Everyone was laughing at how bad the movie was in GSC 1utama. They were laughing at scenes which were supposed to be suspenseful. Some obnoxious teenagers were even playing WALL-E ringtones during the movie. Maybe this played a (small, I think) role in my lack of enjoyment. I'll watch it again when the dvd comes out.

Its been long since evil dead that i had a laugh watching horror in the cinema. Its Raimi at his best since Evil Dead (army of Darkness). and as to almost all raimi's horror flicks, the ending is quite not expected.

Damn, it seems I'm the only one here who thinks this is an extremely lightweight, incompetent horror-comedy flick. Am I really alone on top of Mt. Good Taste here?

Maybe you just love really serious horror movies, but i was brought up with evil dead, beetlejuice and ghostbusters, that's why i found it appealing to me

LOL more like Mt. Pretentious Taste.

is this comedy??? lol, the review i read seems like it is...........

totally enjoyed it.. hillarious and scary all rolled into one.

Its a Sam Raimi classic in a making...

Nah I can have my fun with fun horror movies too. I like Ghostbusters, The Frighteners, Gremlins, Tremors, Critters, Planet Terror, even Slither. This just did not work for me. Oh well I'm out of here... too lonely in here.

But all these things you people are saying really make me curious if I saw a different movie or if I was somehow simply out of the element. I'll watch it again once the dvd is out.

This post has been edited by QuickFire: Jun 12 2009, 04:53 PM

Frighteners, another one of my fave. J.Fox was awesome in that one...

I can't remember Ghostbusters or Frighteners intending to scare. I mean, sure the subject matter was about the undead but the way it was handled was akin to taking a ride at a theme park.

Raimi is more in-your-face.

more in-your-nenek-face..

i mean, her face is everywhere, even on her handkerchief.

It's fine even if it doesnt scare, as long as it is fun and funny. When it isnt fun, naturally I find something to fall back on, something to at least pull it up a bit, and DMTH didnt have any. Not the scares or frights, not the plot (which was rather ridiculously bad, but I never bothered to mention it since its never integral in a movie like this), not the acting, not the CGI effects (though the makeup was alright). The humour is by far the best thing about DMTH, and there were a few really laugh-out-loud moments to be had, it's a shame there wasn't enough.

One reason I keep complaining about how un-scary it is is because I keep reading about how scary it is.

well, there were a number of ewww moments as expected, and its no Army of Darkness but I thought it was a great ride! haha. Raimi is back in his element and it shows. He should stick to these kinds of films and stay away from those horrible Spider-Man fluff.

I saw saw Evil Dead II. Now this is what I'm taking about! The first was probably a bit more serious than what I expected; this was prefect! Stubborn, persistent decapitated heads that wont let go. Mocking, walking severed hand. None of that uninspired watered down PG-13 puke crap we (or at least I...) got served in DMTH. Plus here they are drawn out sequences instead of just scenes lasting all of 3 seconds each. A gloriously fun and camp trip. And after that ending I dont have any choice other than to watch Army of Darkness right?

oh and I was right! Practical effects > CGI in movies like this. That talking goat never looked anywhere as good as that reindeer.

So to all those who said I'm pretentious and cant enjoy campy horror flicks, this is for you





Edit:

also saw Army of Darkness last night. Now I know why they didnt keep the Evil Dead name, because this is not Evil Dead, it's a parody of Evil Dead. Waaay at the end of the comedy spectrum, this doesnt even attempt to be anything near a horror movie. But its still very fun and hilarious. Cant top Evil Dead II of course.

This post has been edited by QuickFire: Jun 13 2009, 02:22 PM

man... totally love this film, its like Evil Dead + The Exorcist, I'd say Raimi should really concentrate on doing this kinda films instead of those shitty Spidey sequels...

I prefer Sam Raimi's Evil Dead than any other Spider-Man. Evil Dead 1 is the most brutal horror movie i ever seen in my life. who can forget that 2 possessed b**ch sick laughing.

pock you with the fork... and those chainsaw arms..

If you didn't get it, you didn't get it.

I still loved it - it was the perfect Grindhouse movie of the new millennium.

not bad . i give it a 3 stars out of 5 .

the parking scene was out of this world ..

my friend LOL everytime the old hag comes to haunt christine .

and the larmia dancing near the end and the goat is so damn funny ..

i wonder why the raise the aircon temperature to full blast . but the elements of scare is there . but its a fun movie . kinda mix of classic B movies of the 90s .