It was the summer of 1992, during my school holidays, when I first saw “the ultimate experience in grueling horror.” About nine and a half years had gone by since Sam Raimi’s ‘The Evil Dead’ had its first British cinema release in 1982. It had also been nine years since it was one of the first films to get a ‘video nasty’ label in the United Kingdom.
Few movies possess enough sheer goofball power to make Army of Darkness look like a chamber drama, and though Bruce Campbell's ultra-meta sophomore directorial effort, My Name Is Bruce, may not go quite that far over the top in delivering the kind of slapstick mayhem that's made Campbell one of cult fandom's hottest commodities, it comes damn close.
Before I begin, you should know that today is not Sam Raimi’s birthday (The Spider-Man director was born on October 23rd). But that doesn’t make a special Birthday wish/resentment from James Franco any less funny. Funny or Die has a great sketch playing off Franco’s mirror scene with Willem Dafoe in Spider-Man 2 and 3. And playing Willem Dafoe: the brilliant Bill Hader. The sketch is goofy, fun, and it’s sad/hilarious to see a little post-it on Franco’s dressing room mirror that reads “Spider Man 4??” Also, I think this sketch features the first reference to Crimewave ever.
This is a very special episode as James from TheDriedBloodPodcast.com comes on to discuss the Evil Dead Trilogy. Join us in this very lengthy show as we discuss Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2, and Bruce Campbell vs The Army Of Darkness. The beginning of the show Tyler and Emilie discuss the Nightmare On Elm Street remake, Avatar, and The Collector. Music in this show is by Jackie Moon, 40 Below Summer, 36 Crazyfists, and Valient Thorr. Send us some feedback to allmyheroeswearmasks@gmail.com or call 206-600-4762 Thanks to everyone that is listening and another big THANKS to James.
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Info:The New Loud gives a nod to director Sam Raimi with their new music video, 'Get Lost'. 'Get Lost' has the band being captured, escaping and running for their lives through a catacomb of hallways by a possessed set of musical instruments. Director jacenK shot the video 'Evil Dead' style using no CG on location in a mixed-use skyscraper in downtown Chicago. 'Get Lost' is the first video to have The New Loud in both non-performance and performance roles.
Last night I chatted with the always entertaining Sam Raimi at the 2010 Saturn Awards, at which the director's Drag Me to Hell won Best Horror Film. Raimi had a few words to say to me and several other journalists about his anticipated film version of L. Frank Baum's Oz books, as well as whether or not he'll return again to horror, and the chance he'll direct an Evil Dead 4.
On the premature announcement that he'll be helming the Oz film…
I'm talking with Disney and producer Joe Roth about the possibility of doing it. But that's where it's at right now. I think sometimes the news jumps the gun. They hear that somebody's in discussions and they want to report that it's happened. But it hasn't actually happened yet. I'm hoping it will… We've been talking about the possibility of it coming together and I hope it can.
On whether or not he'll return once more to horror…
If I have something that excites me, something that I can bring something to, then yes. If I don't, then no. That's how I know I want to direct a picture. If it excites me and I love it, I get to the set and I know where everything should be. I know where the camera should be. I know what's important about [a] moment, because I understand it and I'm in love with it. And if an actor misses it, I can describe it to him very specifically. But if I don't love something, if I don't understand it thoroughly, I don't really understand how to direct the scene, because I don't understand what's so great about it or what is supposed to be highlighted or diminished in some way. I can't explain to him about the hidden meaning in something if I don't really love it inside and out and understand it.
On whether or not he'll direct a fourth Evil Dead…
I'd love to make one, but I just don't know what the future holds.
Still 6 years old and I’m already hooked on The Evil Dead and yearn for more! The date was March 13, 1987 and Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn was just released into US cinemas. It was a significant date, not only because Evil Dead II was out, but because it was a Friday! How cool would it have been to say that I saw the Evil Dead sequel on Friday the 13th? All of my 6 year old friends would be jealous!
Last year, while writing for another publication, I'd written a piece entitled A TOAST TO TED RAIMI. Soon after, Raimi himself had seen the piece and made contact. What follows is an interview conducted in the summer of 2009, temporarily lost - but now available once more...
It's kind of hard being excited for Evil Dead news anymore, especially considering it's the same old non-news we've been hearing from director Sam Raimi over and over again for the past several years. But if you're into having carrots dangled just out of your reach on a regular basis, you can read on for the little he had to say - after winning the Saturn Award for Best Horror Movie on Thursday night - about both the long-rumored Evil Dead remake and the status of Evil Dead 4. Just to warn you...it's slim pickings.
