Ash vs Evil Dead

Many Evil Dead fans had been waiting impatiently for the next entry in the series since the final scene in Army of Darkness.

After what appeared to be another doomed project stuck in development hell we finally got the 2013 remake of Evil Dead.

I actually thought the remake was fantastic, it was well shot, well cast and it was extremely tense. Unfortunately it was not well received due to the absence of the greatest chin to ever come out of Royal Oak Michigan. That’s right baby, Bruce Campbell!

When word got out that Evil Dead was coming back, as a series, on cable, with Groovy Bruce I was immediately sold. Cable [or VOD] is a perfect platform for an Evil Dead series. Blood, guts and gore, the trifecta which makes this series great.

One of the challenges with a project like this is where do you pick up after Army of Darkness? How has Ash J Williams’ life continued since his last battle with Deadites?

We find Ash [still] working in Customer Service, looking for the next party and living with his pet Iguana.

The series picks up quickly in classic Evil Dead fashion: Ash does something stupid which fucks everything up, some of his buddies get caught in his mess and a lot of blood starts flying around.

Hail to the king, baby.

The series had some great memorable Deadites, but just when you think you have it all figured out the series throws you a curveball. It gets pretty dark at the end.

DARK.