Evil but not altogether dead
DVD: Evil Dead Reviewed by: Samantha Keogh Review made possible by: NuMetro
A secluded cabin and an ancient curse make for the backbone of this horror which centres around unrelenting evil.
Like most cabin in the woods horrors, this one is about a group of friends who go to a family-owned cabin for what they hope will be an uneventful weekend while they help the protagonist’s sister go ‘cold turkey’ to quit her drug habit.
When she starts experiencing seemingly irrational thoughts and acting out against the perceived evil, the group takes this as a sign she is going into withdrawal and her detox has begun.
Predictably it is merely the precursor to the entire group being killed by the evil which has taken hold of her.
As the six friends battle for survival they are each overtaken by the evil and one by one succumb to the bizarre behaviour brought on by the curse until every one of them has died.
After the final battle to the death, crazy triumphs over evil and only one of the friends is left standing.
