#Hail to the Deadites

[iwasateenagenosferatu]

Does anyone else smile like an idiot at the part in Evil Dead 2 when Linda's dancing body jumps away into the shadows and she's like "ahhhh!💃 "

[skenisasleb]

*COUGH COUGH*

ashley williams is hot.

sorry not sorry.

….. Reese’s.

[mike-dragon]

On this upcoming Gaming Friday we're jumping into another long-series playthrough with a old but fun game full of scary monsters and a badass protagonist. Evil Dead: Hail to the King is the chosen game for the spooky month of October!

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[madame-mortician]

Random Evil Dead Fun Facts!

Because I'm hyperfixated on it :P

Originally, Ash was supposed to lose an eye in Army of Darkness, but this was scrapped.

Currently Evil Dead (2013) has the most fake blood used in a film, with 50,000 gallons being used. This isn't that suprising considering that during the final 10 minutes of the film, it is raining blood non-stop.

Freddy Krueger's glove is in the workshed in Evil Dead 2. This is a reference to how in A Nightmare on Elm Street, Nancy watched The Evil Dead. Ironically, that was a nod to how Wes Craven's "The Hills have Eyes" poster was in The Evil Dead. That in turn was a nod to how in The Hills have Eyes a torn Jaws poster is seen on the walls. Very confusing easter egg.

Ironically, Ash actually does say the correct words during the Necronomicon scene in Army of Darkness, but it's hard to hear due to Bruce Campbell coughing his way through it, which sounds like something Ash would do honestly.

Speaking of that scene in Army of Darkness, it is actually established that Ash isn't good at remembering phrases, shown by the scene in The Evil Dead, where Ash tries to recite a greek quote but fucks it up.

Evil Dead Rise confirms that the original trilogy takes place in the same universe as the remake and Evil Dead Rise. For one, they confirm there are three volumes of the Necronomicon, being the ones seen in Army of Darkness. The first Necronomicon, Necronomicon Ex-Mortis, was found by Prof. Knowby and read by Ash and his friends. The second book, Naturom Demonto, is the one Mia found in her family cabin and the final one, also named Naturom Demonto, is the one locked in the bank vault in Evil Dead Rise.

Each deadite in Evil Dead Rise has different eyes referencing the older ones. Ellie has unique silver eyes, Bridget and the neighbours have golden yellow eyes (like in the 2013 film) and Danny has pupilless white eyes (like in the original trilogy.)

The character names in Evil Dead (2013) start with letters that spell the word "DEMON" (David, Eric, Mia, Olivia and Natalie.)

Similarly, the building in Evil Dead Rise, the Monde, is an anagram for Demon as well.

A reocurring theme in the Evil Dead films, is a sister getting possessed and tormenting their sibling. This is shown with Cheryl and her brother Ash, Mia and her brother David, Ellie and her sister Beth and Bridget and her siblings Danny and Kassie.

All the characters in Evil Dead Rise are named after actors from the Evil Dead films, which I elaborate on here.

Originally Army of Darkness was named "Medieval Dead."

The original ending of Army of Darkness showed Ash waking up in a post-apocolyptic future, but it was changed to the more optimistic ending. Despite both Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell preferring the original ending, the redone ending was used to continue the story with Ash VS Evil Dead.

The original ending was also supposed to lead into Evil Dead 4, where Ash would've fought deadites in the future with robots and other futuristic tropes, but because the ending was changed this never happened. Ironically, the same thing happened to Ash VS Evil Dead, when Season 3 ended on a cliffhanger so that the next season could be in the post-apocalyptic future, but this too was cancelled.

The German version of Army of Darkness incorporates both endings. It starts with the deleted ending, where Ash incorrectly takes 7 drops instead of 6, but as he sleeps it cuts to black and says Ash began dreaming over the centuries. Then it cuts to the regular ending where Ash is in the supermarket and is hailed as a hero before cutting back to him waking up in the post-apocalyptic future. Ironically this is my favourite ending, but it's not-canon.

Evil Dead (2013) had a bunch of different endings before settling on the, supposedly, canon one. One ending had Mia simply leave and the film ends, another had her go to leave before being jumped by a demon (like in The Evil Dead's ending), another had her collapse on the road and get rescued only to reveal she was still possessed and another had her go to leave but start floating before she exploded. The canon one is likely the theatrical ending where she simply walks away, and since we never see Mia again we have nothing to confirm or deny this.

