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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. Don't you mean he's re-remaking it?! by Anita+Coney · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Have you NOT seen Evil Dead II?!

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

      I haven't seen Evil Dead II.... yet.

    2. 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.

    3. Re:Don't you mean he's re-remaking it?! by cjpez · · Score: 2, Interesting

      I'm under the impression that he did Evil Dead 2 primarily because he wanted to do Army of Darkness, but had done Evil Dead with a different studio, and so he couldn't use that footage in AoD, so he had to re-shoot it basically into Evil Dead 2... I dunno, I agree, weird.

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    4. Re:Don't you mean he's re-remaking it?! by Ingolfke · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ding ding ding ding! You've won the Evil Dead movie title guessing contest. Evil Dead 4: Evil Dead Again.

    5. Re:Don't you mean he's re-remaking it?! by Minwee · · Score: 5, Funny
      I'm still waiting for a Sam Raimi-directed documentary on Slashdot posters called Army of Dorkness.

      It doesn't sound like this will be it, though.

    6. Re:Don't you mean he's re-remaking it?! by Dun+Malg · · Score: 4, Informative
      ...he wanted to do Army of Darkness, but had done Evil Dead with a different studio, and so he couldn't use that footage in AoD, so he had to re-shoot it basically into Evil Dead 2

      Actually, on the audio commentary track of AoD Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell explain that the reshoot had nothing to do with not having the rights to the original footage, but that the timing of all the scenes they wanted to use in the AoD intro was all wrong and just couldn't be edited in a way to make it fit right. So rather than try to shoe-horn in butchered bits of old footage in a way that fit the pacing of the intro, they just re-shot what they needed.

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    7. Re:Don't you mean he's re-remaking it?! by shawb · · Score: 3, Funny

      Although the soundtrack is awesome, this is one movie where it was more amusing when the sound failed. Me and some friends were watching EDII at a midnight showing, when the sound went out shortlty after the clock stopped, when the Candarian Demon is first trying to bash its way into the house. At this point, the camera keeps panning wildly around, supposedly following where the demon would be outside the house. However with no sound people in the audience (all Evil Dead fanatics, I'm sure) started making "whoosh" "Zoom" "Zing" sounds that were simply... hilarious.

      One of the few times where "audience participation" (AKA being that annoying guy in the theatre) actually contributed to the filmgoing experience.

      There weren't even any complaints about how the sound went out that night...

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    8. Re:Don't you mean he's re-remaking it?! by RedWizzard · · Score: 4, Informative
      Ah, okay... Thanks for the info. Still, it's pretty amusing that they remade an entire movie so that they could use bits in an intro for the next one. :)
      Evil Dead II wasn't that reshoot though. They did reshoot parts of Evil Dead II for AoD. At the time they made Evil Dead II, Sam and co had no idea if they'd get to make a third movie (AoD was made 6 years later). Evil Dead II was made primarily because of Raimi's lack of success with Crimewave. I'm sure it would have been made eventually, but the timing was due to Raimi, Tapert, and Campbell needing do something successful. Grab a copy of Bruce Campbell's biography, If Chins Could Kill, he explains it.
    9. Re:Don't you mean he's re-remaking it?! by GreyWolf3000 · · Score: 2, Insightful
      Why do we tolerate a society where artists do not have rights over their own material?

      Because if making art costs a lot money, the people footing the bill get to make the rules. Do you find this unjust?

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    10. Re:Don't you mean he's re-remaking it?! by EvilAlien · · Score: 2, Insightful
      This has nothing to do with our society, this is a matter of the people with money setting the terms under which they will hand out that money (which is just), and too many artists selling their rights to the material rather than fighting those terms or choosing to shop their skills around to another investor (which is lazy/unfortunate/dumb/whatever).

      So is it just? Sure. Is it fair? Sure, they artists signed the contract.

      Sounds like artists have dug themselves a hole for generations thanks to patronage etc. Is it time for artists to reclaim their rights? Absolutely. Many are. Does our society actually give tham that opportunity? Definitely.

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    11. Re:Don't you mean he's re-remaking it?! by magarity · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Even more strangely, sometimes artists have control of OTHER artist's work. Every time you hear a Beatles tune used in a commercial, it's because Micheal Jackson owns the rights to it and licensed it to finance his amusement park ranch, not because Paul McCartney sold out.

