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LA CASA

Evil Dead

2013 US HMDB
aprile 5, 2013

Cinque amici ventenni rimangono intrappolati in una casa isolata nei boschi. Quando scoprono un Libro dei Morti, evocano senza volerlo dei demoni dormienti che abitano i boschi circostanti; questi si impossessano dei ragazzi uno dopo l'altro, fino a quando ne rimane solo uno a lottare per restare in vita.

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Produzione: Robert Tapert (Producer)Joseph Drake (Executive Producer)Sam Raimi (Producer)Peter Schlessel (Executive Producer)Nathan Kahane (Executive Producer)Bruce Campbell (Producer)Sally Campbell (Producer)J.R. Young (Executive Producer)
Sceneggiatura: Rodo Sayagues (Screenplay)Fede Álvarez (Screenplay)
Musica: Roque Baños (Original Music Composer)
Fotografia: Aaron Morton (Director of Photography)

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Mia viene portata dai suoi amici Olivia ed Eric e da suo fratello David nella baita in montagna in cui passava le vacanze da bambina; i quattro, in compagnia anche della fidanzata di David, sono intenzionati a trascorrere un lungo weekend tra i boschi con lo scopo di aiutare Mia a iniziare il suo cammino per disintossicarsi. Infatti la ragazza, dopo aver rischiato l’overdose per eroina, ha deciso di farla finita con la droga. Esplorando la cantina, i ragazzi trovano però una brutta sorpresa: i sotterranei della casa sono addobbati con gatti morti impiccati al soffitto. In mezzo a quell’orribile spettacolo, Eric trova uno strano libro avvolto nel filo spinato, il volume sembra molto antico e scritto in una lingua incomprensibile, ma alcune sue parti sono state tradotte. Quando il ragazzo comincia a leggere ciò che vi è scritto, qualche cosa di antico e molto malvagio si risveglia nei boschi e comincia a possedere uno ad uno i ragazzi, cominciando proprio da Mia. Lo scorso anno in molti abbiamo pensato che Andrew Goddard con il magnifico “Quella casa nel bosco” avesse messo una pietra tombale sul classico canovaccio dei giovani intrappolati in una casa e massacrati da un’entità di qualsiasi tipo. In effetti è difficile pesare a qualche cosa di nuovo o innovativo dopo quell’hellzapoppin’ sceneggiato in collaborazione con il papà di “Buffy” Josh Whedon, ma il trucco sta tutto nell’attuare una semplicissima strategia di pensiero trasversale. Come dire qualche cosa di ancora interessante e minimamente nuovo su un argomento così inflazionato? Semplice, basta rinunciare alla “vera” novità e tornare proprio lì dove tutto è iniziato, a quel capolavoro che risponde al titolo di “Evil Dead”, “La Casa”, per gli spettatori italiani. E così è accaduto, perché il remake, pardon, il reboot di “Evil Dead” è un qualche cosa di sorprendente, un delirio di violenza estrema che rielabora in modo intelligente e convincente il materiale di base per farne un film tutto nuovo e, una volta tanto, realmente pauroso. La genesi di questo remake va cercata nel lontano passato, nell’intenzione da parte del buon Sam Raimi di dare un proseguo al suo cult “L’armata delle tenebre”, cosa che non è mai riuscita tra impegni sempre più costosi per il regista e idee poco chiare sul come far proseguire la storia. E così, tra una promessa mai mantenuta ai fan e qualche strizzata d’occhio nei suoi blockbuster, Raimi alla fine ha ceduto alla remake-mania, affidando il riavvio della saga al giovane esordiente uruguaiano Fede Alvarez, che aveva colpito il regista di “Spiderman” per un corto su un’invasione aliena cliccatissimo su You Tube, “Ataque de pànico”. Raimi, dal canto suo, ci mette i soldi, producendo per la sua Ghost House Pictures, insieme agli amici e colleghi Robert Tapert e Bruce Campbell, dando piena libertà creativa al filmaker e al suo sceneggiatore Rodo Sayagues, che portano a casa un risultato con i fiocchi. Come è giusto che fosse per la reale utilità di un remake, “La Casa” versione 2013 prende le distanze dal film del 1981 fornendo uno sviluppo alla storia che tutti noi conosciamo del tutto inedito e davvero riuscito. Già l’intro è esplicativa, visto che siamo immediatamente catapultati nel passato, dove possiamo avere un assaggio della nefasta influenza che le presenze che si aggirano attorno alla baita hanno sugli esseri umani. Dopo il