Ash vs The Evil Dead Series

[J Riff]

Lucy goes nuts in episode 5.

 

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Starz CEO Chris Albrecht offers an update on the show’s second season:

Saw the first script a couple days ago. Looks really good. Second seasons are so important for series. That’s the difference between making a movie and making a series. The cast really gelled through the first season. They appropriately got a lot of acknowledgment from the fans and press. We’re really excited. This is a series. I think it’s got the legs of a real series. The storylines and what I’ve seen on paper back that up. We’re on track for another season in 2016.

Starz Confirms Ash vs Evil Dead Season 2 Script Is In

 

[Starbeast]

Ash vs the Evil Dead​

I finally got a chance to watch the first season, thanks to a friend of mine loaning me his DVD set. It, is, AWESOME. Great horror saga. Never did I imagine that a little gore flick called the EVIL DEAD (1981) would continue to entertain for decades. It spawned sequels, video games, a musical, comics, etc. And now it has become a wild and monstrous series, with a nice sprinkling of humor (now and then).

I've been a fan of ASH (Bruce Campbell) since I first watched the original EVIL DEAD by myself in the dark on VHS.

Pardon me, I gotta go. The third season is coming and I have to see the second season right away.

Time to get more ammo, gas up the Oldsmobile and chainsaw. Oh. Can anyone translate the Necronomicon for me? I've got to end this deadite problem once and for all.

(singing) Back in the cabin, again......

Yeah. I bought this white vinyl decal. It called to me.​

 

[Droflet]

 

[clovis-man]

I once had a 1968 silver and black Olds 88. Great car. I liked it so much that I bought a 1974 Delta 88 which just happened to be the same yellow paint scheme as Ash's (His is a '73, but close enough). Great looking car, but it was a mechanical nightmare. Couldn't wait to get rid of it. Traded it in for a Toyota station wagon. That's how bad it was!

Kudos to the production team for keeping this one running!

 

[HanaBi]

Much to my chagrin, I totally overlooked this series last year (and this point of fact!) Probably because I was too engrossed in GoT to notice.

However, I have found both seasons on Kodi, so will make a point of watching every episode back2back over the next 3 or 4 weeks.

Have read the reviews both on here, IMDb and RT, and all looks very promising. So I think I'll start the balling rolling with S1E01 in a few minutes.

I need my fix of blood, gore and dark humour. Something that "The Walking Dead" doesn't always satisfy.

Bruce Campbell was born for the role of Ash!

 

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I need my fix of blood, gore and dark humour.

That you will get enough. Plus all other references to the dark arts. Ash vs Evil Dead road will lead down to hell. Literally.

 

[HanaBi]

That you will get enough. Plus all other references to the dark arts. Ash vs Evil Dead road will lead down to hell. Literally.

The first episode lived up to my expectations. Good to see Ash still playing the cool, slightly cocky, slightly naive cool guy!

Obviously the supporting characters are new to us and need a little bit of time to settle given the 30 odd minute episode format compared to a feature film. But the episode as a whole ticks a lot of boxes and has me yearning for more (which will be later tonight hopefully!)

 

[HanaBi]

well I finished Season 1 last night. Hugely impressed with most of it, but really went off the rails when one of the lead characters was killed off 6 or 7 episodes in. After that it became a bit boring really: letting gory sfx become even more gross/excessive for the lack of a coherent story.

By the end it was just a case of going through the motions: lots of shouting, copious amounts of blood, lots of staring, lots of gross violence with shotguns of chainsaws again. And the finale itself was more of a quiet relief than anything wanting me to continue watching into S2.

Bruce Campbell, is of course excellent throughout; but Lucy Lawless as Ruby was hardly all that convincing as the demonic gatekeeper and author of The Book!

I will of course tune into S2, but I just hope a better plot and the offer of some backstory for the lead characters, with less emphasis on the shock-value will make me stay to the end.

6/10

 

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letting gory sfx become even more gross/excessive for the lack of a coherent story.

Exactly the point why this series isn't ever going to be a treat for the mass audience. They could had done so, so much more with the story. But to be honest, for Raimi and Campbell to be in this production Ash vs Evil Dead stays true to their vision of the character. As a core and horror production this show has done it very well it, but as something more than a dark comedy I'm like you. I'm hesitant to give it glowing reviews or even promote outside core horror audience.

 

[HanaBi]

Well I'm 3 episodes into S2 and it's more of the same in terms of all the gore and hardware, BUT it's an improvement over the last 2 or 4 episodes of S1. And I have to say the support guys in Kelly and Pablo are becoming more into the show; more so Kelly, who is incredibly funny, but also has a badass attitude that is really quite a bonus.

It does amaze me, however, how our mad-bad trio manage to get through all this manic fighting with barely a scratch! One minute they're getting thrown across rooms, slamming into walls; or being hit over the head with crowbars and covered in gallons of blood. And yet afterwards, they just walk away as if nothing had happened!

But I suppose we have to make exceptions. And if it wasn't for Campbell's magnetic charm, I would have tuned out ages ago.

Wouldn't mind drinking one of those "Pink f***'s" either, lol

Oh, and as aside, given that one of the main characters was killed in S1, why aren't the police still after Ash?

 

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Oh, and as aside, given that one of the main characters was killed in S1, why aren't the police still after Ash?

For having a mass killer status, why isn't federal agencies studying Ash? Necronomican should be known to some special agent at the basement of FBI.

 

[HanaBi]

One would have thought someone in authority would have been in hot pursuit given the number of bodies strewn across S1 and S2 thus far? That and all the weird "paranormal" behaviour inside and outside of properties.

However, my wife (who isn't a fan of the show!) questioned me earlier today, asking why I found all this "sick violence" so appealing? For example one demon comes to grief on the end of a meat slicing machine; a victim gets smashed repeatedly into a tow-bar; another victim ends up being thrown into a ceiling fan! And then there's all the disembowelments and beheadings. She asked do I have sadistic streak for wanting to watch such gross scenes?

A difficult question, and even though the simple retort would be "it's only television!" one does have to ask why we are so interested in seeing other <fictional> people suffer so appallingly!

But anyway, onward towards E5

 

[clovis-man]

And if it wasn't for Campbell's magnetic charm, I would have tuned out ages ago.

Which is why I quit early into to season 2. Bruce is fun, but I can only tolerate so much gore, blood and slime.

 

[HanaBi]

Which is why I quit early into to season 2. Bruce is fun, but I can only tolerate so much gore, blood and slime.

Well I managed to get to the end of S2. Quite a few little surprises along the way too. However, I don't know if its because I've been watching every episode of both seasons back2back over the last 2 or 3 weeks, but I do feel rather jaded with OTT sfx and action sequences. Admittedly there was a slightly more rounded plot to hang onto this time round, but you had to fight through all the blood and gore to stay focused. In fact one of my favourite S2 episodes was called "Delusion", with Ash in an asylum. I enjoyed that because it was character-driven first, action and gore second. And yet on IMDb it has a relatively low rating compared to other S2 episodes (8.1 currently)

But I have to remember this is dark comedy rather than serious horror: all very tongue-in-cheek, and a certain suspension-of-disbelief is mandatory here. That said, I hope the producers don't flog this franchise to death! The ending to S2 suggested otherwise, and am now thinking this is all getting a bit silly now. Will probably make an effort when S3 comes round, but I think the magic has already left this show.

6/10

 

[Harpo]

 

[BAYLOR]

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A Lego Evil Dead film . Now that could be fun. !