      My university actually offers a class called 'Economics and Rock-n-Roll' which discusses how artists routinely get mowed over financially. When I took it (as an econ student) half the class was artsy types who took it on a whim because of the title. Needless to say, it was a real eye-opener for them. Attention all aspiring artists: Take some business courses. Trust me, you need it. Even if you have some artsy notion that business is some terrible thing, you better understand how it works if you ever hope to make a living doing your art. From Mozart to van Gogh to Janis, artists who aren't good with finances end up penniless and the suits end up with nicer suits.

    12. Re:Don't you mean he's re-remaking it?! by RipTides9x · · Score: 2, Interesting

      There is a place in the Movie the Evil Dead II that can be used to sync up exactly with the first "Evil Dead" movie to combine the both.

      At the end of Evil Dead, Ash is walking out alone, in the morning, when the deamon *camera* comes towards him, through the house, he screams and all goes black.

      In Evil Dead II, after the girlfriend is killed by the playing of the reel to reel, the next morning he is out behind the shack, and same sequence, demon *camera* comes through the house, but this time he is grabbed, flown through the trees and christmas lights.. etc etc.

      For a Halloween party one year I matched those shots from the end of I and near start of II to make one long VHS marathon movie that played for nearly 3 hours. Yes, you do miss the intro and beginnings of the 2nd movie, but the story from that point seems to sync up pretty flawless until near the end when the playing of the reel to reel comes back into it.

      But for purity yes, both movies are essentially the same exact damn movie. One, the first, leans towards, kids in the woods partying, get killed. The 2nd movie is more along the lines of Man and woman in the woods, woman is killed man goes nutty insane by morning. Hence the Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn.

      Even at one point in BOTH movies the SAME Necklace chain with spyglass is arranged to make a skull. Also note in both movies the car they arrive in is the exact same one.

    13. Re:Don't you mean he's re-remaking it?! by the_mad_poster · · Score: 2, Insightful

      It never occurs to people here that signing away your rights is a conscious decision. It's not that the artists signed contracts that made it clear what they could and couldn't do and what they would and wouldn't own and then changed their mind after they got rich, it's that some rich guy ripped them off from the get-go.

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    14. Re:Don't you mean he's re-remaking it?! by susano_otter · · Score: 2, Insightful
      The reason the powers that be get away with it is, again, merely because we tolerate it. I certainly wish we didn't!

      Actually, they "get away with it" because they are willing to pay for art. Their subsidy comes with a lot of conditions, which can be easily avoided simply by not taking their money.

      If these artists were serious, they'd get day jobs, work hard, and fund their art themselves. Then they wouldn't have to put up with any conditions at all on their art or its ownership. The only thing we should stop tolerating is no-talent assclowns who sold their souls for a ride in a limousine, and then came whining to us that they have no money and the evil corporations were mean to them. Get a real job, asshat.

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    15. Re:Don't you mean he's re-remaking it?! by Anita+Coney · · Score: 2, Insightful

      So in your view, the choices available to the film maker is to not make films or to give up all rights to the films. I'm not sure how that is a choice?

      Would you "chose" home ownership if EVERY mortgage company or EVERY realtor kept the title to the property? Using your argument, you could simply choose to be homeless.

      Would you "chose" to buy a car if EVERY car dealership kept ownership of the car. Using your argument, you could always choose to walk. And if the car dealerships bought all the roads and forbid walking. You could "choose" to stay in one spot and never leave.

      If that's your world, I sure in heck hope you get it one day because you deserve it.

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  2. No no no no... by grub · · Score: 2, Funny

    NO MR. RAIMI! Don't do it or, as Linda and Cheryl said,
    We're gonna get you
    we're gonna get you
    not another peep
    time to go to sleep

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  3. Groovy by Gr33nNight · · Score: 4, Funny

    Groovy

  4. NOT groovy! by Gentoo+Fan · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But if you must, put more boobies in it!

    1. Re:NOT groovy! by bladesjester · · Score: 5, Funny

      The comment "put more boobs in it" gets modded informative? Now *that's* funny.

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  5. I'm happy by Matimus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't see how remaking a movie ruins the origional. I like Evil Dead 1, Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness. Even if this remake turns out crappy, its not like they plan on taking away the origionals (see: George Lucas).

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    1. Re:I'm happy by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


      It doesn't ruin the originals but it cheapens the "franchise". Look at how the Alien series degraded to corn-laden turds after Alien and Aliens.

      Next we'll see remakes of Blade Runner, Citizen Kane and Casablanca. All staring Ben Affleck. All title tracks by Eminem.

