8/10
Better than ED (2013) but lacks eeriness & tension
23 April 2023
The urban setting of a rundown apartment complex was really a nice idea for the series and the Writer-director Lee Cronin quite decently exploited that premise. I'm not a huge fan of Fede Alvarez's 2013 version but this one at least satisfied me in terms of its portrayal of Deadites. That being said, I still think the original deadites from Raimi's first 2 Evil Dead were the best; maybe I'm an old-school guy but still nothing beats those Tom Sullivan's awesome, practical make-up effects, IMO.

Alyssa Sutherland was the star of this show. She deserved to get regular in more horror films in the coming days.

Lee Cronin's EDR is fairly dense with gore contents, my only complaint is that it could be more chilling in terms of creepy encounters in multiple occasions but Cronin didn't spend much time to develop those eerieness with adequate momentum. Like, I thoroughly enjoyed EDR for its deadites' action & gory stuff but it rarely able to creep me out in its entire runtime.

Overall, a decent addition to the franchise, definitely worth a watch.
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