EVIL DEAD for the family

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[@danielaxc2900]

Evil Dead Rise made me care about the main cast the same way Hellraiser 2022 made me care about the main cast, then it forces you to watch them get deaded awfully. Such a good movie. Excellent video, May!

[@numb3r5ev3n]

Same here, along with the 2019 adaption of The Color Out Of Space with Nicholas Cage. I wasn't expecting to care about the family of characters as much as I did so it was extra terrible when Stuff Started Happening.

[@lewisbirkett4428]

I hated the main cast in hellraiser 2022 especially the main character

[@quintencrook6068]

Now I need May's take on Beau is Afraid.

[@tophertarantula7875]

was just about to comment this!!

[@quintencrook6068]

@@tophertarantula7875 I'm not even an Ari Aster fan (I know, I know, heresy as a horror fan), but May's taste and mine as a good amount of overlap.

[@oliviapete]

A full Your Take is Excrement episode on Beau would be a dream come true

[@jussts]

I just saw it too, and I was like, "How are they gonna do an Evil Dead without killing this likeable family." And well... they sure did an Evil Dead.

[@TheAbigailDee]

YES I kept waiting for like...something to save them or reverse everything even though it was Evil Dead. Because there's no way these nice kids and their nice mom - oh shit.

[@cowbraiin]

I don't have much to say on Evil Dead, but I CAN attest to Fluids and Girl Flesh being excellent reads for the horrifically inclined.

[@spinachtron]

I love the change of setting. The characters talking about what they’re gonna be doing stuff the next day and they have to start packing, then one thing goes wrong and the domino effect ruins everything. I guess it shows how bad an abusive family unit can completely ruin your normal day-to-day life.

[@NaeOnYT]

"I'm always surprised when a movie kind of delivers for me." Honestly, same.

[@madeofmeats]

There was a missed opportunity for them to do a Texas Chain Saw Massacre-esque dinner scene with the deadite family and the remaining human family members, but other than that this movie was so slay

[@somethingsomething9006]

I absolutely friggin' loved rise. I felt like it was weaker in the finale section, but everything in the apartment was top notch Evil Dead fun.

[@stonerjhope]

it's not mentioned at all but the eldest kid being transmasc adds such a fantastic layer to the Family Trauma Horror

[@yobymaguire]

i appreciate the spooky smoke but it felt more like i hit a joint with you and you are talking about thematic stuff in evil dead rise. happy late 420!

[@carterkalchik]

+100 on your take, I loved EDR and it was exactly because they introduce actual emotional stakes. I also appreciated that, while not being super super funny, it had more humor in it than Evil Dead 2013, which seems part of the equation for nailing an Evil Dead.

[@chompachangas]

When Evil Dead 2 came out in 1987, my dad and my brother rented it. I walked in on the part with Deadite Linda dancing with her own severed head and lost my goddamned mind. I was 7 years old and it scared the living shit out of me haha. As an adult, the scene that really spooked me in Evil Dead (1981) was the card reading scene.

[@tonystark106422]

Hey, May? I read Girl Flesh. It's good.

[@joerivera6334]

As always, I love your perspective! Thanks for putting this up, May. Honestly, I hadn't read that deep into the new one, but everything you're saying is totally there, in retrospect. As a fan of the franchise since I was like 12, this movie felt really great. I hope they carry the personal stuff forward into the franchise. You probably know this, but they're making a cartoon version of Ash vs Evil Dead, so the Ash, Kelly, and Pablo stuff will continue developing. I'm super stoked for it.

[@drexyspivey]

I love this thoughtful take and the metaphors are on point, but also OMG it was so beautifully gory. Like, all of the absolute worst physical pains we can imagine happening, happen. SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT. tattoo gun to the eye? Check. Cheese grater to the thigh? Check. Persons in a wood chipper? Check. Plus much more. It’s ALL there. I adored it.

[@bonkler]

So happy to see you back, May! Thanks for screening the screen for me, I trust your taste. Happy trails

[@Polygonyall]

my jaw dropped when they steven universe fused absolute banger of a movie

[@rowanyearley1192]

Just found this channel and so happy I did, you have such a cool and unique critical voice and I love listening to you talk about horror stuff! Keep up the awesome hotel and horror videos and I hope to see a future review that is filmed in the back of a moving car.

[@nattmazzoni]

Oh I hope you do get around to making the video about terrifier 2 because I was really surprised by how much i liked that one!