The Abomination from Evil Dead (2013) is inspired by the poster of The Evil Dead, which depicts a woman being dragged into a grave. The Abomination even does the same pose when it rises.

Speaking of The Evil Dead posters, the promo images for The Evil Dead, showed Bruce Campbell and Bridget Hoffman being attacked by a skeleton prop, and defending themselves with a chainsaw. Despite being in all the promotional images and being on the literal cover, Bridget Hoffman was not in the film, though it's likely she is supposed to be a stand-in for Linda. She also played a cameo role as a sword fighter in Army of Darkness, and the voice of the Lori doll in Ash VS Evil Dead.

In The Evil Dead originally it was written that the characters would be smoking weed whilst listening to the tapes, perhaps as a way to explain why they would willingly play the tape, and as a way to rationalise the characters dumb decisions for the rest of the film. This however, was scrapped when the actors did smoke weed for the shot, but got too high and became uncontrollable.

The opening shot of The Evil Dead was filmed by Sam Raimi who stood on a boat, whilst Bruce Campbell pushed him along.

One of the demon passages in The Evil Dead translates to "Sam and Rob are the hikers on the road" a reference to the fact that the two hitchhikers at the start of the film are literally Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert.

During The Evil Dead, a cameraman slipped and dropped his camera onto Bruce Campbell's face, which caused several of his teeth to fall out.

Apparently during filming for Evil Dead 2, after one of the slapstick scenes Bruce Campbell heard somebody making funny noises above him and thought they were making fun of his performance, only for it to turn out that guy got electrocuted. I say apparently because even though Campbell said this himself, he could've been kidding.

Originally the idea with Evil Dead (2013) was that it would get a sequel, similar to Evil Dead 2 but with Mia, and then Ash's story would get a sequel with Army of Darkness 2, and then a third sequel would be made that would have Mia and Ash's stories merge and have the two characters meet, explaining the random after-credits scene in 2013. For some reason they never made the sequel to Evil Dead (2013) and the sequel to Army of Darkness was scrapped for Ash VS Evil Dead instead. The 2013 sequel was replaced with Evil Dead Rise, and Bruce Campbell has since retired as Ash in live-action.

In Japan, Army of Darkness is called "Captain Supermarket" probably being in reference to how Ash works in retail.

So far Evil Dead Rise is the only Evil Dead film without Ash's yellow delta, though apparently the chainsaw used by Beth is the same exact colour as the delta, being a double-reference.

Speaking of the delta, Ash's car appears in Evil Dead (2013), sitting abandoned in front of the cabin. It is most likely just an easter egg and has no lore implications.

Mia and David are half-siblings with different fathers. Originally it was intended for Mia to be Ash's daughter, but this was changed by Raimi. Ironically Ash did end up getting a daughter in the TV show.

Speaking of, Mia was supposed to appear in Ash VS Evil Dead, but it’s likely she wouldn’t have fit since her movie and experience was way darker than Ash’s, and she wouldn’t fit the tone.

The canonical reason Evil Dead (2013) is so similar to The Evil Dead is because the Necronomicon can cause history to repeat itself and likely lured the 5 friends to the cabin (which could also explain why some of the randoms are even here). This is why the 5 characters play very similar roles to the original film, Eric is Scotty, Natalie is Linda, Olivia is Shelly, and David is Ash whilst Mia is Cheryl. The reason Mia survives instead of David, and becomes more like Ash in the finale is likely that when David saved Mia, which Ash failed to do with Cheryl, the Necronomicon decided David should die and Mia should take Ash's role instead. It's also possible that David took the role of Annie in the finale, with him helping before being killed last second, but this is a bit of a stretch.

Bruce Campbell has two cameos in Evil Dead Rise. First is his voice being heard on the first tape Danny plays, where he plays a priest yelling “It’s called the Book of the Dead for a reason!” The second is simply the biting noises when Ellie bites Gabriel’s eye out, being Bruce Campbell furiously biting an apple.

Lee Cronin (Writer/Director of Evil Dead Rise) stated that Bruce Campbell’s cameo was intended to actually be Ash Williams himself. His reasoning was that Ash has found himself in the wrong time period a lot, and it would make sense for a time-displaced Ash to try and get rid of the Necronomicon in the past, before shit hits the fan.

