Posesión infernal, el despertar

Posesión infernal, el despertar es una buena película de terror, pero si conoces bien la serie Posesión infernal, solo estarás marcando mentalmente una lista de lo que debe suceder. El entorno de la antigua casa de vecindad no es tan atmosférico ni tan interesante como el de la cabaña en las montañas. Aquí, los cineastas intentaron pasar el mal a una nueva locación reducida, pero no se olvidaron de la cabaña, por lo que la película tiene un encuadre bastante impresionante, pero completamente innecesario para la historia principal (al menos trajo la mejor revelación del título de la película en muchos años). Posesión infernal (Evil Devil) de 2013 fue mucho más contundente, impresionante y entretenida en la forma de presentar la fórmula ya conocida; esta película está solo bien. (28.04.2023)

Los clásicos Tapert, Raimi y Campbell sostienen el listón y no dan tregua. En intensidad, cantidad de sangre y alto nivel técnico. Por primera vez fuera de la cabaña forestal, pero en el entorno no menos inhóspito de un edificio de viviendas sociales sin ascensor funcional ni escaleras de escape. El maquillaje diabólico y el comportamiento de las víctimas poseídas por demonios ya son una marca registrada comprobada del servicio de fanáticos de la serie. Los personajes no se comportan tan estúpidamente como la última vez, y su elenco y estilización "rock-emo" son correctamente cero convencionales y recuerdan al elenco del último Hellraiser. La misteriosamente bella Alyssa Sutherland nació para interpretar al demonio. Y sabemos que esta serie tiene los demonios más astutos de la historia. ¡Esta vez, hasta una niña pequeña está expuesta a ellos! Es un placer ver de nuevo en la pantalla grande semejante manjar del género masacre, hecho con tanto amor. (23.04.2023)

I liked the opening and the brilliantly built-up finale, but between that, the new Evil Dead was nothing to write home about. What surprised me was that, compared to the film that started everything in 1981 (for a couple of bucks), this one is rather mild. What pleased me, on the other hand, was how they didn't mess around with it (thank you for the reasonable running time), and that there was no lack of black humour either. (09.07.2023)

The new Evil Dead is audiovisual porn and a brutal uncompromising ride. Lee Cronin has now risen decently into the big leagues and hopefully he'll stick to horror, he's certainly got something to offer. The change of setting in an apartment complex is welcome and refreshing. All the characters are likeable and surprisingly well acted (the little girl is amazing – a new child talent on the scene), the technical aspects with the cinematography are pushed to perfection – this is a TOP Tier 1 horror event – and the same can be said for the sound effects and make-up, there is simply no competition. The gore is well done, although I was honestly expecting more carnage, I wanted more neighbours on the meat grinder and the off screen kill was a surprise, but the only major complaint, and I'm not going to knock a star off because of that, as the final motorcycle-crusher gore combo ranks among the Top Gore scenes of any horror film ever. It's nice to see that not only the whole house is covered in blood from the roof to the basement, but also the parking lot along with the main character. There are some nice references (shotgun, chainsaw not to be missed), the reading of the pages of the Necronomicon is properly creepy, and the atmosphere, which is at times uncomfortable and properly creepy, is also done well. Alyssa Sutherland and her smile are definitely unsettling and a badass when all hell breaks loose. It's nice that even though there are kids featured, everyone gets their ass kicked. Some people complain about the lack of humour, but I honestly can't imagine any humour here, this is no light comedy splatter, but a dark, evil, atmospheric, brutal and uncompromising horror film where lightness would only take away from its power and intensity. We won't see anything more brutal in theaters this year. Watching it, I was reminded of all the hits from my childhood, from Inside to Martyrs, and the new Evil Dead is right in that variety. PS: Hopefully the film will make money, because 10 people at the premiere is sad. 9/10. (21.04.2023)

Sam Raimi produced and Lee Cronin directed Evil Dead Rise to make fans of the original as happy as possible. An audiovisually aggressive gore flick with great sound design and a lot of imaginative violence, it's a wild ride that goes by pretty damn fast even with its short running time. It also has fine heroes and even the derelict building setting works well enough to not mind that it doesn't bring much new to the table. I'm just not sure if a similarly off-the-rails horror film can capture audiences. (19.04.2023)