[@DelaneyOconnell2007]

I'm binging all of your videos. I'm so glad I found your channel!! 🖤🖤🖤

[@Switch-Witch]

Quite the coincidence that I was planning on seeing evil dead tonight and now with a good review from may I know it is a safe choice. I also read fluids and girl flesh in the same night a few days ago and they have been living rent free in my brain since then, thanks for girl slaying 👍

[@timk6181]

Preferred this to the remake. It's got more energy, the characters are a touch more memorable and the Mumite put in a great performance. The violence is more creative aswell, and has just a tiny bit more of that Evil Dead splatstick without undermining the horror.

[@pizzaturtles5128]

Great review with a very interesting and thought out take on what evil dead rise actually offered! I was only lukewarm on it but I wasn't thinking deeply about what was being shown to me as I was watching. I'll def give it another watch now

[@IRJ53I]

Yes! Good to see you back and I would love a more in depth analysis.

[@JaxFoxJaz]

Dang, hotel vibes. Hello again I feel like it's been a hot minute but time also feels like a distant thing for me

[@kolbykauffman4180]

Spooky hotel room vibes. Thanks for giving me a review before going into work.

[@Tigersebby]

Thank you for the video May! When I came out of the cinema after seeing EDR I was really hoping that you'd let your thoughts about it be known! ^ ^

[@nikoteardrop4904]

Loved the movie. I dig that these new films are digging back to the original intentions in making The Evil Dead. Great stuff. If you haven't already, I feel like Augustina Bazterrica's novel "Cadáver Exquisito"/"Tender is the Flesh" is right up your alley.

[@poingupoingu]

Your thumbnail alone makes me want to watch the movie see you tomorrow after I watch it ✌️

[@bonsaikittenmew]

Welcome back May!!!! I’m excited to see you making new videos

[@yagurl_]

I was just checking to see you if you had uploaded yesterday

[@danigolightly799]

Yay! Content! I really miss the podcast, btw.

[@Chilov3]

Hey!! I just saw you in "World's Fair!" I loved seeing you pop up 😁

[@Muffinpurplegurk]

I went in with low expectations and came out surprised. I think I enjoyed it more than the remake. An Evil Dead movie in 2023 should be awful but like Hellraiser last year it was pretty good 👍

[@lewisbirkett4428]

No way lmao ive seen all the hellraisers and 2022 is near the bottom

[@TheDrLeviathan]

Fluids ruled, gonna check out Girl Flesh

[@yourpalfred]

Love the hotel vibes. Very glad to know May is out in the world, Doing Stuff

[@mc.gemstone]

Just got back from seeing it yesterday. And to me probably made me the most disturted out of all of them, could be because I saw it on the big screen. But it was really good on how disturbing it was, seeing this innocent family get torn apart by the evil, was quite the experience to see. Also I like the idea of the book of the dead being anywhere, it doesn’t have to take place in a cabin, the book could show up in any kind of place really.

[@sagemcmichael8320]

Love the vibe of this video, nyx fears film content from a hotel is fun heheh

[@angellane1848]

Yippppeeeee she’s back 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@xpouii-3992]

This movie was way better than I expected. My roommate forced me to watch after we watched A Serbian Film and I actually was surprised by my reaction to both of those movies. They were both movies that were horrific at face value and also had metaphorical depth that made them worthy watches through a metaphorical lens.

[@dukeroyal1218]

I was watching a 100 Gecs concert and I noticed you in the background, small world huh.

[@lelfah]

Seeing you pop up just turned a shit night into a great one, I miss your face, now to watch 🤍

[@daneofdanger]

Bad at home, still nice to see you

[@lsdilldose0G]

I made a script that combines Evil dead and Spider man. The Green goblin is basically a composted deadite, after he dies the green goblin gas in a sentient manner follows Peter Parker and causes all the bad luck he has in 2 and 3. The green gas ( the invisible force from evil dead) can even change the properties of matter and weakened the effectiveness of that rare material that Doctor Octavius used for his fusion reactor, thus causing a explosion strong enough to bring venom to earth. Also Ash, who was working at that theater in Spiderman 2 or 3 gets a job a Stark industrys. Then the necronomicon combines with venom and then Ash gets a awesome spider arm and helps Iorn man and Spiderman. Spider Ash

[@c0smicth1ng]

Babe wake up new nyxfears video just dropped (Ily may 🤭🖤)

[@kaitlinsmrcina7815]

I love Evil Dead Rise and ily too May! This is the first movie that ever made me physically gag. I did it twice and I loved it. The only thing I didn't like ab the film was the deep focus shots T_T but I forgive it bc of the gagging

[@exomoonextremophile]

hurray for halfway to Halloween!

[@dustafee666]

I thought there wasnt much cg in this movie? Weird. Anyways, nice review. I also watched the Mario movie recently and was disappointed that the stink of Minions was present.