breve e già promettente prologo, veniamo a conoscenza dei personaggi principali dell’avventura, dello stesso numero ma differenti per caratterizzazione (e nomi) da quelli creati da Sam Raimi. Qui veniamo subito a conoscenza del nuovo trait d’union che lega protagonisti, luoghi e motivazioni della loro presenza: niente spensierato weekend tra amici, ma tentativo di disintossicare uno di loro dalla dipendenza da eroina. E già da questo elemento sono palesi le intenzioni di Alvarez, fermo sull’idea di affrontare il film con serietà drammatica piuttosto che ironia quasi surreale come fece Raimi (soprattutto con i sequel). Il parallelismo tra possessione demoniaca e astinenza da stupefacenti non è cosa nuova, visto che di recente anche Eduardo Sanchez ci ha provato con risultati non proprio esaltanti con “Lovely Molly”, a cominciare proprio dal volere di insinuare il dubbio che la vicenda sia reamente soprannaturale o il tutto faccia parte del delirio della tossicodipendente. Ma Alvarez gioca con questo dubbio solo sul piano intradiegetico, palesando giustamente allo spettatore l’intervento demoniaco fin dai primi minuti. Il demone della droga è dunque solo una sottotraccia, un parallelismo che vive tra le righe, abbandonando poi la vicenda a un delirio splatter di quelli che non si vedono sul grande schermo troppo frequentemente. Vicino all’idea di violenza estrema caratteristica di certo cinema francese post 2000, Alvarez ci va giù pesantissimo con la truculenza, mostrandola in maniera realistica e allo stesso tempo estremante esagerata. I corpi dei giovani protagonisti vengono martoriati nel peggiore dei modi, con amputazioni, squarci e atti di autolesionismo davvero impressionanti e il tutto viene mostrato sempre nell’estremo dettaglio, a volte quasi fastidioso nella sua insistita ostentazione (l’ago della siringa sotto l’occhio e il braccio appeso al resto del corpo solo da un brandello di carne ne sono due esplicativi esempi). L’estetica della violenza e la violazione dei corpi umani raggiungono nel reboot de “La casa” livelli altissimi, accentuati anche dal realismo degli effetti speciali che limitano fortunatamente la computer grafica a piccoli “aggiustamenti”, lasciando il grosso a make-up, protesi e tanto liquido rosso. Come si diceva, sbrigati i doverosi rituali che legano questo film al canovaccio originale, “La casa” 2013 prende una strada autonoma, sia nell’andamento della mattanza che nello sviluppo dei personaggi, fermo restando che alcuni elementi topici del film originale – come la scena della sepoltura, il ciondolo e l’utilizzo della motosega – sono rimasti e integrati nella storia evadendo il semplice omaggio. Soddisfacente anche la gestione dei personaggi, fortunatamente lontani dalle solite macchiette da teen horror e ligi a mantenere un tenore di serietà costante in linea con la storia. Ovviamente per lo più si tratta di carne da macello, però fornita di quella dignità che ci permette di affezionarci a loro, ma soprattutto nel caso di Mia, interpretata da una bravissima Jane Levy, abbiamo anche un personaggio ben tratteggiato e complesso, soprattutto per gli sviluppi metaforici che la conducono a sfidare letteralmente il suo demone personale. Tra tutti i remake e reboot piovuti da dieci anni a questa parte, “La casa” è tra i più riusciti, capace di rielaborare con cognizione di causa un classico del passato e riuscendo a dire qualche cosa di nuovo su una storia che negli anni è stata raccontata tante, troppe volte. Inoltre Fede Alvarez sa costruire la tensione e “La casa” ha dei momenti di paura realmente efficaci, in grado di tenere letteralmente incollato lo spettatore alla poltrona. Non fuggite subito dalla sala a fine film, dopo i titoli di coda c’è una sorpresina per tutti i fan della precedente trilogia. Aggiungete mezza zucca.
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VolcanoAl

Has all the props we remember him the original.Some new information about the book(necronomicon).Yet the sacastic amounts of blood wasn't funny.The only funny line was"Why does my face hurt?".I hope that Evil Dead2 will bring back the jokes & overacting that the second original did.Bruce Campbell one liner of "Groovy" we hope is a precursor to the next movie!I hope that we see it to "Army of darkness"!!!

