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Dead By Dawn? I don't think so.

So here it comes. We all knew it was coming. The official IBA review of Evil Dead. SPOILERS AHEAD! You have been warned. Now, there is nothing like the Evil Dead. And THAT was nothing like the Evil Dead. I first heard that this movie was being made back last fall and I was immediately on board. I didn't know anything about it besides the fact that Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell were going to be consultants/producers for it. I had heard several different things about it being a Army of Darkness sequel or as a reboot of the series or as a straight up remake of Evil Dead 2. But regardless, I was excited. I mean, everything else that has come out of this franchise has been absolute gold. Both ED movies, AoD, and especially the musical! Gold. Every one of them. So how could they screw this up? I don't know how they pulled it off, but they did. If this movie were titled something different and had no connections to Evil Dead, it would have been a passable horror film. Instead, ...