10 Best Horror Movie Final Girls NOBODY Talks About

The pantheon of horror is one brimming with awful, needless remakes, reboots or reimaginings that often showcase an extreme lack of ideas from Hollywood. Every now and then, though, there's a do-over that shines bright while its cohorts fail to impress. And one such shining light, is Fede Alvarez's 2013 Evil Dead.

Was anyone clamouring for a fresh take on Sam Raimi's three-film franchise? Absolutely not. But whereas so many unwanted remakes live up to the grumbles and bemusement drummed up by their initial announcement, Evil Dead was a thing of twisted, Deadite-spewing, heroin-avoiding beauty.

It's actually down to Jane Levy's Mia Allen and her drug habit that she and her friends head to a secluded cabin in the woods in the first place, with that being one more attempt to help Mia kick her habit. Not just that, but the first half of the Evil Dead remake positions Mia as the villain of the piece, as she becomes possessed and even killed off.

Upon being revived by her brother, Mia then takes on the mantle of the picture's knight in shining armour, complete with chainsaw swirling and eventually a severed hand. When the film rolls to a close with Mia as the only survivor of Evil Dead, audiences are left with something rarely associated with remakes and reboots - a want to see more, particularly with the final shot tease of Bruce Campbell's Ashley J. Williams joining the fray alongside Mia Allen.