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Evil Dead to Rise Again to Theaters in 2010
Before there was Spider-Man, Sam Raimi began his multi-billion dollar career with little more than $375,000 and a script for a schlocky X-rated horror film. But when Evil Dead was released in 1981, its gore and wit garnered it a cult following, amassing box office earnings of $2.4 million in the U.S. and over $29 million worldwide. Its success led to several sequels, a stage musical, and cult fame for its writer-director and its star, Bruce Campbell.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSam Raimi to Produce Abominable Snowman Movie
Normally, a film about a remote Himalayan village under attack by a fictional cold-weather beast would be the stuff of B-movie horror-genre drivel. But with Sam Raimi involved, it has the potential to be a deliciously witty gore-fest well worth seeing.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSam Raimi talks Evil Dead 4
Sixteen years ago, writer/director Sam Raimi appeared to have forever closed the book on the Evil Dead series with the third installment, Army of Darkness. But like Ash's encounters with the recurring Book of the Dead that just can't seem to stay shut, the saga appears to be back for another bite.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsEvil Dead IV will actually happen
In real life, Bruce Lorne Campbell (not to be confused with briefly famous glam rocker Bruce Wayne Campbell) doesn't have a chainsaw or sawed-off Remington as a prosthetic arm like he does in cult horror classic Evil Dead II. But the actor's role as Ash Williams in the Evil series has earned him rare B-movie fame—enough to garner cameos in all three Spiderman movies, and some Burn Notice love, too.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsSam Raimi's Evil Dead becomes hit Broadway musical
We are currently in an age where books are adapted into movies, movies are turned into TV series, TV series morph into Broadway plays, and plays turn into running online commentaries authored by the actors. You just never know whether you'll see your favorite comic strip turn into a blockbuster or a Saturday morning cartoon first; it's a slow, gradual transformation from one medium to the next. Kind of like the Animorphs. But you know you've struck gold when your favorite b-list movie becomes a musical.... read more
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