SPOILERS Evil Dead (2013) - Fede Alverez SPOILERS

There isn't very much to say on this film. It's not awful (I jumped a few times), but it no where near has as much love and craftsmanship as the original.
Many of the best parts were kept the same.
I particularly liked the part where the main character had to pull her arm off, and the allusion to the chainsaw hand from Evil Dead II (1987) - Sam Raimi, and there was a couple of comedy moments with the chainsaw actually.
The dog was completely unnecessary, except for to get pity from the audience. It would have been scary, if that had come back and started chanting or terrorising them. A bit of originality too, wouldn't have gone amiss.
I also liked the way the main characters had more reasoning to go out into the woods, and to be at the cabin in the first place.

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

The Evil Dead (1981) - Sam Raimi

I think I've analysed this before, but I went to see it on the big screen with my mate to celebrate the release of the new one. It still amazes me, and I think, if anything, the cinema quality and the graininess of the image made it even better, particularly for that scene with the blood leaks. No spoilers there, I think.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) - William Cottrell, David Hand, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce, Ben Sharpsteen

I bloody love watching a good video. Not a DVD. A bloody video. On VHS! I haven't seen this movie for at least 13 years.
I noticed a lot of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead (1981) in the forest section. Just expecting a tree to jump out of nowhere and molest poor Snow.
Whilst researching this film for my essay, I found another film, which I recommend all (one) of you to watch: Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943) - Robert Clampett, especially those with racist tendencies. Wow.

★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) - Sam Raimi

One expects something from Sam Raimi, and no, I'm not talking about a Bruce Campbell cameo, (which this has, by the way).We do get what we want. We do get a good film. The only problem is it's not The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Victor Fleming, nor is it another Evil Dead (1981) - Raimi. Raimi seems to have become over reliant on CGI in recent years, and whether that's the studio (probably Disney doing the same thing they did to Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland [2010]) or himself, it just seems a little lazy.
James Franco wasn't quirky or fun enough to pull off a film set in a magical land, and it made me think how much better the film could have been, if it had been Zach Braff in the lead role. He was way underused, as a flying monkey, but did his best to show off his signature JD-ness, that he does so well.

★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆

The Evil Dead (1981) - Sam Raimi

A genuinely scary film, and possibly one of the best on a shoe string budget. This film made Bruce Campbell and the director's career. I preferred Spider-Man (2002), which also has a cameo by Campbell, but Evil Dead will always remain a favourite for horror fans all over the world.

★ ★ ★ ★ ★