Tag: Evil Dead
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‘Insidious: The Red Door’ Gets Surprisingly Family-Friendly Rating
It has been another spectacular year for horror, especially for big franchises like Scream and Evil Dead. The next big franchise return for 2023 is Insidious, with the fifth entry in the series Insidious: The Red Door. There are so many reasons to get excited about this legacy sequel. Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, and Ty…
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Bruce Campbell Explains Why ‘Ash vs. Evil Dead’ Was Cancelled
Fans of the Evil Dead franchise were certainly disappointed when Ash vs. Evil Dead was canceled after only running for three seasons. Now, years later, we finally have an explanation for what happened to the horror series. During an interview with Collider, Bruce Campbell, one of the biggest stars in the franchise, explained why the…
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‘Terrifier 3’s Gory Set Pieces Are Keeping Damien Leone Awake at Night
Horror is in a very amazing place right now. One could say we’re in a new horror renaissance thanks to franchises like Scream, Evil Dead, and Halloween returning in grand fashion alongside a handful of memorable original films. One slasher that took moviegoers by storm in 2022 was the endlessly blood-soaked Terrifier 2. The small…
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This ‘Shaun of the Dead’ Scene Defines Horror-Comedy
Horror comedies have long been popular among moviegoers by combining the best of both worlds. No film genres get a bigger physical reaction than the heart-pumping anxiety of horror and the deep belly laughs of comedy. If the two are combined just right, where the scares are still aplenty and not watered down by the…
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Sam Raimi Recalls Initial Reaction to ‘Evil Dead’ Title: ‘I Just Thought It Was So Stupid’
Few horror franchises have the cultural staying power that the “Evil Dead” series has enjoyed, and even fewer are able to keep their original creators in the fold for this long. While Sam Raimi handed directing duties on the upcoming “Evil Dead Rise” over to Lee Cronin and Bruce Campbell is not starring as Ash,…
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Bruce Campbell Says He’ll Return For Another ‘Evil Dead’ Movie If Sam Raimi Comes Back To Direct
The “Evil Dead” series continues with “Evil Dead Rise,” fresh off its world premiere at SXSW in Austin earlier this week. The Playlist’s critic didn’t like Lee Cronin‘s new installment (read our review here), but others elsewhere have, which bodes well for the film’s theatrical release next month. So that begs the question: will there…
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Evil Dead Rise Review: The Classic Horror Franchise Roars Back To Bloody Life [SXSW 2023]
Remember when Warner Bros financed an expensive “Blade Runner” sequel and everyone assumed it would eliminate the sharp, interesting edges of the original movie to deliver something more accessible and mainstream — and then they went and made “Blade Runner 2049,” the most “Blade Runner” movie imaginable? Well, something must be in the water at…
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Bruce Campbell Says The Evil Dead Animated Series Is Still In Development
It’s astonishing the longevity of the “Evil Dead” series, given how deliberately thin the original film’s mythology was. In Sam Raimi’s 1981 low-budget classic, “The Evil Dead,” a group of college kids, including the acerbic Ash (Bruce Campbell) hole up in a remote forest cabin for the usual reasons, when they find an evil-looking book…
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‘Army of Darkness’ Reshaped the Evil Dead Franchise Forever
Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead franchise has taken many different forms over the years, but the first time that it truly pivoted outside its cabin-in-the-woods aesthetic was in 1992’s Army of Darkness. This series would honestly have been fine by continuing to take gory, nasty trips back to the cabin, but here Raimi and company proved…
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New ‘Alien’ Movie Starts Filming Next Week in Budapest
Filming has officially begun on Fede Álvarez’s Alien project and the Evil Dead remake maestro has landed the rest of his would-be victims for the Xenomorphs to tear into. Previously, Cailee Spaeny was tapped to lead the ninth installment of the long-running sci-fi franchise, but now she’ll have David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike…