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Raimi Remaking 'Evil Dead'?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the is-that-even-a-good-idea dept.

Matt writes "Has Hollywood's staleness finally rubbed off on Sam Raimi & co.? Get this, Sam Raimi is remaking 'Evil Dead', the 1981 horror cult classic. Oh and if that wasn't shocking enough, he won't even be directing it... But somehow Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell are onboard as well."

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  1. Thank god its not a prequel by 3.09+a+hour · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Thank god bruce is on, but im really afraid that they will go the way of the Star Wars prequels with "oh oh look at my shiney CG covering up my lack of flavor

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  2. I can't see it being a hit without Raimi by GodBlessTexas · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Without Raimi's visual style, which along with Bruce Campbell, virtually makes Evil Dead, I can't see how this can be a success. Also, when I met Bruce back in September of 2002, he said he would not ever reprise the role of Ash for any more Evil Dead movies. He said they were just too hard on his body and he was too old for it now. The article doesn't mention what role he'll have in it, so it's unclear exactly how he will be a part of this one.

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  3. Sears and K-Mart merger by CrazyJim1 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    We now have the year is 2004, we now have S-Marts. Instead of Evil Dead1, don't you think its time for Army of Darkness2?

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  4. Re:Don't you mean he's re-remaking it?! by micromoog · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Imagine Evil Dead with slightly better acting and special effects. It's essentially a remake, oddly enough with the same star. The whole situation's just weird.

  5. ..it went bad, so I cut it off with the rest. by pragma_x · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Evil Dead 3 (Army of Darkness) left things wide-open for more mayhem starting with S-MART in a (presumably) necronomicon-tainted suburbia. Perhaps revitalizing the franchise with a few nods from more modern horror films (28 Days for example) in a 4th installment might be the better course? Why yet another remake of Evil Dead 1?

    So anyone out there care to guess if we are going to see a top-of-the-line film or another wonderfully campy B-flick held together with cardboard, kayo syrup, and great catch phrases?

  6. Alien/s by schon · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The Alien series is an experiment of telling a series of stories, while changing the genre each time.

    Alien was a horror/suspense movie.
    Aliens was a pure action flick
    Alien3 was a drama
    Alien Resurrection was a comedy.

    The only problem was with the fourth one - they hired the right guy to write it (Joss Whedon), but forgot to tell the idiot director that it was *NOT* supposed to be a b-movie. (Or maybe the did tell him, and he didn't understand them - English isn't his first language.)

    Of course, if this theory holds, Alien 5 will either be a romance, or a musical (or possible both.)