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Some people say you shouldn't mess with the classics. But they also say you shouldn't read from creepy old books, either -- somehow the rules just keep getting broken! Now, test your knowledge of this 21st-century reboot with our quiz! (If you're looking for a quiz on the original film, you'll find it elsewhere on Zoo.com.)
The remake takes place in the woods of which state?
Minnesota
Michigan
Tennessee
we don't know
The most likely location is Michigan. Olivia mentions Flint, while protagonist Mia wears a Michigan State sweatshirt. The latter is an homage to the original film, in which a character wore a Michigan State shirt.
In the opening sequence, who kills the possessed girl?
another demon
her friends
her father
The movie's opening scene is an extended fake-out. We think an innocent girl is running away from bad guys, but she's possessed, and the guys are just doing what has to be done.
she kills herself
What is the name of the girl in the opening sequence?
Annie
Cheryl
Shelly
we never learn this
The prologue is just a set-up for the movie's plot. We don't learn the names or backstory of anyone involved.
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The first letters of the main characters' names spell which word?
RAIMI
DEMON
The names are David, Eric, Mia, Olivia, and Natalie. It's apt because they are all marked for demonic possession.
ASHLY
DEATH
Why are the five young people at the cabin?
to party, naturally
it's a low-key reunion
to scatter the ashes of a beloved dog
so Mia can kick her heroin habit
Mia has overdosed before, to the point that she was legally dead. Olivia refers to "going through this before, in Flint" -- a reference that seems to set the film in Michigan.
What does Mia do with her heroin?
hides it under a floorboard
washes it down a sink drain
pours it down a well
Mia doesn't hide her dope. At this early stage, she's committed to detoxing, though her friends fear that won't last.
washes it away in a stream
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What does David give Mia behind the cabin?
a family Bible
a bottle of aspirin
a necklace
In the original, Ash gives his girlfriend Linda a necklace with a tiny magnifying glass on it. That necklace becomes the symbol of his love and his unwillingness to kill her later.
a photo of their parents
What is the necklace made from?
buckthorn tree
David says that buckthorn is supposed to "strengthen the will." He doesn't believe in such things, but says that since Mia does, it might work for her.
ash wood
silver
mother-of-pearl
What's the dog's name?
Grandpa
Don't laugh about the Paul Anka option -- that was the dog on Gilmore Girls. Why Grandpa is Grandpa, though, is unexplained in this film.
Sammy
Ralphie
Paul Anka
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In what profession is Olivia?
graphic designer
doctor
nurse
Olivia is important to the plot because she's going to medically supervise Mia's withdrawal. So when Mia seems to be going crazy and the others want to take her to a hospital, Olivia says that Mia is getting the same care she would in a hospital.
teacher
Where did David and Mia's mother die?
at home
in a hospice shelter
a mental hospital
David stayed away, leaving Mia to care for their mother, who succumbed to some kind of dementia. This trauma might be partly the root of her heroin addiction.
no one knows; she disappeared
What do the young people find hanging in the basement?
dead birds
dead cats
This basement is decorated with dead cats. In the original, bones and feathers hang from the basement ceiling. This was widely seen as a homage to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
dead people
sausages
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Who reads aloud from the Naturom Demonto?
David
Eric
Eric, who claims to know a little about witchcraft, reads from the book, despite scrawled warnings on the pages not to do so. Sigh. There's always that one person who's got to ruin it for everyone.
Mia
Natalie
Why does Mia crash the car in her escape attempt?
the road is very slick
a truck is coming the opposite way and is over the line
she sees a female figure in the road
Mia crashes her car in a swampy area and has to head back on foot. Naturally, this doesn't work out well for her.
she is trying to commit suicide
What does the demon who confronts Mia in the forest look like?
William Blake's Great Red Dragon
a grayish corpse
her mother
herself
Mia is confronted with a a demonic version of herself. This could be a commentary on addicts being their own worst enemies.
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When Mia starts to see things, why don't the others agree to leave the cabin?
they know the bridge is out
they're having a good time
they think it's just withdrawal symptoms
It's Olivia who pushes for the group to stick it out, no matter what. She says that another overdose will probably kill Mia.
it's night and visibility is too poor
What does Mia do that convinces David something is really wrong?
vomits black goo
levitates
showers in scalding water
Eric saw a depiction of this behavior in the book, where a woman pours boiling water over herself. When Mia does it, she gives herself second- and third-degree burns.
describes events she couldn't have witnessed
Why can't David take Mia to a hospital for her burns?
neither car will start
the bridge has collapsed
the road is flooded
In the original Evil Dead, an old, rickety bridge collapses. In the remake, there's no bridge; the road itself is overrun with water too fast and high to cross.
she's too badly injured to move
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How does Mia infect Olivia?
bites her
spits in her drink
stabs her with a used hypodermic needle
vomits on her face and in her mouth
In the film's mythology, possession seems to happen via shared bodily fluids. It might reflect a very 2000s fear of infectious disease -- this is the age of Ebola and various swine and bird flus, after all.
