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  1. Thanks for the intersting post, Stefon. I learned a lot about the original, which I don’t think I actually saw. I thought I had, but clearly I was thinking of ED2 and AoD. I loved those, and think this new movie, and perhaps even the original, wouldn’t be my thing.

    • The new probably wouldn’t be. They really keep the pressure on the viewer. I was no older than fourteen when I first saw the original (alone in a dark room, no less), so I doubt it would be as frightening for an adult. You might want to check it out to see what started it all and Bruce Campbell’s first movie. And there are light moments in it, it just isn’t exaggerated to the degree that ED2 is. It’s up to you.

  2. What’s so special about demons from Canada?
    I probably won’t see this. I didn’t see the original or Evil Dead 2 and only know what I know from Army of Darkness and people quoting ED2.

    • You might want to see Evil Dead 2, because Army of Darkness picks right up at the end of it. And, in case of a typo in my original (which I’ll check for after this), its Candarian, not Canadian. It’s just the word that was used in ED/ED2 for the type of demon (or where they were from, I forget), and part of the chant includes the word “Canda.”

  3. I’d only add that I felt the level of gore is insanely grotesque and gratuitous and made the plot holes and lack of internal inconsistency easier for me to spot because I couldn’t stay in the film.

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