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But theEvil Deadmovies delivered Looney Tunes high jinks with the same verve they doled out genre thrills.
Audiences laughed, but they also screamed.
Which might explain whyEvil Dead Rise, much like 2013s tepidEvil Deadreboot-remake-reimagining, feels like a desecration.
It then jumps back one day to a completely different cast of characters in a completely different place.
Then an earthquake opens a hole beneath the building.
There was probably a good idea in there somewhere.
Considering that this series once ran on goofy, gearhead inventiveness, thats a problem.
Yes, this is askingEvil Dead Riseto be a different movie.
But itshouldbe a different movie!
Why is there even anEvil Deadin front of its title?
It even has a scene in which an eyeball is bitten off and then flies into another characters mouth.
As noted earlier, thats an image straight from the originals.
But it also underlines whats wrong with this movie because it doesnt feel like it belongs here.
TheEvil Deadfilms were defined by their exuberant, colorful creativity.
We dont need allusions or Easter eggs.
We need new ideas.