LastCaress1972

David and Mia are brother and sister. As children, they vacationed in the family cabin, far out in the woods. As they got older, David took off, leaving Mia caring for their sick and ultimately dying mother. When mum threw a seven, Mia went downhill, and hit the class "A"'s. She hit the drugs so hard in fact that she even technically died at one point, only to be brought back from the brink in a quite portentous bit of backstory. Well, enough's enough. David's back, and he, his girlfriend Natalie, and a couple more close mates of theirs, Eric and Olivia, intend to take her up to the old family cabin in the woods and force her to go cold turkey for a weekend. That'll learn her.

What's the deal with these cabins in American films and shows and whatnot? They always seem to be miles away from any recognisable civilisation. Do the owners own the land, and just decide to build a log cabin? How does one just take ownership of a patch of forest out in the middle of nowhere? I mean, they're never in a larger holiday park environment that's regularly patrolled and maintained. They're never one of a dozen by a beautiful lake, with neighbours here and there. No, they're always out in the deep wild nothing. It's like holidaying in a shed. Who'd do that? Also, the property is ripe for other people to just break in and use the place for their own nefarious ends: Free holiday? Crystal meth flop-house? Sex dungeon? A serial murderer's kill-room?

Kandarian demon incantations, resurrections and exorcisms?

Unluckily for our merry bunch of interventionists, that's exactly what's been going on down in the cellar of their cabin. Mia - hypersensitive as a result of her withdrawal - and the dog they've brought along can smell... well, a bad smell in the house. Upon investigation they find the cellar door, and through the cellar into another door they find a room full of skinned dead cats and similar small animals, all hanging off the ceiling by meat hooks. There's something else: A package wrapped in black bags, further enclosed in barbed wire. Someone obviously didn't want this package opened. Well, curiosity seems to have killed a bunch of cats already, and now it's going to have a crack at these guys. They open the package and, of course, it's The Book of The Dead. The tape player from the 1981 original is gone but in this version, fragments of the Kandarian script have been translated and written in English. And when they're read out, all hell breaks loose in soul-swallowingly familiar fashion. One by one, we will take you.

I liked this film, but it's a frustrating beast, for sure. On the one hand, it's as gory as f*ck, the sound design is superb, the movie is strewn with nods to both The Evil Dead (1981) and Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987) without those nods seeming too hokey and the actors, whilst not especially outstanding, are at least as effective as the original cast (Bruce Campbell excepted, of course. There is no adequate substitution for him here and, in fairness to the new film, how could there be?). On the other hand... look: The "intervention" plotline was a great reason for the group going up into an isolated place, and it continued as a great device for when Mia started seeing and experiencing crazy Evil Deaddery (the woods-raping-the-girl scene from the Raimi original? It's back, baby! Sort-of); they put it down to her withdrawal. At best, she's lying so's they can all go home and she can get munted. At worst, she's bugging out. Except that, very early on in the proceedings, following Mia's insistence that there was a smell in the house, the boys, David and Eric (David, Eric, Mia, Olivia, Natalie. Cool, no? No.) discover the cat-swinging signs of foul witchcraft in the cellar (which we the viewers are privy to in the very first scene btw, before we even meet our protagonists), meaning they no longer have to put the weirdness down to Mia having a cold turkey episode. Just leave the premises, call it in at the nearest cop-shop, job done. So why don't they do this?

Because the characters in Evil Dead are prone to making some of the most pinheaded decisions I've seen in a horror film in maybe twenty years. And horror as you all know is a genre beset with characters who make pinheaded decisions, right? Well, the Evil Dead quintet make the average bunch of Camp Crystal Lake dirty-weekenders look like astro-physicists. I don't want to give away specific set-pieces but these characters seemed to have opportunity after opportunity to get away from what was happening to them. Their dunderheaded refusal to do anything but stumble towards their own demise caused me to lose any and all sympathy for them, and when you stop caring, the tension disappears down the plughole. While we were watching the movie, my missus said at one point: "Yeah, but if they did that (ie the right thing), there wouldn't be a film, would there?" But, in this day and age (and with the superior budget and skills availed to these remakes), I'm not prepared to buy that. There needs to be more. And in this case, the "intervention" plotline at the very beginning of the movie seemed to kick things off on the right note. It was the last decision by the characters that made any logical sense. The end fell apart too, but don't virtually all horrors unravel in the final fifteen? It certainly seems that way.

Still, I liked it, as I said. Didn't love it as I really hoped that I would, but I liked it. I suppose. In a way. Anyone not into horror will not come anywhere near anyway, but lovers of all things gruesome will find Evil Dead an entertaining waste of a nice and crisp ninety minutes. You'll see not even a modicum of common sense on display, but then that's not why you came, is it?

