The release of this disc coincides perfectly with the fact that i just finished reading bruce campbells autobiography, if chins could kill. Eli roth will direct the death wish sequel while bruce willis. One major deleted scene myth worth debunking is that some. Death wish wasnt what most would consider a horror film, but its a pretty damn dark revenge piece, and thats just the kind of film that freely flirts with the genre. For roth its down and away from meg dammit, dammit, dammit. The final moments of the film included a brief appearance from bruce willis as the character david dunn, who was the protagonist of 2000s unbreakable. Night shyamalans glass trailer gets even closer, were getting a new teaser for the film, this time centering on bruce willis unbreakable character, david dunn. The absurdity of the original is not altogether lost, however, as this new reimagining amplifies the gory violence to such an elaborately silly scale that the shock of seeing.
The series revolves around the necronomicon exmortis, an ancient sumerian text which wreaks havoc upon a group of cabin inhabitants in a wooded area in tennessee. Horror art, bruce campbell evil dead, ash evil dead, comic book printing, pop art posters. If this remake of the evil dead had tried to recapture the campy tone of the. The evil dead 2 book of the dead 2 limited edition. Mike sprague last year we were hit with the double whammy of starz canceling ash vs evil dead and bruce campbell retiring from. This book of the dead edition the original title for evil dead was book of the dead makes the third the evil dead some kind of special edition or other dvd ive purchased. A rebootmake of cult classic the evil dead with heavy sprinklings of its culter classicker. Walter bruce willis was born on march 19, 1955, in. It had been confirmed that a remake would be made of the evil dead. The evil dead remake is coming out and its buzz is growing louder than i was expecting. When they discover a book of the dead, they unwittingly summon up.
Unfortunately, after finding the book of the dead and a record of the cabins previous owner, which reads the forbidden passages within the book out loud, an evil force is once again awakened. At this time, i have no plans to write about the third film of the series army of darkness, or the 20 remake or. Paul kersey, a surgeon who blazes a bloody trail of retribution after burglars put his daughter in a coma and his wife in the morgue. Book of the dead 2 edition also promises viewers the best presentation yet. I think bruce campbell himself said that he liked what they were doing so far. Mgm just unloaded the first trailer for their remake of death wish, which was directed by none other than eli roth hostel, cabin fever, green inferno. This is the evil dead mythos through the torture porn imagery made popular by saw.
First look at bruce willis in glass emerges horror. Bruce campbell believes evil dead has a future without ash josh millican aug 19, 2018. A relentless, ghastly, and jubilant phantasmagoria of nightmares, the evil dead remake is a boisterous, outing that lives up to the cartoonish spirit of the sam raimi cult classic but does away with much of the humor. It was also said that the movie would be about a group of teenagers that go to the cabin and find the book, and the similarities with the original would end there. Bruce campbell is the lord and savior of ash vs evil dead. Bruce campbells time with the evil dead franchise might be over, but much like many of the series characters themselves, the series could come back from the dead for a new film. Theres only one ash and thats bruce campbell, trying to replacerecast him is suicide, pure and simple. Thats why he chose to only direct the pilot episode of this season, and if given the chance to come back for a second season he would only direct one episode of that, too. Sam raimis 1981 culthit the evil dead gets the remake treatment. In the evil dead 2, there is a scene involving a woman and an animated tree, but the scene is less graphic and licentious. It would have been produced by bruce campbell and sam raimi, but was not to include the ash character. Bruce willis makes more wisecracks and nicholas sparks cashes another check.
No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Where evil dead 2 and army of darkness show a blend of horror and comedy, evil dead 1 seems to be two separate movies. Posts about evil dead written by staciellyn chapman. Raimi and bruce campbellthe lanternjawed star of the original evil dead and its followups, evil dead ii and army of darknessserve as coproducers and handpicked the director alvarez, a. Bruce campbells ash williams had finally returned, this time in weekly episodic form, and all seemed perfect since it had been over a decade since army of darkness hit theaters. Bruce willis has a death wish in blistering new trailer. Sam raimi wants bruce campbell to return for evil dead. The freshlyminted, digitaltodigital transfer is highlydetailed with excellent clarity of the aged furniture in the cabin and clean, resolute lines in the surrounding. Look, its bruce willis in eli roths death wish remake.
A man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident. The evil deads original director, sam raimi, might have made a killing in the movie business and as a tv producer, but when it comes to actually directing tv episodes his experience is a bit more limited. The evil dead dvd, 2002, the book of the dead edition. In this sequelremake of the original evil dead, a group of people are trapped in a. Horror art, bruce campbell evil dead, ash evil dead, comic book printing, pop art. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search.