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    2. Re:I'm happy by filtur · · Score: 4, Funny
      Next we'll see remakes of Blade Runner, Citizen Kane and Casablanca. All staring Ben Affleck. All title tracks by Eminem.

      I'm pretty sure that Ben Affleck is a replicant.

    3. Re:I'm happy by cyber0ne · · Score: 5, Funny

      Next we'll see remakes of Blade Runner, Citizen Kane and Casablanca. All staring Ben Affleck. All title tracks by Eminem.

      You shut your filthy mouth.

      You never know what Hollywood types might be reading this right now looking for ideas.

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    4. Re:I'm happy by Minwee · · Score: 3, Funny
      Barb Wire. Imagine Bogart with really big breast implants.

      Here's a hacksaw and some soap so you can go wash that mental image out of your brain.

    5. Re:I'm happy by HTH+NE1 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Oooh, Evil Dead: The Musical? I likee.

      I'll swallow your sooooooooul!

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    6. Re:I'm happy by Captain+Rotundo · · Score: 2, Funny

      I think you meant:

      Well I think Casablanca is the most overhyped movie in history, but if somebody did that with Blade Runner, I'd have to hunt them down, kill them, then move to Los Angeles to hide from the authorities. :)

    7. Re:I'm happy by Nephilium · · Score: 3, Informative

      Too Late...

      Already been done...

      Nephilium

    8. Re:I'm happy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      -1, Unattributed Penny Arcade Reference

    9. Re:I'm happy by TykeClone · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sears + K-Mart = S-Mart?

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    10. Re:I'm happy by illumnatLA · · Score: 2, Informative

      Hollywood's actually doing the remake of Citizen Kane, coincidentally enough, with Ben Affleck. The plot's been updated so that rather than Kane being a fictionalized Hearst, he's going to be a fictionalized Rupert Murdoch. Of course, this will mean that rather than running a chain of newspapers, the new Kane will be a Multimedia Magnate.

      The new fictionalized Marion Davies character from Kane, now Wendi Deng, will be played by Lucy Liu.

      I don't want to post a spoiler so I won't reveal what the new Rosebud is.












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  6. 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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  7. Please dont... by Folmer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The only way that this movie would be good, is if it was a low-budget 80'ies horror movie with bad special effects and medicore acting...
    But we already got THAT movie!
    The only reason that they make this movie is that they need some money, and i guess that hordes of fan of the old movies will flock to the cinemas when it arrives... And then their objective will be fullfilled!

    1. Re:Please dont... by goon+america · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Same as in George Lucas and Kevin Smith. Creativity requires limits and rules, and finding ways to break them. When you have no limits and no rules, you have nowhere to go.

      Then again, the Evil Dead series has a well-established history of making fun of itself, so there's really not that much that could go wrong. If it turns out to be an overbudget, CGI-laden travesty.... that could actually be kind of funny.

  8. What do ya mean Horror?! by Ironsides · · Score: 2, Insightful

    " 'The Evil Dead' is such a special film to Sam, Rob, Bruce and horror fans that we are going to take great care in renewing this franchise," said Joe Drake, Senator Intl. prexy. "By keeping its original formula intact and given audiences' appetite for horror, we expect that we'll have a real hit on our hands."

    Ummm... Don't they mean an appetite for Comedy? I don't know about you, but I get more or a laugh out of Army of Darkness than a scream and I assume Evil Dead is the same.

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    1. Re:What do ya mean Horror?! by Peyna · · Score: 4, Informative

      Evil Dead = attempt at serious horror film

      Evil Dead 2 = attempt at serious horror film, abandoned halfway through the film where it turns into some kind of horror spoof

      Army of Darkness(Evil Dead 3) = full out horror spoof/comedy

      That said, they're all hilarious.

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    2. Re:What do ya mean Horror?! by kyliaar · · Score: 4, Informative

      Well, actually I would say that Evil Dead is pretty much an attempt to make a pretty serious, suspensful horror flick. There is a lot of intriguing camera movement, sound and overall spookiness. However, Ash's girlfriend becomes pretty funny after she gets zombified and they have a scene that plays on an earlier scene before hell breaks loose.

      Evil Dead II is where you start to see intentional humor. This, in my opinion, is the best of the three movies. Raimi is much better at directing humor than horror. Also, Bruce Campbell does zany pretty well as you see Ash start to slip into insanity. Stuff starts to get very surreal here with Ash chopping his own hand off and the hilarity that ensues from that as well as the classic replacement of his hand with a chainsaw. There are other very memorable scenes in this movie that tend more towards humor than horror.