Chet Kaminski was invited by Ash to go with them to the cabin. He chose not to come because Cheryl was also going and he didn’t want Ash to find out he was dating his sister as he feared it would end their friendship. This ultimately ended up saving his life.

In the Evil Dead films, the only characters to be possessed after they died were Scotty, Eric, David, Danny and the neighbours (Evil Dead Rise).

Shelly is never mentioned ever again after The Evil Dead. Scotty is mentioned once, in Ash VS Evil Dead.

Whilst shooting the recap scenes in Evil Dead 2, originally it was intended to have The Evil Dead be more closely followed, with Scotty, Cheryl and Shelly being there with Ash and not just Linda. Sam Raimi himself was going to play Scotty, but it was scrapped in favour of it being only Linda. It’s this recap that led to many fans and viewers being confused and assuming Evil Dead 2 was a retcon or remake when it was not. They couldn’t simply use footage from The Evil Dead due to licensing issues.

[novankenn]

Reluctant Hero?

= Thirty-Four = (Chapter List)

Glynda was stressed as she watched the actions of the team Ozpin named JNC(Junk) showed their complete and utter chaotic nature. As their... leader, Mr. Arc sat by himself drinking, Ms. Valkyrie as apparently attempting drown herself, and Mr. Winchester was walking around blinking and shaking his head as if he was in a daze.

Glynda sighed. The start of a massive tension headache forming, as a band of pain began to grow in intensity.

????: GRIMM!

That shout pulled Glynda's attention from the delinquent team. Ripping her riding crop like weapon from it's thigh holster she turned towards the shout. She expected it to be a prank in bad taste, only to gasp as at least a half a dozen slimy looking grimm crested the cliff face, overlooking the Emerald forest.

Glynda: EVERYONE INTO BEACON NOW!!!

The grimm charged catching some of the stunned students flat footed, but Glynda Goodwitch... wasn't going to loose another student to this insanity. Flicking her riding crop she unleashed her impressive semblance tossing the twisted grimm creatures aside and freeing those they had trapped. She was a one-woman army, and those whatever they were who her gaze fell upon felt her displeasure.

But that was the problem. She was easily able to handle the ones she saw... not the new group that had scaled the cliffs on her blind side. The new group being lead by one of the students that hadn't been recovered.

STUDENTS: LOOK OUT! BEHIND YOU!

Glynda: Omph!

Glynda grunted as she was suddenly hit from the back and sent tumbling, across the ground. Luckily she kept hold of her weapons, and her wits. Rolling to her back she gave a snap of her wrist catching one of the newly appeared grimm-ish beasts in mid air and turning it into a smear on Beacon's exterior. However it wasn't enough as the former student turned Deadite grabbed her by the wrist and twisted.

Glynda: AHHHHH!!!!

Deadite Student: Hello Ms Goodwitch...

Glynda twisted her body and drove her knee into the rotting living corpse shattering it's ribs, and achieving only a sickening smile for all of her efforts.

Deadite Student: It's futile to resist us. We're going over run your precious school and feast upon the fresh meat inside. There is nothing you can do to stop us... bitch!

Glynda leaned her head back and then brought it forward with all the strength she could muster, driving her forehead into the Deadite's face, smashing her nose, and snapping her orbital bones.

Deadite Student: I'm going to suck out your...

THUNK!

The Deadite looked at the beer can sitting on the ground at her feet., and then looked up...

Jaune: Hey Swamp Snatch!

Cardin: That's OUR boss bitch!

Nora: And if anyone is sucking her out it's us!

Jaune and Cardin both gave Nora a look.

Nora: What?

Jaune: Really?

Nora: It sounded better in my head, okay!

Cardin: Can we do this after?

Jaune: No, I think we should address this now.

Nora: Oh come on! You get to say stupid shit all the time!

Cardin: Guys. Deadites.

Jaune: Screw it. Let's get some.

Nora: Hail to the Queen...

Cardin: Groovy.

Deadite Student: KILL THEM AL... URK???

The Deadite Student looked in utter surprise at Professor Goodwitch who had just driven her good hand through the rotten flesh and bone of her former charge's chest.

Glynda: I. Don't. Think. So.

Glynda grit her teeth and yanked her arm backwards out of the Deadite's chest. The sound of snapping bone, tearing flesh and squelching goo, assaulted her ears. The Deadite Student's eyes were wide as her head suddenly flopped backwards, only staying attached due to her rotting flesh and skin. Clutched in Glynda's hand an ichor section of spine.