Evil Dead: The Musical is one of those cult shows that we might start seeing from plucky little theaters all over the area. Grapevine's Ohlook Performing Arts actually staged it in 2009 before Dallas' Level Ground Arts gave it a more high-profile local staging last year, and Ohlook is reviving it again, with late-night shows (that are selling out), running through the end of August.
At tonight’s Saturn Awards here in Los Angeles I had the chance to talk to Sam Raimi on the red carpet. While he’s been rumored to be doing Oz as his next project, when I spoke to him, all he wanted to talk about was World of Warcraft. From the way he spoke, the man is really into the game and it sounded like that’s the project he really wants to do as his next film. I also asked him about the rumors that he could be directing The Hobbit. He seemed to think those were just online rumors and nothing more.
After accidentally overdosing on a sleeping potion concocted using texts from the Necronomicon, Ash awakens to find himself in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by nuclear war...
~Saved just before exiting the vault. Enjoy!
Evil Ash is a villain in the Evil Dead movies and is none other than Ash Williams himself, or - to be more accurate - the dark-half of Ash's personality given corporeal form by the evil spirits that he has spent his life battling (known as Deadites in the series).
Evil Ash began his "life" as an entity known as Bad Ash, who appeared out of a mirror during the events of Evil Dead II and proceeded to torment his heroic counterpart - trying to drive him mad - indeed the whole Bad Ash scenario was suggestive of Ash beginning to lose his sanity and could arguably be seen as Ash battling his inner-demons on a literal level.
At any rate after a confrontation of two Bad Ash is "killed" by the original Ash and is never heard of again until the plot of Army Of Darkness - by which time Bad Ash resurrected himself as the more powerful Evil Ash, this incarnation was completely immortal and made himself the leader of the Deadite armies in direct opposition to his heroic counterpart - who was reluctantly acting as a hero to a medieval army of his own (due to time-travel related mishaps).
The zombies in Evil Dead: The Musical never die, and neither, it seems, will the subgenre to which this campfest belongs. But if the postmodern musical must go on — and apparently, at all costs, it must — then it should do so with the passion of this charming new production at Nearly Naked Theatre.
The year was 1981 and a small movie by the name of The Evil Dead was released to the public. Did I see it on release day? Of course not! I was only 1-year old at the time! Fast forward about five years later and the year is 1986 when I was 5¾ years old. It was June 10th, my older brother’s 7th birthday “bash” and, as my parents would do to ease the anticipations of a horde of 7 & 8 year olds eager to see what gifts my brother received, they suggested we watch a movie.
From 1981, this is an ORIGINAL studio issued film still (photograph) to Evil Dead. Measuring in at the standard size of 8 X 10 inches, the overall condition is mint old stock. NO pinholes. NO cello tape. NO tears.
More In The Attic does not appear on the actual item itself.
We couldn't let Bruce Campbell's birthday pass by without giving a shout-out to the star of The Evil Dead and Bubba Ho-Tep—who also happens to have the greatest chin in show business!Click here to print out SCI FI Wire's full-sized labels for Bruce Campbell's Soup, wrap them around four cans, and pretty soon you'll be gobbling down bowls of Gumbo Ho-Tep, Cream of Darkness and more.
Happy Birthday BC! Hail to the King, Baby!
All the coolest Evil Dead T-shirts we could find on the web, grouped by merchant. Check out those dark Evil Dead tees! Also see our Army of Darkness T-shirts selection.
A black and white graphite pencil portrait of Bruce Campbell ( well known for the Evil Dead movies and Army of Darkness ). In inches it is 18 by 24 and it is in a black frame. It is in perfect condition, placed in the frame as soon as it was completed. It is very detailed and signed by the artist ( myself ). It is the original copy, one of a kind.
No copyright infringement intended! I watched a version of Within the Woods and the quality was just awful. But I liked the idea and decided to parody like a play. All rights are to Sam Raimi for without him, I would never have an imagination.
Damon Dering is the King of Camp.
It's certainly not the only thing that Nearly Naked Theatre's artistic director does well. But as a onetime plus-size drag queen whose theatrical vision was inspired by his devotion to "The Rocky Horror Show," camp is in his bones.
Of course, a theater company cannot live on "Rocky Horror" alone, but there are plenty of post-"Rocky" musicals that aspire to the same level of naughty subversion and joyful absurdity.
A few, such as the Nearly Naked hit "Bat Boy: The Musical," reach those heights. Others, including the current season-closing "Evil Dead: The Musical," based on the cult films by Sam Raimi, are a bit more paint-by-numbers. Lots of laughs, but nothing to really challenge either the King of Camp or his audience.
It's the 1990s and the Book of the Dead has just become the New York Time's bestseller. Oprah recommends it. Of course, Oprah's a deadite twin, but she was on TV long enough to tell the gullible masses about how great a book about sacrificing people to demons is. And of course, said gullible masses lap it up like the tripe-reading sheep they are.
One reading of the book caused mass havoc at Knowby's cabin and left several people dead. Imagine kids and adults everywhere reading the book out loud and opening portals to hell all across the globe.
You are bidding on a 1973 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Sam Raimi Evil Dead replica car. This tan and white 88 Oldsmobile is predominately featured the movie Evil Dead and Army of Darkness. This restored classic looks exactly like the hero car used in both movies driven by Bruce Campbell (aka Ash Williams). This pristine museum quality replica car has undergone several repairs and is in perfect driving condition. The car comes with extensive extras and spare parts.
This is the trailer for the following three films, where we will see Ash's son, (John Williams) address for the last time the forces of evil! must destroy a couple of the Necronomicon Ex Mortis, discovered by his father after the incident in the S-Mart!
Painting 'Ash' for fun after completing Evil Dead regeneration :D
Made in 1978, the thirty-minute film was created to sell investors on the idea of Evil Dead. After gathering 1,600 dollars, a much younger Bruce Campbell, and a few dozen buckets of fake blood and latex, the gang went to some farm during Wintertime to film what'd hopefully lead to a project of a much bigger scope.
Bruce Campbell Panel. It takes place at Wizard World Philadelphia Comic Book Convention on June 12th 2010. This is part 1 of 5, with a total running time with all five parts is approx. 43 mins. Most of you know him for his character Ash from Evil Dead. He is currently on the hit cable series Burn Notice.
One may think that a gory cult classic horror film like Evil Dead 2 and a family based home shopping network like QVC may be next to impossible to link in six degrees or less, but one would be quite wrong.
Vulture has learned that Sam Raimi has been offered the director's chair for Disney’s Oz, the Great and Powerful, a prequel to the 1939 MGM classic The Wizard of Oz. Sam Mendes and Adam Shankman had both been speculated as contenders for the job, but insiders tell us that Raimi received the official offer earlier this morning. The project is written by Mitchell Kapner (The Whole Nine Yards, Romeo Must Die), and Joe Roth — who, of course, used to run Disney's studio back in the 1990s — is producing; Disney wants to start filming sometime this year. It's unclear if Raimi will accept: Last July, he was hired by Warner Bros.-based Legendary Pictures to develop a film based on the wildly popular World of Warcraft video game, with the plan being that he'd shoot it after he finished a fourth Spider-Man film at Sony. Of course, in January it became clear that Raimi would not be directing Spider-Man 4, leaving his next picture an open question.
BRUCE CAMPBELL SIGNING
Bruce Campbell will be holding his signing at Booth 103. We will have a special line for Bruce Campbell VIP Ticket Holders.
Wizard Entertainment and Philadelphia Comic Con reserve the right to limit the number of autographs per attendee, and cap the line at any time.
SATURDAY
3pm - 6pm - Bruce Campbell
When it comes to geek entertainment, Westerns usually don't rank high on the list. Unless you're a film geek, the Western is a fossil, a symbol of a bygone era. But add a touch of science fiction, a dash of Steam Punk, the future co-creator of Lost, the future show runner of Warehouse 13 and a heaping portion of cult icon Bruce Campbell, and you don't just have a Western, you have the geekiest Western this side of the Rio Grande: The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.
My Little Pony Ash from Evil Dead. Included: Chainsaw hoof,Boom stick and NECRONOMICON! HAIL TO THE KING BABY!
Years ago, in a different life I was working at Blockbuster video. A man came in and was buying a number of DVDs – one being Darkman. I rang up the purchases and he gave me a credit card. The name on the card read Samuel Raimi. I looked at the man, the card and the man again, “Are you… Sam Raimi?”
Sam Raimi was in my store buying his own film on DVD. I asked him why he couldn’t get a copy from the studio. He said it was just easier to buy it himself.
Head over to the features page to see a new page, an Evil Dead trilogy props reference guide, which draws together the various memorable props from The Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, & Army Of Darkness, along with their possible availability as originals & replicas.
Some among you reading it, may know alot about subjects such as firearms, cars, or antique clocks, so if you have any additional information or corrections about the items listed, or you want to request an additional item be researched and added to the list, please get in touch.
Anchor Bay Home Entertainment has announced a Blu-ray release of The Evil Dead for August 31st. Retail will be around $29.97. As well as a new hi-def transfer supervised and approved by director Sam Raimi, the Blu-ray release will include an all-new commentary with director Bruce Campbell, producer Robert Tapert, and star Bruce Campbell, behind the scenes footage and outtakes, talent bios, a poster and still gallery, and more.
