The other day, I heard someone say that there were 3 types of people in the world: Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Army of Darkness. Clearly my lovely wife is none of these, but I am squarely Army of Darkness. A little less so ED2, and even less so ED. I don't know how the remake factors in.
Speaking of Evil Dead, I just watched Cabin in the Woods.
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I liked it! I don't generally go out for horror flicks, but if it has a decent hook, then I may go in for it. The Rubicsy Cabin on the poster had me interested and the trailer sealed the deal. My reaction to Whedon is very mixed, so I didn't know whether this would be a hit or a miss. But I really enjoyed it.
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I was a little shocked how quickly the cast started to bite it. This started to tip me off about how much of the movie would take place post-cabin. Though I had seen the trailers and read more spoilery stuff than I should, I was still not sure how far the ending went. Heck, they show you quite a bit of the underground stuff as the movie starts.
I found it a delightful subversion of a genre that I don't really enjoy. I heard Whedon call it his love/hate letter to horror and I understand exactly what that means.
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