What happened here? Did this movie have any Quality Security, collaboration or test viewing by the producers and original creators of the Evil Dead franchise Rob Tappert, Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell? I think not. This movie has the worst pacing and editing of all the Evil Dead movies. The shaky cam and video clip aesthetics are really bad decisions. The CGI is used too much and especially at the final act just looks so bad (I felt like being in a trashy, bad Terminator Rip-Off at the finale like Sarah Connors running away from the T-800, just in worse). I don't want to spoiler too much the idea of the sceenwriters, but the movie develops into a McGuffin hunt, the demons have now an agenda and are in search of something important for them, rather than being a horrormovie.  This whole plot with this McGuffin starting with the car accident at the beginning and then with the father (Eroll Shand) and the cascet makes no sense and you see how the writers forced their plot and stupid decisions by their characters, because without this there would have been no „story“. The real problem is: None of the family members in this movie is likeable, the characters are dumb and make stupid decisions, and I didn’t care what happened to them. I was so bored by them and this movie, that I had to moan several times and wished that the end of the movie would come near. 20 minutes less running time would have been better. Perhaps with enough beer you could enjoy this movie as some kind of trashy entertainment, but as an Evil Dead movie, this one has no tension, no suspense, no real atmosphere, nearly everything is done with the sledgehammer. Oh boy, this movie feels like Tappert, Raimi and Campbell sold the Evil Dead IP to the highest bidder and just let them do a movie without checking some quality. A huge disappointment. At the end there are two end credits scenes, so stay till the end. The scenes itself are at best „nice“, but typical commercial strategies like Marvel movies. Here, you could spare them and it would have been better without them. Will the Evil Dead franchise build its own EDCU (Evil Dead Cinematic Universe) and become the next MCU? I hope not. I liked that the new Evil Dead movies since 2013 had their own unique standing and instead of becoming each others references and somehow being connected together.

And best kiss of the year goes to … Evil Dead Burn This was right on par with the previous installment in this franchise. They definitely didn’t back down on the gore here. It’s mean-spirited, nasty and gory as hell. The editing and camerawork went hand in hand perfectly together. I really liked the setting with the snowy drone shots. The practical effects looked incredible. I wish the characters were more likable and easier to root for. The best character was killed off immediately. There’s one character that was difficult to watch. I don’t know what’s with the trend of having men be giant pussies in movies. I’m kind of over that trend already. If you they wrote even somewhat likable characters then this would’ve been a lot better. Regardless of that flaw this was still an excellent movie that was very entertaining. * Quadruple Feature at AMC Crestwood 18

I hated the way the dog died, honestly ruined my enjoyment for the rest of the movie

A mean, brutal, unrelentingly violent movie. Its great. The camera work and special effects are absolutely fantastic. Best kiss of the year.