Maybe don't have sky high expectations, then.

Insanely gory, disgusting and all that stuff. Scary? Not at all. It was kind of disappointing.

B

I fail to see what people are expecting out of this movie. It is a ton of fun and crazy gory. That is all I care about when it comes to a movie like this. I just can't comprehend a horror fan being disappointed in the final product. It isn't setting out to be the best movie ever, just a lot of fun. Also, I have heard people say it isn't gory enough. If you expected something even gorier than this, you were setting yourself up for disappointment already.

It is setting out to be the scariest film ever, though, so perhaps they weren't scared.

No it isn't. Just because they say that in the marketing, doesn't mean that is what the movie was trying to be. It isn't the filmmakers fault that the marketers marketed it with that saying.

Not just nowadays.



It will strip your nerves!!!

The unless parents accept responsibility is funny.

"It's so frightening, even blind people couldn't watch" is still my favorite.

You apparently live in a world where you think filmmakers and marketers aren't in cahoot.

I wasn't expecting it to be the worlds best movie but i wanted a least a few jumps and scares. I didnt get any. Of course it was fun but thats not enough when it comes to horror films.

I really loved the reason they're at the cabin in the first place. It was refreshingly original. Usually in movies like this it's to party but the reason here gives it a little bit more weight. Not that I have a problem with the common horror movie formula but I certainly enjoy when they try something different. Outside of that the film is a fairly by-the-numbers horror film, albeit a well-made one (it has great cinematography and an awesome score). It's also commendable that rather than use the cheap CGI effects so many modern horror films rely on it uses more practical prosthetic and makeup effects.

Now, I personally liked it better than the original. I liked the original, but don't love it like many. I think it's a bit overrated personally. But there's no reason for fans of the original to be upset about this "remake," which I'd actually say is more of a re-imagining. It takes the basic outline of the original but injects enough differences into the proceedings to be able to stand on its own. And for fans of "The Evil Dead," there are a couple of nice nods to it in here.

Suburgatory's Jane Levy is very good here. I dug the character of Mia a lot. Possibly because I find myself drawn to flawed characters, but Levy also really sold the character. Outside of a few tidbits of information you aren't given a whole lot of back-story on the character, but she's the most developed of any of them. Now in movies like this you aren't usually given too much of a back-story anyway. It's typically just enough but not so much that it bogs down the pace. There's rarely any time for more than the bare essentials. So it's a credit to Levy that she's able to make you feel like you know her despite the lack of information given.

I'll admit I expected it to be a little more fun and crazy, but considering my expectations were sky high (possibly unrealistically so) being slightly underwhelmed is to be expected. I would definitely see it again and this time my expectations would be more realistic. I thought I would give this like an "A" but instead it's more of a "B+," which is obviously still really good. If you're a hardcore horror fan then I recommend it. There are a couple of awesomely disgusting scenes here that made me simultaneously cringe and grin in delight. The finale is quite cool as well. I absolutely welcome the sequel that's already being written.

It's a horror movie. The goal is to be scary. Gore doesn't equal horror.

Seems like movies35 should just watch Jackass if all he wants is "fun and gore".

You are so stupid. Who would EXPECT this movie to be scary? It had intense moments but wasn't scary at all. It never was going to be unless you are a pussy. It was pure fun and gore. So you can leave this thread now and stop acting likedouche.

I never said it did. There are some movies I would expect to be scary, some that I don't. This falls into the latter category. I was just expecting a fun, gory ride and that is exactly what I got.

People that read the poster.

THE MOST TERRIFYING MOVIE YOU'LL SEE.

How can you not see this? Perhaps you're the stupid one.

And considering it had a low CinemaScore, I'd be willing to bet that the majority of people did EXPECT it to be scary, and were let down.

I already explained this in a previous post, so please fuck off.

Must.

See.

Again!

I think people are being far to fair to this because it's not a disaster, and is gory.

