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Evil Dead Game Sequel Confirmed By Bruce Campbell
An anonymous reader writes "Bruce Campbell mentions a new Evil Dead videogame due out in spring 2005 in a recent interview over at AICN. Asked whether there's going to be an Evil Dead 4 movie or not, he concludes 'So, I don't know. I mean, no one's gonna weep if there isn't... I mean, look! We've got these Evil Dead games coming out left and right. The new one's coming out next year, next Spring. I did the voice for it for Cranky Pants.' Looks like Cranky Pants Games are internal developers for THQ, working on an 'unannounced third-person action game shipping on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox consoles in early 2005', probably the Evil Dead game - I hope they do a better job than developers Vis Entertainment did on Evil Dead: Fistful of Boomstick!" THQ's first Evil Dead title, Evil Dead: Hail To The King, wasn't rated too positively either, so hopefully this new game should be an improvement.
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Why do people always ask Bruce about Evil Dead 4? How many times has he answered the question that no, nobody's planning another one? Is it in production? Of course it is not in production. Hollywood's inability to keep the slightest thing secret is legendary. Entire scripts are available online before a moment of shooting takes place. Preproduction artwork finds it's way onto unlicensed souvineer mugs sold along Venice beach to the movie executives deciding whether or not to give the go-ahead. Heck, I had a copy of Episode 1 in quicktime format before the thing arrived in theaters, and you remember the extroardinary security measures around that turd.
Now, the Freddy vs Jason vs Ash thing could be very interesting, assuming that all parties involved realize that all of their respective franchises have already been driven into the ground. Personally I'd like to see if Freddy's insanity is more powerful than Ash's insanity. But either way, it will happen if it happens... It's not up to Bruce.
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If you're a fellow Cambpell fan, you might be interested to know that Campbell actually wrote a book; I received a copy as a birthday present, and it's one of the most entertaining books I've read in a long time. He has a whole litany of horror stories about the making of the Evil Dead books, and such; however, what makes the book really worth reading is that it's so fascinating to see the "blue-collar" side of hollywood, as he puts it. It makes you remember that for every bloated ego pulling in the millions there's a talented guy like Bruce, busting his ass, perched on the edge of "almost famous."
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I guess this is kind of a plug, but it's relevant, right? Mods, cut me some slack, he's been my favorite actor since I was a kid.
Anyways, the title of his book is "If Chins Could Kill" and I'm sure you can find it online or something.
But there is another kind of evil that we must fear most... and that is the indifference of good men.
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Didn't 3D Realms make an Evil Dead game called Duke3D?
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Well okay, it wasn't Evil Dead, but it had more than enough quotes from it
So did "Blood" iirc.
...Is my boomstick
I saw Bubba Ho Tep when it was in the theatres and loved it. When I saw the DVD at Best Buy, I had to have it.
The DVD is great, it has plenty of extras such as a scrapbook, several commentaries, deleted scenes (with optional comentaries), a music video, several behind the scenes featurettes, trailers, and it also has Joe R. Lansdale reading the first chapter of the novella the movie was based on.
Bruce, baby, if you're reading this: do an ED 4, or a Bubba Ho-Tep 2, or more Brisco County or read from a Ford car manual on tape, but no more ED video games! Please!
My favorite ED game is 22 years old already.
You can find all of the old Brisco episodes on Bittorrent...try suprnova.org.
But there is another kind of evil that we must fear most... and that is the indifference of good men.
You're all crazy! Fistfull of Boomstick was an awesome game, although too short. I dunno if anyone was expecting a particularly thought provoking story line from an Evil Dead game. The main objective in ANY Evil Dead game has got to be tearing zombies apart with chainsaws, and Fistfull of Boomstick excels at that.
Hail to the king, baby.
I found the controls of the first Evil Dead game to be very difficult to get used to. I'm not a big fan of the "Alone in the Dark"-"Resident Evil" type controls. I'm a bigger fan of controls that are relative to the screen instead of the player.
If they're not going to do another Evil Dead movie, then how about an Ash vs. B.J. Blazkowicz vs. HUNT crossover video game? Ludicrous Gibs!