[@ilikebirds7748]

Well, I'm definitely going to see this now. Thank you May ❤

[@RedSpade37]

Thank you for helping me care again.

[@sirmicothesilly]

You are my favourite person to listen to whilst playing devil may cry 3

[@hammedburger9861]

Hi May!!!! I hope ur doing well I appreciate u sm

[@tomlangford1999]

she back

[@nicholasjensen6827]

My favorite demon princess has done a new video. All my occult nonsense has been validated hooray.

[@sarat6488]

EDR is "We have Evil Dead at home..."

[@kayplease210]

I swear to god KZbin was not notifying me abt any of your videos i'm so mad

[@Joel-xn5dy]

Great video May!

[@jess_paige]

okay so I need to hear your thoughts on the new Ari Aster comedy like yesterday

[@jeremysmith4620]

I'm hyped to see it now that Evil Dead Rise has the May Leitz Seal of Approval (copyright, restricted, trademarked, original character do not steal)

[@Kelly-yq3cp]

I had been avoiding it because I struggle with kids dying in movies, but I sat down and watched it this past weekend and honestly just so impressed. I mean - yeah it went there, but it was done well. It was a really fun gore fest and I’m glad they did right by the franchise.

[@KevinRamirez-ln9ez]

So much love here

[@Kate-uj9rx]

IM HERE!

[@21centryschizo]

Ash’s car is an Oldsmobile

[@jayforpay7774]

The only bit I didn’t like was the hallways scene, the biting the eye and shooting into someone’s mouth would be funny in a. Film that keeps up the silliness but this one like the 2013 remake was pretty dark with sarcastic humour. I also wish the mum had popped the eye with the tattoo needle, I was expecting it to go rlly hard with the disturbing horror with the way people were talking about it. Other than that I loved it 8/10

[@kaivoid7649]

I'd heard mixed things about Rise but, shit, if May Leitz liked it I've got to give it a shot!

[@kingamity1985]

It really threw me for a loop when I got Girl Flesh in the mail and it was heterosexual One Direction fanfiction.

[@nyxfears]

???

[@kingamity1985]

@@nyxfears you fucking heard me May, I demand a FULL refund

[@nyxfears]

I can’t tell if you’re joking

[@kingamity1985]

@@nyxfears yes I am joking /s

[@kingamity1985]

@@nyxfears what series of events would have to transpire for that to actually happen, I wonder

[@torsegundo637]

Did not catch the family toxicity analogy in the movie but that a) I guess speaks well of my family, and b) makes me appreciate it more. Everyone I've talked to about the movie (which I saw today), I've had to explain that the movie isn't horror-comedy, and they are dismayed by that. I think it has more than a few ridiculous horror moments in it that someone with a macabre sense of humor, or is pretty desensitized to horror can grip onto and laugh at it. The movie does not wait a lot of time to tell you exactly how things is gonna be - an evil dead is gonna get done - but does it in a way that you might make you chuckle if you've stepped outside the story a bit. It's absolutely an Evil Dead movie, it knows what trappings to wear, but wants to do something more than kill a bunch of morons in a cabin. Think I'm gonna recommend it despite it being far from Raimi's original horror-camp-comedy roots. ETA: Oh, also want to add that it's immensely rare that a sequel for a franchise tightens the scope of the action rather than ballooning it out. Excellent choice.

[@lilalulaberry]

i’m going to watch it in theater tonight so i’ll have to revisit this later !!!!!! almost more excited for the new may leitz review akskskdbfbdbhaaaaaaaaaaa !!!!!!!!!! EDIT: good movie!!! really very good movie!!! i liked it a lot!!! before the movie started i was really scared i was in the wrong theater because there was a family with small children a couple seats down, but nope, they were there to see it too. it seems kinda super fucked up to take your kids out to see an evil dead movie in my opinion. i think morgan davies is my first ever celebrity crush. although he looks an awful lot like a coworker of mine, so thats kinda weird.

[@RainbowRenegade]

I want to watch it now 😊

[@lucyinchat]

I recognized that Halloween is everyday reference. 😊

[@TheAbigailDee]

This movie was way more exciting and yucky than I expected! It's nice that this movie went full Evil Dead because was worried it wouldn't. This wonderful and lovely family was in the wrong place at the wrong time and there was NOTHING they could do about it. It was way better than I expected.

[@sugarcaneweathervane]

ty may

[@jem5771]

this was a weird one for me. i was thoroughly entertained but the amount of violence wore me out. i was struggling to follow along by the end of the film bc i was just so exhausted by the violence. an absolute FIRST for me in all my years of watching crazy extreme violent horror movies.

