I enjoyed this so much that it makes me feel silly for never seeing any of the classic Universal Monsters films before now.

It's got wonderfully atmospheric sets and B&W cinematography, entertaining and innovative special effects, and a cast full of excellent performances (especially Ernest Thesinger as the amusingly macabre Doctor Pretorius and of course Boris Karloff as the monster). The comic relief (especially Una O'Connor as a high-strung chambermaid) is occasionally grating, but it's so overwhelmed by the awesomeness…

I've got way too many feelings (all of them positive) stirring around inside of me having just seen this phenomenally entertaining remake/tribute to write a proper review, so I'm just going to list some of the many things I love about it.

I love...

1. ...the fact that it pays significant tribute to both 1981's landmark EVIL DEAD and 1987's absurdly creative EVIL DEAD II, in a number of interesting ways while also containing many great surprises of its own.…

This movie is so overly familiar, overly discussed, and omnipresent, and I've seen it so many times in the last 19 (!!!) years, that it's easy to take for granted or be "tired of it." So it's a good thing that whenever I actually watch it, it takes all of about five seconds to be reminded of how utterly amazing and perfect it is, and how it STILL feels completely fresh and like it hasn't aged a day.

I remember…