Remakes usually suck. Legacy sequels spend half their running time reminding you how much better the original was. Evil Dead 2 says, "Fuck all of that." Sam Raimi looked at The Evil Dead, tore the damn thing apart with a chainsaw ...

Let's start with that salacious title. Boy, does that ever set a tone! And yes, the film is every bit as salacious as it implies. Then again, Gregg Araki (The Living End) has never been a filmmaker interested in playing things safe ...