It's More like Evil Dead for Dummies. Basically you can't make too many movies like this because you'll always be compared to Evil Dead. Here they can get away with anything, rehashing what they like and cut out any bad acting (Well, they tried anyway) Reminds me of The Thing prequel. It gets the aesthetics and feel right, but it's overcome by larger plot holes than the original, unintentional humor, and just not scary. Hell not even any jumping moments that I can recall. It is gory, but outside of a few things, it's relatively tame by Evil Dead standards, just more money thrown into the graphics, certainly not towards the acting. I hear a lot of people saying how fun the film is, but I just don't see it. Outside of the last 20 minutes with it's almost paint by numbers generic. The first is probably my least favorite of the original trilogy so I hoped they'd be able to flesh out their great idea more in addition to the gore, but it's just not there. I mean they replaced the most interesting aspect (now faintly heard in the credits) with cats. And when the action does start, it happens way too quickly. And apparently they just decided ok you suck as our hero, we're going to switch it up now and make our last 20 minutes with another.

It's kind of just there. But the production values are top notch. C+

No, but you said that you couldn't "comprehend a horror fan being disappointed in the final product.".

If its NOT SCARY, how are they (HORROR fans) not going to walk out disappointed? Again, gore is not horror.

Horror is utterly subjective.

Is FREDDY VS. JASON a horror movie? All it wants to do is make you laugh.

Must say watching horror movies with an american audience is very enjoyable, really added to the fun with the reactions and crowd interaction.

Happened to watch this with Biggestgeekever and we both enjoyed it. Was it scary? well not really, i mean it had some solid jump scares but I didn't walk out needing a change of pants but to be honest Shapes post above is pretty accurate, horror is indeed a subjective thing especially on a visceral level. I mean playing Doom 3 or Dead Space jump scares me senseless, but scares me on a pure gut level? I'll leave that to sections of reality thanks. Pure fear from watching horror films dies away once reaches adulthood. When I was 10 I watched nightmare on elm street and refused to go to bed after. I personally do not need every single horror film to have the same effect when i watch them to deem them enjoyable. When you use the word horror in relation to cinema remember its not the same as reality based horror. Once you do that you will stop being a complete asshat.

As to the film. The main girl on drugs angle was smart. people these days will not head out to some remote cabin for fun and games without at least a 50MB internet connection. Plus they don't keep it up for long, the characters abandon the possibility its just drug withdrawal right around the possessed insanity point which I liked. The whole splitting up (the main girls brother sending his girlfriend back into the cabin alone) bits drove me batty but I forgive them as necessary stupidity to move the story forward.

The nods to the originals were nicely handled and the chainsaw happy climax was one I and indeed the audience seemed to truly enjoy.

So yea, very enjoyable movie.

I don't know, I think FVJ delivered a lot more than the Evil Dead remake. Hard to believe that film will be a decade old now.

The EVIL DEAD reboot is obviously trying way, way harder to be scary than FVJ was.

Absolutely, FVJ took the Nightmare humor and went more on the Battle of monsters approach. I would argue it wasn't even really trying to be scary, but there were some general jumping moments, and gross scenes, but the humor added to it. Jason killing the guy in the bed, Jason's CPR, and of course Freddy's typical sadisticness mixed with black humor. No "Where's the fucking Bourbon" brilliance but in line with his other films. I laughed at a lot of the jokes, and the acting was much better overall in that film. I also remember being more grossed out from that film than I was here. That was probably one of the bloodiest films I've ever seen. This has a lot of blood, but none of the charm or inventiveness of what came before it though the meat cutting scene was a lot of fun. Outside of the tongue scene, and the chainsaw at the end, it's not that gory. Even the most famous of the scenes, "The tree scene" feels tamer than the original.

Like said, it reminds me a lot of "The Thing" prequel. You're so used to seeing so much butchering of the source material, it's at least refreshing to see them at least attempt to be loyal. Just both times they can't succeed outside of being slightly better than the average horror film these days.