Jaune: You gotta be kidding me?

Nora: That was so metal!

Cardin: I think I'm going to be sick.

Glynda looks from the stumbling around floppy necked living corpse to the trio of pains in her ass.

Glynda: Well? DO SOMETHING!

The trio said nothing as they jumped to the task, while several students returned to the grounds armed and ready to join the fight. Glynda's earlier efforts had culled most of the original pack, and the monologuing of the Deadite had kept the others from roving too far. It was all over aside from getting well needed showers in about three to five minutes.

Glynda was sitting with her back against the low wall of the central fountain, when Jaune, Cardin and Nora joined her.

Glynda: It is always so...

Nora: Gooey?

Cardin: Pretty much.

Jaune laid down in front of the trio sitting against the fountain. Somehow he found time between the end of the fight, and laying down in exhaustion to find another six pack of beer.

Jaune: If you want one help yourselves.

Nora and Cardin wanted to reach forward, both curious as to how it tasted seeing as Jaune liked drinking it so much. They paused looking at Professor Goodwitch, who to their surprise reached out and took one for herself.

Glynda: I'm to tired to give a fuck, so do what you want.

Nora and Cardin started to reach out for a can each when Jaune suddenly sat up a crazy look in his eyes.

Jaune: That's what we need!

Glynda: What is it we need Mr Arc?

Jaune: Prof we need a fuck!

Glynda: WHAT? HOW... HOW...

Nora: Shooting above your weight class there Jaune-Jaune.

Cardin: Can I have the Delta after you become a smear?

Jaune: NO, not that type of fuck. Get your minds out of the gutter. I'm talking about a party and partaking in my greatest creation. Pink Fuck.

Cardin: Pink...

Nora: Fuck...

Glynda: Is what exactly?

Jaune: A special homebrew proprietary mix of various liquors, pink lemonade and a SPECIAL SECRET ingredient.

Cardin: SO are you going to share this... creation with us after you make it, or are we going to have to sit there watching you drink it?

Jaune: Nope. This is a team building exercise, in the form of mental bleaching all this shit from our minds, it's also a celebration of saving Boss Bitch...

Glynda: Mr. ARC!

Jaune: And affirming our acceptance of Nora's bravery for coming out to us... considering...

Nora: Hey! I miss spoke!

Jaune: Hey now. Don't be back tracking. That's not good for your mental health.

Cardin: And getting shit faced is?

Jaune: No, but what you want to sit on a couch telling a therapist about this shit? How do you think that will work out for you?

Cardin: Drinking it is then!

[babymorte]

@thesimplicityofchance replied to your post “What are some good movies on shudder you love ? I...”:

Nah nah you ain't got no reason to say sorry😤. I asked for horror movie recommendations from you for a reason. Also I adore when you don't hold back talking about what you love. Seeing your passion for movies and games is always amazing 🥹🖤. Never fear sharing that with me! Go off as much as you want i know what im asking for. Also wait hold up two things first there's a sequel to ringu 👀👀!?! And what is hail to the deadities about ? Is it all about the evil dead ?

​oh tenks its greatly appreciated im glad you have so much faith in me. i was actually tempted to link all the trailers but i thought that was too much that way if there were any you hadnt heard of or seen you didnt have to do any googling.

so hail to the deadites is a docu about the fandom for the evil dead franchise kind of like the trekkies documentary if you've ever seen that? but it has interviews wirh sam raimi and bruce campbell and a whole bunch of people. its really good. there's actually a bunch of really good documentaries on there. i really loved the found footage phenomenon one too cuz it talks a lot about blair witch and the impact that had on creating the genre.

[theharpermovieblog]

#HARPERSMOVIECOLLECTION

2023

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🎃HALLOWEEN LIST 2023🎃

I re-watched Army Of Darkness (1992)

Gotta put an Evil Dead movie on the list. It's only right.

The third installment in The Evil Dead series, finds Ash Williams hurled back into medieval times, to once again face off against the Deadites raised from the passages of the Necronomicon.

(Disclaimer: I am watching the theatrical release, which contains the theatrical ending. I do, of course prefer the alternate ending.)

Director Sam Raimi, who has since become one of the biggest and most respected directors in Hollywood, is still best known for the Evil Dead trilogy. A trilogy that is known for it's overuse of blood and gore, it's fantastic demonic bad guys, it's comedy as much as it's horror, and of course actor Bruce Campbell as hero Ash Williams.