Sumerian book of the dead called the necronomicon exmortis, and. Bruce campbell still fighting evil dead on tv this. I said to bruce and rob, lets remake evil dead with fede alvarez, my friend. New evil dead movie may shoot later this year teases bruce. Unmade sequel to the evil dead remake was set to bring. Director fede alvarez and his writing partner rodo sayagues broke onto the scene with their impressive apocalyptic short film, panic attack. This is a wikipedia book, a collection of wikipedia articles that can be easily saved, imported by an external electronic rendering service, and ordered as a printed book. In the much anticipated remake of the 1981 culthit horror film, five twentysomething friends become holed up in a remote cabin. Campbell made an appearance that may allude to his. Bruce lorne campbell born june 22, 1958 is an american actor, voice actor, producer, writer and director. Evil dead 20 reimagines the story first made famous by sam raimis oz the great and powerful 1981 cultclassic flick, the evil dead. There have been comic books galore, endless swirling rumors of. The evil dead originally released as book of the dead is a 1981 american supernatural slasher film written and directed by sam raimi and executive produced by raimi and bruce campbell, who also starred alongside ellen sandweiss and betsy baker.
And since both come in a book of the dead dvd case, with great art work in the pages, these movies should be the crown jewel in any horror fans collection. I cannot wait to see what they will be doing with a far bigger budget. The interesting part to me is the point at which the film switches from type a bmovie horror to type b. Settling into the cabin, linda denise bixler suggests that ash bruce campbell turn on a tape recorder hes found, which proves to be a mistake, in evil dead 2, 1987. May 14, 2019 bruce campbell confirms more evil dead on the way may 14, 2019 by. Mar 27, 2009 it had been confirmed that a remake would be made of the evil dead. A very young bruce campbell bruce campbell evil dead, bruce. Book of the dead is bound to attract fans for its amazing cover package alone, but the disc itself delivers more goods for your money than ever beforemore on that further down. Basically every teenage boy has, at one point in time, been drawn to their television set as bruce campbells animated, wagging tongue emitted theatrical screams out of the worn speakers of their parents televisions. One of his bestknown roles is ash williams in sam raimis evil dead. The evil dead third posting in my haunted cabin series. Apr 18, 20 i get my bruce willis moment in this movie. Finally, all twentyfive copies of the book of the dead 24 years of evil dead projects, a photobook on the online store page have now sold out.
See more ideas about tattoos, evil dead 20 and image. In this sequelremake of the original evil dead, a group of people are trapped in a cabin while ancient evil lurks outside and threatens a. This evil force possesses them one by one, and before long, theres the possibility that no. Regardless of how the film is classified, its pretty damn awesome, and the remake might just be, as well. Im a sucker i know, but this is the last the evil dead dvd im going to buy. The film focuses on five college students vacationing in an isolated cabin in a remote wooded area. In this new version, a group of five victims friends travel out to a remote cabin in the woods to help mia jane levy kick her drug addiction, cold turkey. Five friends end up in a remote cabin where they find the book of. I think bruce campbell himself said that he liked what they were doing so far five friends end up in a remote cabin where they find the book of the dead. Bruce willis has signed on to star in a remake of the 1974 movie death wish, with big bad wolves directing duo at the helm.
Oct 01, 2018 the evil dead was a very low budget independent film, so the cast consisted of a bunch of unknowns, and some of them even used pseudonyms, as they were wary of the projects quality. Bruce campbell confirms more evil dead on the way may 14, 2019 by. Fede alvarez was the last filmmaker to bring the series to the franchise to the big screen with 20s evil dead. An appreciation of bruce campbells legendary evil dead character. The cast jane levy, shiloh fernandez, jessica lucas, elizabeth blackmore and lou taylor pucci. Evil dead architect sam raimi and his leading man bruce campbell are behind this new version serving as producers, and it is their choice of behindthecamera personnel that makes the remake work.
Talks for a fourth evil dead film began in 2011, with original film actor bruce campbell the possibility for a next film in the franchise. Damion damaske yesterday we reported on fede alvarez director of the evil dead remake departing. This evil dead takes itself very seriously, and in doing so kills the kind of fun i associate with these movies. Bruce campbells ash williams had finally returned, this time in weekly episodic form, and all seemed perfect since it had been over a decade since army of darkness hit theaters since then, campbell has officially retired the character after the shows cancellation and. Evil dead remake star levy talks blood, bruce and being buried. Ash vs evil dead continues the 100% enjoyment rate ive thus far experienced. The project was officially announced in july 2011, with ghost house pictures producing it, with diablo cody in the process of revising the script and fede alvarez chosen as the director. Doctor strange 2 goes fullon evil dead in multiverse of madness fan poster the evil dead 2. Mike sprague last year we were hit with the double whammy of starz canceling. Obviously, my next example is the new evil dead, that along with the rubber stamp of sam raimi and bruce. Jamie chung, audrina patridge, and rumer willis play sorority. So yeah, when an evil dead remake was first announced my reaction to it was. Evil dead on starz was a hard pill to swallow for fans of sam raimis iconic horror franchise.
