Yeah, I think ED II is basically a remake of the first one. I like ED II the best, too.
Just saw the teaser red band trailer. Not sure what to think. It doesn't appear to have the same sense of humor that the originals had. I mean, it looks so over-the-top gory as to be somewhat humorous, but that's different from the humor of the original. I dunno... it's obviously a very different take on the original and yeah, it looks like The Ring or any other run-of-the-mill horror movie these days, just with more gore. But with good direction it could work. Just have to wait and see. I hope they set it up to go in the same direction that Army of Darkness went in... except traveling to some alternate demonic dimension or something... haha
Evil Dead ends with Ash being thrown into a tree. The same thing happens about 7 minutes into Evil Dead 2, which to me means that it is a remake up until that point, then after he gets thrown into the tree, that is when the sequel begins.
Look I agree the first film was more serious than the 2nd. Who wouldn't.
I wrote the first was "to a degree" tongue in cheek. And it was, it was subtle but it was.
The more important point is that this new film ignores all such feeling.
It's going for Extreme Gore than any of the original films. Which is fail personally unless they do JUST RIGHT.
Evil Dead rides on the "exploitation film" genre. And if this film does what it wants to do...."creep people out" with a degree of dry wit. Then it succeeds in being a good successor of the series.
The Horror genre is something I adore and study with much respect.
And a great Horror film requires absorption, creep factor, immersion, iconic characters and a degree of humor/release.
If it's nothing more than erratic gross outs and SFX with hot actors playing their parts then it will fail heavily.
The producers are no doubt trying to catch that "magic in a bottle" II had yet appealing to the current generation. And that's where the trailer has already failed.
"Grit" is the ultimate term that holds all the greatest Horror films together. And the trailer I saw was the opposite. It was polished. Glossy. Commercialized.
But we'll see. I never judge a film by its trailer.
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It wasn't even that subtle. It just got played up more in Evil Dead II. And it was that charm that made it stand out. Like you said, this new trailer looks very polished and commercialized. Let us hope the final product isn't so cliched.
I'm actually looking forward to this film. I do agree that it looks "run of the mill" horror, but in all totality I'm excited to see them take the old story in a different direction. Between the soundtrack and the imagery, the trailer's already quite disturbing. And I contend that the original Evil Dead didn't have much in the way of tongue in cheek. The majority of what it *does* have is a byproduct of the times and/or budget. Sam Raimi also has the benefit of doubt in that he hasn't completely lost his shit (I actually really enjoyed Drag Me to Hell). Like I said, looking forward to this one way or the other.
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