'Evil Dead' (1980) is Raimi's low-budget gore-fest about a group of American teenage yuppies on holiday in a remote cabin in the Tennessee mountains. They discover an old book which, once they have read it, summons up all kinds of horrors: the trees come alive and so do the dead, who take over the bodies of the living.
In 'Evil Dead 2' (1987) a young couple chance upon the same remote Tennessee cabin as in the original, unleashing the forces of evil with horrific consequences for themselves and their friends. The only survivor, Ash (Bruce Campbell, who also starred in the first film), deranged after having to dismember his possessed, dead girlfriend, fights back with a chainsaw.
Whilst 'Army of Darkness - The Medieval Dead' (1992) is the third in the series. Ash (Campbell) and his chainsaw are transported back in time to the 14th century via an evil book. In his attempts to return to the present he has to battle skeletons and Dark Age warriors, as well as romancing a medieval damsel.
Having trouble finding the transfer review from that link :/
89quidyoucantgowrong
28 Oct 152#4
I'm alright now.
summerof76
28 Oct 151#5
Heat added
cacaman123
28 Oct 151#6
Thank you i had points expiring in a few days and couldnt find anything i wanted very happy with this now :smiley:
stub20000
29 Oct 151#7
ordered, cheers
bayley26
29 Oct 15#8
Such an awesome film, is it in 3d
fishmaster
29 Oct 151#9
Haha cheesy effects, you can see they just pushed the floorboard to make the effect. Also Evil Dead was released in 1981 not 1980. Hot deal regardless. Is the tree rape scene censored/removed in this version? Sam Raimi mentioned he regretted that scene.
Spitfire32
29 Oct 15#10
Have this on DVD. Worth the upgrade to this Blu-Ray set?
reddragon105 to Spitfire32
29 Oct 151#15
Yes - the transfers are excellent. Also the Army of Darkness disc contains both the theatrical and director's cuts - although, sadly, the director's cut is only in SD. (Your DVD is probably the director's cut, so that will just be the same here, although at least they've done a good job with the theatrical cut and it's interesting to watch them both for the differences.)
It reminds me a little bit of Reaper - that TV show with the devil that no one watched, although I had a soft spot for it. I know Evil Dead came first, and I always thought the Reaper characters working at a hardware store was a bit of an Evil Dead reference, but Ash vs Evil Dead looks like it might be working with the same TV formula that Reaper had so I'm confident it will work as a TV series! Except better than Reaper because it has Sam Raimi at the helm and being on Starz gives them the freedom to be as ridiculously over the top with the gore as they want. Also it's re-teaming Bruce Campbell up with Lucy Lawless so what's not to like?
violentj
29 Oct 15#11
just in time for ash vs evil dead TV show.
Spitfire32
29 Oct 151#12
[quote=violentj]just in time for ash vs evil dead TV show.[/quote
Seen somewhere that the show apparently has already been renewed for a second series!.. :sunglasses:
Jes1 to Spitfire32
29 Oct 151#13
If I funded it, I would renew it based on the trailer alone :smile: I'm stupidly excited for it.
Bazallworks
29 Oct 15#14
Are these good quality / versions of the films. I've heard some versions of the blu rays are crap and you need to be careful what version you buy.
Spitfire32
29 Oct 15#16
In agreement of the trailer making me think it's gonna be a belter of a series.
It will be interesting to see what Rami does with the series after all these years.. Is he at the helm of directing all the episodes?
Lord vader
29 Oct 15#17
Hated it so much that its even more graphic in the remake he produced.....
fishmaster
29 Oct 15#18
I remember seeing a documentary where he said he regretted it, ah well whatever makes you money.
Jes1
29 Oct 15#19
I had never heard of reaper, checked out a trailer and it looks pretty good! might try and find a copy of the first season for cheap.
reddragon105
29 Oct 15#20
I originally heard about it because Kevin Smith directed the pilot - I listen to his podcasts and he talked about doing it and I liked the sound of it so I checked it out. Wasn't sure whether I liked it or not at first but it grew on me so I was a bit sad when it was cancelled. I was a fan of Tyler Labine from the show Invasion (and he's since been in Tucker and Dale vs Evil, which is a great comedy horror) but the whole show is worth watching just for Ray Wise as the devil!
iNSPO
29 Oct 15#21
Trying to use the code and when trying to Checkout, I get the message "Please enter a valid voucher code and try again."
I've tried several times with the code OCTPAYDAY2.
The discount is applied during Checkout but it doesn't complete the purchase. Anyone else?
skidster to iNSPO
30 Oct 15#22
The correct code is octpayday3 I believe. Just placed my order using this one and went through ok.
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Transfer review below.
A trilogy of spine-chillers from Sam Raimi.
'Evil Dead' (1980) is Raimi's low-budget gore-fest about a group of American teenage yuppies on holiday in a remote cabin in the Tennessee mountains. They discover an old book which, once they have read it, summons up all kinds of horrors: the trees come alive and so do the dead, who take over the bodies of the living.
In 'Evil Dead 2' (1987) a young couple chance upon the same remote Tennessee cabin as in the original, unleashing the forces of evil with horrific consequences for themselves and their friends. The only survivor, Ash (Bruce Campbell, who also starred in the first film), deranged after having to dismember his possessed, dead girlfriend, fights back with a chainsaw.
Whilst 'Army of Darkness - The Medieval Dead' (1992) is the third in the series. Ash (Campbell) and his chainsaw are transported back in time to the 14th century via an evil book. In his attempts to return to the present he has to battle skeletons and Dark Age warriors, as well as romancing a medieval damsel.
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Same here - also stupidly excited for it! I've been watching the trailer on repeat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unnLg1TPCYM
It reminds me a little bit of Reaper - that TV show with the devil that no one watched, although I had a soft spot for it. I know Evil Dead came first, and I always thought the Reaper characters working at a hardware store was a bit of an Evil Dead reference, but Ash vs Evil Dead looks like it might be working with the same TV formula that Reaper had so I'm confident it will work as a TV series! Except better than Reaper because it has Sam Raimi at the helm and being on Starz gives them the freedom to be as ridiculously over the top with the gore as they want. Also it's re-teaming Bruce Campbell up with Lucy Lawless so what's not to like?
Seen somewhere that the show apparently has already been renewed for a second series!.. :sunglasses:
It will be interesting to see what Rami does with the series after all these years.. Is he at the helm of directing all the episodes?
I've tried several times with the code OCTPAYDAY2.
The discount is applied during Checkout but it doesn't complete the purchase. Anyone else?