What does Eric find Olivia doing in the bathroom?
talking to the mirror
preparing to shower in scalding water
slicing off her face with a mirror shard
This is another demonic activity that Eric has seen illustrated in the book. He gets her to stop, but only because she wants to attack him.
reading an adult magazine
Mia tells Natalie, "I can smell your _______."
fear
filthy soul
The demon also tells David, "Your little sister's being raped in hell." It's an homage to a famous (also unprintable) line from "The Exorcist."
cheap perfume
[unprintable name for lady parts]
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What does Natalie amputate her arm with?
a chainsaw
an axe
a hand saw
an electric carving knife
Natalie, up to that point a stock girlfriend character, proves to have more spine than the audience has realized. After the amputation, she smiles gamely and says, "I'm feeling much better."
How many souls does the Taker need?
three
four
five
When the Taker has his five souls, the Abomination can rise from hell. This is shown in an illustration that looks a lot like the artwork from the original Evil Dead movie poster.
six
What are the three methods for "purifying" a possessed person?
beheading, drowning, or burning
burning, dismembering, or burying alive
None are survivable, which is why David initially rejects the idea. It's Eric, who's been reading the book, who suggests it.
freezing, burning, or dismembering
only a Church-sponsored exorcism will work
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What does Natalie attack Eric with?
a butcher knife
a nail file
a nail gun
The nail gun gets a real workout in the film. Eric, David, and Natalie all get pretty well perforated before the fun's over.
a fireplace poker
How does David initially intend to kill/purify Mia?
burning
David intends to burn the cabin down with Mia inside. He then changes his mind -- much like Ash did with his girlfriend Linda in the original.
dismemberment
live burial
none of these
What does David do to Mia before burying her alive?
dresses her in a red dress
For reasons known only to him, David puts the red dress on a sedated Mia. At least she's well-dressed for her showdown with the demon.
kisses her
apologizes to her
takes off her buckthorn necklace
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What machine does David make a makeshift version of?
a flamethrower
a defibrillator
This is a pretty neat trick: David uses a car battery, the leads from a multimeter, and two hypodermic needles to shock Mia beack to life. The point is, of course, that she needs to die to be purified -- but she doesn't have to stay dead.
a ham radio
an EMF detector
How does David kill himself and Eric?
he has Mia bury them alive
he dismembers Eric and has Mia dismember him
he blows up the cabin
All of these choices -- approved by the Naturom Demonto -- sound really painful. This script was not pulling any punches.
he douses himself and Eric in gasoline and burns them in the basement
How does Mia first realize the Abomination is rising?
blood rains from the sky
The book says that "the sky shall bleed" when the Abomination rises. The demon does come up from the ground, but not until after the rain of blood starts.
there is an earthquake
the moon turns blood-red
a hand emerges from the ground
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Why does Mia sever her hand?
the Abomination bites down on it and won't let go
she has been infected by the Abomination
it has "offended" her by sinning
it's trapped under the rolled SUV
You might see subtle homages to Saw in Evil Dead. Both Mia and Natalie cut off body parts to escape a trap of sorts. Also, Eric beats Olivia with part of a broken toilet -- like a fed-up Leigh Whannell did to Michael Emerson in the first Saw film.
How does Mia kill the Abomination?
with a chainsaw
This gory, satisyfing moment goes on a while, with Mia sawing determinedly away at the Abomination's head like it's made of rock. One critic noted, "It's a while before anyone picks up a chainsaw, but boy is it worth it when they do."
by burning it
by crushing it under the SUV
by live burial
How does Mia die?
she crawls into the cabin and burns to death
she's hit by a car as she tries to flag down help
she succumbs to blood loss from her severed hand
she doesn't die
One thing the Evil Dead reboot really improved was the female characters. 1981's girls giggled, got scared, and then were possessed. In 2013, Olivia has medical expertise, Natalie cuts off half her arm to save herself from possession (unsuccessfully, but still), and Mia battles and defeats the Abomination.
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Who appears very briefly in a post-credits cameo?
Bruce Campbell
Campbell appears as Ash, turning to the screen to say, "Groovy." Campbell was reportedly reluctant to see an Evil Dead remake done, but he was okay with it once he learned there wouldn't be an Ash in the film, but all-new characters.
Sam Raimi
George Romero
all five original Evil Dead stars
Is 2013's Evil Dead a remake or a sequel?
remake
sequel
both, really
The director, Fede Alvarez, explains that the events of his film take place decades after Ash and his friends visited the cabin, but the book is still there and causes new mayhem. To explain why the occurrences are so parallel, however, Alvarez suggested that the book's supernatural power made events unfold in almost exactly the same way.
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