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Evil Dead franchise: Evil Dead Rise in April
joshofalltrades
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What's The Evil Dead?
Only some of the most enjoyable cult horror/comedy films of all time.
What started out as an unintentionally campy horror film gradually became intentionally campy horror films, taking influences from The Three Stooges, of all things:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awrem5pfhBk
So what's going on with this new show?
This is a show you should watch, because it looks like they are taking everything you should love about this franchise and making more of it. Any doubts I had over whether Sam Raimi was going to keep the original spirit of the horror/comedy blend have vanished.
EDIT:
So, Season 1 was wall-to-wall gore awesome. And now, Season 2 is coming this October. Have a teaser!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsf6ZAnPpUE
Only some of the most enjoyable cult horror/comedy films of all time.
What started out as an unintentionally campy horror film gradually became intentionally campy horror films, taking influences from The Three Stooges, of all things:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Awrem5pfhBkSo what's going on with this new show?
Campbell is reprising his role as Ash, the stock boy, aging lothario, and chainsaw-handed monster hunter who has spent the last 30 years avoiding responsibility, maturity, and the terrors of the Evil Dead. When a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind, Ash is finally forced to face his demons – personal and literal. Destiny, it turns out, has no plans to release the unlikely hero from its “Evil” grip.
The cast is led by Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead, “Burn Notice”) in the role of Ash Williams; Lucy Lawless (“Salem,” “Spartacus”) as Ruby, a mysterious figure who believes Ash is the cause of the Evil outbreaks; Ray Santiago (“Touch,” Meet the Fockers) as Pablo Simon Bolivar, an idealistic immigrant who becomes Ash’s loyal sidekick; Dana DeLorenzo (A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas) as Kelly Maxwell, a moody wild child trying to outrun her past; and Jill Marie Jones (“Sleepy Hollow”) as Amanda Fisher, a disgraced Michigan State Trooper set to find our anti-hero Ash and prove his responsibility in the grisly murder of her partner.
This is a show you should watch, because it looks like they are taking everything you should love about this franchise and making more of it. Any doubts I had over whether Sam Raimi was going to keep the original spirit of the horror/comedy blend have vanished.
EDIT:
So, Season 1 was wall-to-wall gore awesome. And now, Season 2 is coming this October. Have a teaser!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsf6ZAnPpUE
Yo, D&D.
Come get some.
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i am that dog right now
Army of Darkness was always my favorite in the series, with Evil Dead 2 close behind. The blend of horror and humor is what makes this franchise, and I hope they build it upon that instead of heading purely in one direction or the other.
I hope this is more than a little mini-series.
is he still skinny Bruce Campbell? I haven't seen a picture of him lately.
AND WHY ARE WE THE ONLY TWO TALKING ABOUT THIS!?
I thought this same thing but the remake was actually pretty damn good. I immediately wanted to see it again and it sort of stuck with me for a few days. But, there's no accounting for taste so YMMV.
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Well, I'm sure I'll get around to it. It's just that every time I think about watching it, I realize I could be watching ED2 or Army of Darkness instead. :P
Hail to the King!
So, probably not going to happen.
I wonder what network would be best for this series. FX? AMC?
Cartoon Network.
Six seasons and a movie canceled in six episodes.
The 2010s are like an 80's action renaissance.
CW, it'll be a spinoff of Supernatural.
Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
It's a tradition that making an Evil Dead movie is an absolutely traumatizing experience for everybody involved.
edit: Wait I saw more than that, I saw him meet Lou Ferrigno like a foot in front of me. Well separated by a security person but still, that was cool.
I legitimately thought that dog was going to shit a brick.
Because that's what I did.
Did he smell like Old Spice?
This is important, damn it!
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Hopefully cable. I want my over-the-top comedy gore.
Another thing I hope they do is ignore Raimi and Campbell's preferred Army of Darkness ending (post-apocalypse) in favor of the one with the better potential for drama/comedy (S-Mart/"Hail to the King, baby").
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Yeah, it'd be better for the show if it was on a cable channel or maybe even as a Netflix show. It needs room to breathe and do horrible things to people without worrying about censors going "NOPE."
ABC Family Presents: The Evil Dead.
Best part is you know The Chin will get to direct a few episodes.
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The hero in no way deserved to be the hero. It wasn't earned. The movie was okay until the "twist", at which point it was pretty much ruined for me.
I disagree that it wasn't earned. They went through a lot for the "hero" (i.e. potential survivor) to come forth. I would even say that the arc is similar to other entries in the franchise.
I think it's pretty boring if the hero always turns out to be the person you think it's going to be all along.
The hero being a surprise is fine. So long as they're in more than a quarter to a third of the movie.
? The survivor was introduced at the start of the movie and was a major mover of the plot the whole way through.
It's not on Netflix is it.
She does nothing except kill other characters and then get brought back to life.
Not to mention the movie didn't follow it's own logic, which is a problem since it used said logic to try and pull the twist at the end.
Disagree. Every rule that the movie put in place was followed at some point. I recall that this got analyzed to death when it first came out.
I also don't think that a movie like this you "earn" being the last survivor. "Hero" is such an inappropriate term when everybody else dies. She suffers, gets possessed, kills, dies, and is purified... then she ends the threat. Last I checked, redeemed "villains" are still allowed to kill the bad guy.
How? In a narrative, things like that have to be earned for it to have any impact. Its the reason you can't build up a character and then kill them in a way that doesn't progress the plot even more. Even Game of Thrones follows that.
You can't build up a plot and then cut it off without resolution, just like you can't have a payoff without any actual buildup.
The Evil Dead remake has zero buildup to deserve the "hero" getting to wield the chainsaw ala Ash. It was meant to reflect Ash, and the character did not in any way earn (with the audience) the right to be likened to Ash.