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• Horror
• Thriller

• 2013
• Fede Alvarez
• 87 mins
• 18

Summary

Horror remake starring Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez and Lou Taylor Pucci. Four friends decamp to an isolated cabin in the woods to help drug addict Mia kick her habit. However, when one of them quotes from an ancient book of the dead, the forces of hell are unleashed and no one is safe.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Alan Jones

Uruguayan Fede Alvarez makes a terrific directing debut with a true reboot - not a slavish remake - of Sam Raimi's 1981 horror, which captures the spirit of the cult classic while tweaking the basic cabin-in-the-woods plot in all the right places. For starters, the five friends are in the remote forest to wean one of their number off drugs - her ravings about demons are seen as symptoms of cold turkey withdrawal until proceedings take a dark turn into full malevolent and mutilating possession. It's true the cast has no larger-than-life character like Bruce Campbell (after being in all the other Evil Dead films, he acts as co-producer here) and the score is a tad over-insistent. But, inspired as much by The Exorcist and recent Asian horror, while smartly embracing dialogue, humour and image similarities to (co-producer) Raimi's original, this maniacal nightmare pulls out all the stops in the top-drawer scare and hardcore gore departments. The energy drops off a little between the splatter but the twisted blood-storm climax makes this essential and memorable viewing for genre buffs.

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6.5/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameMiaJane LevyDavidShiloh FernandezEricLou Taylor PucciOliviaJessica LucasNatalieElizabeth Blackmore

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rolenameDirectorFede Alvarez

Details

Theatrical distributor

Studio Canal

Released on

2013-04-19

Languages

English | Welsh

Guidance

Violence, swearing, brief nudity.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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