With the Evil Dead films, Sam Raimi changed the face of B and Cult horror forever.

Hail To The King, Baby.

Army of Darkness was the first Evil Dead film I saw as a kid. My brother and I used to watch it constantly. Yes, it's full of blood and monsters and other things, which some parent's wouldn't consider suitable for kids, but it's also full of stooge-esque comedy and Ray Harryhausen style stop motion animation, which at my young age made it seem like the most perfect movie to ever exist.

Honestly, if you're a parent and you don't let your kids watch this, you're raising your kids to be insufferable adults. To me, Army of Darkness is a horror film for the whole family.

Raimi's signature style is on full display here. His frantic camera, odd choice of angles, over the top atmosphere... all of it.

Bruce Campbell is probably the most "Ash" he was in any of the films. Ash gets by on pure self confidence. He's too dumb to notice his own failings, but always good at heart and heroic when he needs to be. Campbell defines this character and defines a great leading man.

The special effects are often cheap, but that's a good thing in the evil Dead series. We want to see the seams and the mistakes. It's part of the fun.

That's what makes these movies so great. As the audience we're consistently in on the fun. They're the movies we'd love to make with friends. The movies that are never afraid to be themselves or afraid to prolong a childish gag. They're all blood and slapstick, constantly moving and changing and pushing forward.

This movie alone features time travel, a demon doppelganger grown from the body of our hero, possession, a demented Gulliver's travels scene, a skeleton army, and on top of it all, some of the best one liners in the business.

Why review it.....it's beyond reviewing. It's just great.

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That was to make the evil a thing of the flesh!

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YOU DIDN'T FINISH IT!

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The one to open the rift and send the evil back!

WELL GIVE IT A SAYING THEN!!!

NOW!!!

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DON'T LOOK, ANNIE!

FINISH THE PASSAGES!

GET RID OF IT

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From The Terrors of the Deadites!

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[multitudecontainer420]

kitie, hail to the deadites, the void, cult tastic, coulrophpbia, frankenhole, blood orgy, cannibal the musical, circus of the dead, malatesta

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[thedeaditeslayer]

Scream Factory has released the new official trailer for Hail to the Deadites as they have picked up the film for distribution. The documentary will officially be released on digital and demand on July 27th in the U.S. While no release date is known for the film for a physical or international release, it is most likely to be in late 2021. 

[iwasateenagenosferatu]

Annie Knowby - Evil Dead 2

[oblivionfilmclub]

If you have seen or haven’t seen evil dead you will enjoy this evil dead fan documentary made for and by the fans. Filled with interviews from the evil dead actors and from the fans that share there evil dead memories. It’s currently streaming on @shudder go check it out. Rating: ★★★

[mike-dragon]

It's the spooky month of October and time to start the 5th long-series playthrough on the Gaming Friday. Perfect timing to travel to an old cabin in the woods and read the Necronomicon in front of a cozy fireplace. Join me for part 1 of Evil Dead: Hail to the King!

[madame-mortician]

I think it's interesting that there are so many alternate versions of what happens after the main Evil Dead trilogy. Like obviously right now we have a canon continuation (the show) but there were 3 games that had different continuations, and then the comics and blah blah.

In the first two games (Hail to the King and Fistful of Boomstick) Ash returned to his regular job and 8 years later he took his new girlfriend to the cabin to try and face his trauma, only for her to get possessed and it starts all over again, which is both hilarious and tragic.

Then in the 3rd game (Regeneration) Army of Darkness never happened, so Ash simply left the cabin after Evil Dead 2 and was institutionalised because of what happened. It's upsetting to think about, but it is a comedy game so it's not depressing or anything.

There are too many comics to list here, but the main continuations either had Ash stay in 1300 A.D. and marry Sheila, or return to the present but change the timeline so Ash is still a young adult in the 2000s-2010s.

The TV show had Ash run away from home and become the "protector" of the Necronomicon before getting back into the deadite-slaying business. (Oversimplification, but I ain't listing the whole show summary.)

I feel like the constant continuations and reimaginings were due to how iconic and popular the franchise had become, being alongside horror legends like Freddy and Jason, but unlike those killers, they only had 3 movies (at the time). Obviously, this is just speculation, but when most slashers released a new film every year, Evil Dead only releasing 3 films and then nothing for a decade, it makes sense there were so many different retellings and interpretations for what could’ve happened.