All in all, although it definitely delivers on the horror front, "Evil Dead Burn" wasn't for me.
Cast: Souheila Yacoub, Tandi Wright, Hunter Doohan, Luciane Buchanan, Erroll Shand, Maude Davey, Alyssa Sutherland.
Box Office: $72.4 million
Worth a watch?: I'm sure hardcore horror fans can handle this without a problem, but I was actually quite surprised by the amount of graphic, explicit violence on display here. To each their own, but don't say I didn't warn you: "Evil Dead Burn" is not for the faint of heart.
Awards: /
Key word: Dagger.
Trailer
#HollywoodCiak
Bengi
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