Bruce willis is the grim reaper in the death wish trailer. Apr 05, 20 raimi and bruce campbellthe lanternjawed star of the original evil dead and its followups, evil dead ii and army of darknessserve as coproducers and handpicked the director alvarez, a. Settling into the cabin, linda denise bixler suggests that ash bruce campbell turn on a tape recorder hes found, which proves to be a mistake, in evil dead 2, 1987 view. Jun 09, 2009 rare trailer with book of the dead title. Raimi teased that theres a chance for the next evil dead sequel to pick up the storyline from fede alvarezs 20 remake reboot of evil dead. What comes next is a fairly straightforward tale of a peaceful man pushed to the edge, with one bad guy after another falling before the unstoppable force that is angry bruce willis.
Dead by dawn is the most fun youre likely ever going to have with a. Actor and musician bruce willis is well known for playing wisecracking or hardedged characters, often in spectacular action films. The others go off to the used book store or something. So i wanted the part a lot and i thought it would be so cool to work on a horror film. Bruce campbell is back and better than ever and the supporting cast really adds to the movie. The fourth installment in the evil dead franchise, it serves as a soft reboot and continuation of the original 1981 film.
Bruce campbell still fighting evil dead on tv this time. Evil dead debuts unto bluray with a fantastic, bloodsplattered 1080pavc mpeg4 encode that shows some stylized cinematography as well as a couple, mostly minor artifacts. Mia from the 20 evil dead remake, part of a female horror portrait leg. When sam raimi and bruce campbell made indy horror history with the relentless low budget the evil dead, you knew it was only a matter of time before a sequel was to be churned out and in this case the sequel turned out to be almost more of a remake, than an actual follow up film but who cares.
The release of this disc coincides perfectly with the fact that i just finished reading bruce campbells autobiography, if. Eli roth will direct the death wish sequel while bruce. The film we now know as the evil dead was the culmination of a great many filmic experiments undergone by writer director sam raimi, his brothers ivan. It is a soft reboot of the first film in the evil dead franchise, acting loosely as a sequel to the original series, and therefore the fourth instalment in the series overall. The film stars jane levy, shiloh fernandez, lou taylor pucci.
Jul 16, 2015 the legalities surrounding the evil dead franchise are a little confusing, since the movie rights are scattered among various studios, but since the trailer showed clips from both the evil dead and evil dead ii its safe to assume that ash vs evil dead isnt completely cut off from the source material. Campbell produced the remake of the evil dead, along with raimi and rob tapert. Evil dead is an american supernatural horror film franchise created by sam raimi consisting of four feature films and a television series. Off hand, the best recent horror remake i can name in my opinion is. Evil dead ii workprint commonly available on bootleg websites, the evil dead ii workprint dvd isnt the full film, however. The evil dead was a very low budget independent film, so the cast consisted of a bunch of unknowns, and some of them even used pseudonyms, as they were wary of the projects quality. Then you add in bruce willis, ving rhames, christopher walken sheesh, how. Nov 30, 20 limited edition the evil dead book of the dead. The protagonist, ashley joanna ash williams bruce campbell is the only character to appear in every installment of the original trilogy, with the exception of his main love interest linda, who appears in army of darkness during only the prologue. Bruce campbell has never been busier than he is right now.
Jun 20, 2016 death wish wasnt what most would consider a horror film, but its a pretty damn dark revenge piece, and thats just the kind of film that freely flirts with the genre. Also, jurassic park 3d rerelease is coming out, and while its buzz is much lower, it should still earn as much as it cost to convert into 3d during its opening weekend, or. From a fanedit dvd called the evil dead the treasures collection. Unmade sequel to the evil dead remake was set to bring back bruce campbell april 30, 2020 by. The original trilogy includes the evil dead 1981, evil dead ii 1987, and army of darkness 1992, all written and directed by raimi, produced. The popular indieactor and royal oak native will soon reprise his most famous movie role, ash williams, in an evil dead tv series. Evil dead star bruce campbell put the final nail in the coffin for his leading character, ash williams. Action veteran bruce willis toes the line between good and evil between guardian angel and grim reaper in the second, ballstothewall trailer for death wish, the hardboiled remake locked. Aug 19, 2014 bruce campbell has never been busier than he is right now. Bruce campbell may have retired from playing ash in the evil dead universe, but the actor has a few ideas on. Apr 25, 20 the film we now know as the evil dead was the culmination of a great many filmic experiments undergone by writer director sam raimi, his brothers ivan and ted and his school buddy bruce the.
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