Pros:
1. The setting of the apartment provides an appropriately constricted and trapped feeling as the survivors have little room to manoeuvre.
2. The practical and special effects are magnificent as they work in tandem to produce copious horrific scenes of gore and horror.
3. Alyssa Sutherland (Ellie) delivers a mesmerisingly evil performance. Her mannerisms and facial expressions are the stuff of nightmares.
4. The cinematography incorporates some incredibly creative and ingenious shots which really help to increase the tension and dread.
5. The final fight between Beth (Lily Sullivan) and the unleashed evil is insanely entertaining. It involves an extremely satisfying death with the classic Evil Dead chainsaw and a super gory ending.
6. It was a creative and interesting decision to introduce the film with the aftermath of the events of the actual plot. It immediately grabs your attention.
Cons: 1. The drama between Beth and Ellie in the beginning is utterly boring and pointless as it doesn't go anywhere and adds nothing to the plot.
2. It made no sense for Danny (Morgan Davies) to retrieve the book and vinyl record, unlike in the first film. It was obviously done to force the events to unfold.
3. Even though the movie is only 1 hour and 36 minutes long, there are still scenes that feel pointlessly prolonged with needless dialogue. Probably 30 minutes could have been shaved off.
4. Characters such as Caleb (Richard Crouchley), Jake (Billy Reynolds-McCarthy), Scott (Tai Wano), Gabriel (Jayden Daniels) and Mr. Fonda (Mark Mitchinson) clearly just existed to be killed off. They were thus given far too much screen-time.
5. The gore was a little tamer than I thought it would be which ultimately dampened the fun as it is an Evil Dead film after all.
2. The practical and special effects are magnificent as they work in tandem to produce copious horrific scenes of gore and horror.
3. Alyssa Sutherland (Ellie) delivers a mesmerisingly evil performance. Her mannerisms and facial expressions are the stuff of nightmares.
4. The cinematography incorporates some incredibly creative and ingenious shots which really help to increase the tension and dread.
5. The final fight between Beth (Lily Sullivan) and the unleashed evil is insanely entertaining. It involves an extremely satisfying death with the classic Evil Dead chainsaw and a super gory ending.
6. It was a creative and interesting decision to introduce the film with the aftermath of the events of the actual plot. It immediately grabs your attention.
Cons: 1. The drama between Beth and Ellie in the beginning is utterly boring and pointless as it doesn't go anywhere and adds nothing to the plot.
2. It made no sense for Danny (Morgan Davies) to retrieve the book and vinyl record, unlike in the first film. It was obviously done to force the events to unfold.
3. Even though the movie is only 1 hour and 36 minutes long, there are still scenes that feel pointlessly prolonged with needless dialogue. Probably 30 minutes could have been shaved off.
4. Characters such as Caleb (Richard Crouchley), Jake (Billy Reynolds-McCarthy), Scott (Tai Wano), Gabriel (Jayden Daniels) and Mr. Fonda (Mark Mitchinson) clearly just existed to be killed off. They were thus given far too much screen-time.
5. The gore was a little tamer than I thought it would be which ultimately dampened the fun as it is an Evil Dead film after all.