[@joerivera6334]

That's funny, I felt like it was on par with Evil Dead 2 or maybe some of the episodes of Ash vs Evil Dead, but like way less cartoony.

[@dumbumbumbum8649]

If that’s the case definitely don’t watch the 2013 one

[@jem5771]

@@dumbumbumbum8649 I've seen it lol

[@tily5939]

I thought this one was okay. I wish they did more with the bank vault/priest back story. The neighbors were literal canon fodder no names. And what really gets me is the youngest child told a story about a ghost that haunts you if you carry change around. I thought that story would come back to something but it's meaningless overall.

[@ruliak]

Happy halloweeeéëðé

[@springlockgrave]

Epic awesome video may thank u

[@HipHoboHarold]

Finally got to watch it so I can come watch some of the videos about it! Over all, I agree with pretty much everything here. I honestly think it's my favorite Evil Dead movie so far. Like I enjoy the gore and the blood and the things horror movies tend to offer. But a horror movie was a great story and great characters will always Trump that for me. And luckily, this movie had both! Also, I have a lot of trauma revolving around my family, and haven't talked to my dad or step mom in 12 years. So maybe that helped. I was also really happy in that it didn't hold back. I saw the kids and figured the kids probably wouldn't get it too bad. Most movies don't want to kill kids. But then I saw one of them get their arms ripped off, and saw that that was not a problem for them. So while I'm not necesarily into watching kids die, it's also refreshing to see a horror movie with kids where we just know that the kids are gonna be fine no matter what happens.

[@averyc8761]

do you have a letterboxd?

[@ChannelSettingsTvcode]

Beau afraid take?

[@hvitekristesdod]

I really liked this movie. Overall much better than the Alvarez one. It was super miserable but super fun and well written at the same time

[@DJDocsVideos]

Sorry I didn't like the Evil Dead remake/reimagination. Granted it wasn't Texas Chainsaw Massacre bad but not a winner in my book. On the other hand I had a lot more fun with the "Ash vs Evil Dead" TV Show. After I finished watching your review I will give "Evil Dead Rise" a shot.

[@Ladedadeda2]

Loved this

[@toddbelanger1923]

Hello there...where have you gone...???

[@matthewsmith3322]

Fuck yeah. My dumb ass didnt catch the vibe of this movie. Now i gotta watch it again, cause youre so right. I want to view it through this new lens

[@thething2723]

NEW NYX FEARS YAY

[@ethanembry5739]

Totally agreed, really loved this film and had such an excellent time in the theater. SPOILER CRITIQUES One sincere, one silly, one from a film bro asshole type: 1. Just like the remake I wish they would spend less time on the lore but it wasn’t too bad 2. When mommy is like “I want ur soul” then goes to her sis tummy and is like “two souls!!” I’m like that is some pro life shit :/ 3. We have the scene where the priest is talking about how he tried everything to kill the demons and even says something like “I lit them aflame but they only reveled and danced in the fire” and in the next scene lil bro lights sis on fire and she collapses :/

[@omgtatercat]

I intend to read Girl Flesh at some point (I have a really short video on my channel about Fluids, May even saw it!), I just can't afford anything right now. And I'm decently into a book called Sin Eater, so I'd want to finish that first

[@ChannelSettingsTvcode]

🎉

[@shadesofruin805]

Evil dead is punk rock

[@mr3465]

🖤

[@78deathface]

Is there a fire in your hotel room?

[@nyxfears]

A weed fire

[@Jakeshark]

I was kinda hoping the heroines character arc resolution was deciding to get an abortion.

[@loatist]

Omgomgomg I'm so early hi mom

[@meesh11p]

Rise felt very mid to me, I LOVED 2013 - truly an incredible remake

[@samwill7259]

I don't watch any movie that kills children, especially in horror contexts. Cause of like, my mental health reasons. But I'm glad you had fun!

[@lola_daytona]

Dang it I was ready to hate this movie

[@Shadmockk]

The only thing I dislike about the new evil dead is that their eyes aren't white. Idk why that just pisses me off so bad.

[@N30KID]

It's same for the 2013 one though so its not exactly new lol

[@markalexander3659]

America and American movies are really weird with how taboo they consider kids getting killed or hurt in horror movies. Like it's super rare and when it does happen it's almost always off-screen. Was quite refreshing to have the kids go through exactly the same as the adults and onscreen.

[@dumbumbumbum8649]

I literally fell asleep during Terrifier 2

[@markalexander3659]

Yeah, I think CGI almost always just looks weird and bad. I MUCH prefer practical effects. Like practical effects are at least entertaining and fun even if they're bad. I'm not against the use of CGI if it legitimately can enhance something or if it is the only way to achieve something, but it's very lazy and overused.