John Chard

John Chard

8 /10

Dead Evil!

In truth this was always going to struggle to appease many of the horror hordes, Sam Raimi's original film held up as some sort of religious artifact that should never be tempered with - this even though it was considerably trumped by the sequel (erm: remake). Is it fair to say that even before it was released there were those hating it? It certainly seemed that way.

Can you judge this piece of horror film making on its own terms? Are there a new breed of horror film fans out there whom haven't seen Raimi's trilogy and therefore can go into it and get the tar shocked out of them? I hope so because this is a rip-snorter of a remake. Full of jumps, guts, gore, and genuine moments of terror, with Fede Alvarez and his team adding some fresh touches to Raimi's original nightmare.

It is what it is, a horror remake of an old favourite that ramps up the horror and uses the tools available to splinter the ears - turn the stomach - and fray the nerves. It's illogical, daft even at times, but this is one of the better horror remakes of recent times, a real pant soiler. Bravo you undead muthas. 8/10

Kamurai

Kamurai

7 /10

Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend.

Look, I'd watch pretty much anything with Jane Levy, and she's awesome in this, far better than any two other actors in the movie.

It feels like someone with some sense look at the original movie and identified some much needed upgrades. Just having a dramatic reason for these characters to gather at this cabin immediately makes the story a bit more palatable than the original. There are also several sequences towards the end of the movie that diverge from the original that makes this version vastly superior.

The other big difference is that the special effects has come a long way in the 30 years between the two movies. The do an excellent job of keeping the pacing of the first movie and matching the effects to the original, but just better.

Similar to the original, the majority of this movie is gore effects, but they add just enough explanation and narrative to keep decent motivation in place.

This is a rare example of how to "upgrade" a movie, changing it, but keeping the spirit of the movie.

Nathan

Nathan

7 /10

Evil Dead is one of the most brutal and disgusting films I have ever seen. I applaud the unique direction to take the franchise, which has previously embraced camp, into a super realistic and vicious horror film. The effects and gore are the best of the franchise, having a nearly 20-year gap between the previous entry. Some of the scenes go down as all-time greats in horror that have been cemented in my mind ever since. The bread cutter scene is just disgusting and done so well, I absolutely loved all of the blood that was used in these scenes. The story is not as fleshed out as the first or second film, but it does take unique directions that I can appreciate it. The use of a recovering drug addict was done really well and was an interesting motive to keep the cast at the cabin. The weakened state she was in made her the perfect victim to be the first possessed, which worked really well. The dialogue and acting were quite atrocious. Other than Jane Levy, everyone else was quite bad. The lines were corny and delivered in a somewhat awkward fashion. This made the twenty-minute rising action of the film to be quite lackluster, but luckily once the action gets going, there is plenty of things to distract you from it. Overall, this movie's visuals and horror carry the film to its rating. It unfortunately does not live up to the hype I once had for it as a 15-year-old boy, but it is still one of the better remakes in cinema history.

Score: 73% 👍 Verdict: Good

Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

2 /10

A decent enough, but forgettable remake.

Directed by Fede Alvarez, an illustrious stranger to me, the film is a remake of the original, from the 80s, directed by Sam Raimi. I didn't like the original film, I found it excessively dated, even in the effects used (which are, without exaggeration, the strong point of the film itself), but I recognize that Raimi is a creative and skillful director who knew how to explore the material well , do a lot with very little, and give us a decent film. This film, in turn, does not bring anything new or original, but manages to improve the original film's major flaw: the virtual absence of a script.

In fact, in this film, there is at least an attempt to create a story around what is happening and to make the whole story more than an excuse for the scenes where the living dead try to eat people. On the other hand, the simple fact that this film serves us with a slightly different story from the original film means we don't feel comfortable guessing what we're going to see next. There is a certain unpredictability that sounds good and feels good. On the other hand, the film cannot match its predecessor in terms of the impact of its effects and its importance to popular culture. It's a remake that has its merits, but will quickly be forgotten.

As for the cast, there is little to say. I don't know them, but I can say that I feel satisfied with their efforts. It's what you'd expect in a film of this type. A negative note about the film: if veterans considered the original film violent and full of gore, this film blows up every scale. It's a bloodbath that brings respect to Lucifer himself, and it made me mentally thank myself for having decided to see him before eating anything.

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