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  • The Evil Dead (1981)
    Review preview for The Evil Dead

    It's not a classic. Not yet.

    Gator MacReady · 4 out of 5
    Five students unwittingly unleash flesh-possessing demons in a cabin, in the woods.
  • Evil Dead 2 - Dead By Dawn (1987)
    Review preview for Evil Dead 2 - Dead By Dawn

    Very little of this makes sense and none of it is scary.

    Gator MacReady · 2 out of 5
    Sam Raimi returns to the shed in the forest where evil spirits cause unspeakable mayhem.
  • Evil Dead Rise (2023)
    Review preview for Evil Dead Rise

    Evil Dead Rise doesn’t add much that’s new to the franchise, but it does deliver on entertainment.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    The reunion of two estranged sisters is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
  • Evil Dead (2013)
    Review preview for Evil Dead

    Alvarez's film goes efficiently through the expected motions without really finding its own identity in relation to either the original film or the contemporary horror landscape.

    Anton Bitel · 3 out of 5
    A group of friends run into trouble in the woods.

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