There is nothing terrible about this - it is just quite ordinary.
This shares nothing with the first Evil Dead's and it would have measured expectations better if it wasn't carrying any baggage.
Instead of the creepy woods this is set in a grey apartment block.
The family is set up adequately but they are quite drab, everything about their lives is grungy before any ghost shows up.
The source of evil here is pretty unstoppable slaying at will - but seems content to lurk around hallways.
In the previous outings the hut felt like a sanctuary, albeit a delicate one, from the horrors out in the woods.
Here they just hide behind a door.
Gross stuff happens but it misses the comic flair of Campbell and just comes off as silly or trite.
Everyone involved has a good go at this and there are some interesting elements but it all felt a bit laboured and dull.
This takes itself a bit too seriously in parts and is too goofy in others.
I didn't really care what happened to anyone.
The evil power is inconsistent and the fates of the protagonists felt like they were decided by chance.
Not a bad movie, just quite drab.
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