That was the dilemma for horror fans when a remake of Evil Dead was announced in 2009. When it’s all said and done, reboots are justified by the filmmaker’s ability to find new angles to explore-and if one can’t be found, maybe it shouldn’t exist at all. Just think of the Oldboy fans, still shaking their fists in livid disgust to this day. Plus, there’s a considerable amount at stake if it upsets the fanbase, they have every right to question the existence of a reboot altogether. To revisit a world that already exists means there’s only so much ground to be covered before feeling like a pointless revisit. For starters, they’re very easy to screw up. From a risk management standpoint, that’s to be expected for a few different reasons.

This 2013 film is an interesting case study in our revivalist movie culture because it’s seldom that remakes are given the agency to become their own thing. Afghanistan, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, Armenia, Azerbaijan Republic, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guernsey, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iraq, Ireland, Jamaica, Jersey, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Pakistan, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Republic of Cuba, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, San Marino, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Korea, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U.S.It’s official: Evil Dead is on 4K UHD for the first time!

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