      Army of Darkness I saw first and I loved it so I wound up buying the whole trilogy. In retrospect, I find it is the weakest of the three movies. All the crappy stop motion, poor dialog, etc. Don't get me wrong, it's great and made me watch the first two but if you have only seen Army of Darkness, you don't have a good barometer to judge the other two with.

  9. This is really weird... by ajservo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Raimi and Ash are what makes ED... Evil Dead.

    To remove the possessed guiding hand (Raimi) and replace it with a chainsaw (??? New Director)...

    This can't be good.

    I wonder which of the following will appear?

    Stars of the WB
    Tree Rape
    Necrinomicon

    I think more of the former rather than the latter... ugh...

  10. welcome by cyberwitz · · Score: 2, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new evil self animated severed hand overlord.

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  11. 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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  12. That's appropriate by Minwee · · Score: 2, Funny
    Somehow, seeing an online casino ad promising "Real money!" in this story seemed appropriate.

    Why else would Raimi make this movie again, again?

  13. There's a reason... by ackthpt · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There's a reason why I mostly read books now. TV is utterly awful and movies aren't worth it, except for the odd indi and Pixar flicks.

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  14. ED II Instead by Cpt_Kirks · · Score: 2, Informative

    I saw ED 2 before ED 1. That may be why, but I think ED 1 stinks.

    ED 2 is SOOOOOO much better...

    1. Re:ED II Instead by oexeo · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ed TV is really where the trilogy went down hill

  15. Without Raimi directing by GodBlessTexas · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I meant to see I can't see it being a hit without him directing. Evil Dead was made by all those whacky camera moves and angles he invented, and without them it just won't be the same.

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  16. Zombie Fascination, Possible Spoilers by pipingguy · · Score: 2, Insightful


    Isn't that the one where Campbell has a fight with his own possessed hand (possible 3 Stooges reference) and ends up spitefully cutting it off and then attaches a chainsaw to the stump to defeat demons that are attacking from outside and the basement?

    I'd buy that, the humour was great. Even better than that other laugh-fest, The Exorcist.

  17. All I can say to Sam now is... by chrisspurgeon · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Well hello Mister Fancypants."

    1. Re:All I can say to Sam now is... by Doesn't_Comment_Code · · Score: 4, Funny

      "You ain't leadin' but two things: jack and shit.

      And Jack left town."


      Oh, the memories...

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  18. 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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    1. Re:Sears and K-Mart merger by cmpalmer · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Army of Darkness was the first thing that came to my mind when I heard about the Sears/K-Mart merger.

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  19. Make 'Em Crappy by Doesn't_Comment_Code · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The weird thing is, most movies are remade to be better. Star Wars was great, but George Lucas thinks he can do better with the technology he has currently.

    But these movies were good because they were so crappy! Are they going to try to make it a good movie? Won't that kind of spoil it? Or perhaps they are going to try to make it even crappier than the originals. Make it crappier and those who liked the crappy originals will like it even more? ... ?

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  20. hehe by enrico_suave · · Score: 4, Funny

    "good bad... I'm the guy with the remake..."

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  21. Why not Call it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Evil Dead 4: The Army of Darkness 2.

    That'd crack me up.

    1. Re:Why not Call it... by Gentoo+Fan · · Score: 4, Funny

      ED4/AOD2 will be a prequel, complete with how the "Evil Dead" became evil (he was a young "Good" before), and how an odd-talking floppy-eared swamp lizard drove him insane.

  22. New one-liners! Hooray, this means... by DroopyStonx · · Score: 2, Funny

    Duke Nukem Forever is right around the corner!

    Can't recycle the same old one-liners, there needs to be another Evil Dead/Ash movie first!

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  23. Evil Dead 2 was a remake of Evil Dead 1 by invid · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Evil Dead 2 was not a sequel, but a remake, and a better one at that. I don't see how anything could be better than Evil Dead 2, but what the hell, why not let Sam try again?

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  24. Not surprised about Bruce ... by barwin · · Score: 2, Funny

    "But somehow Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell are onboard as well."

    Really not surprising that Bruce Campbell is jumping at any job offer he can get ...

    1. Re:Not surprised about Bruce ... by Ingolfke · · Score: 2, Funny

      You idiot. Bruce Campbell doesn't need any money. He gets more than enough income from his soup business, and sales of the Brisco County Jr. series on DVD. What a renissance man.

  25. Okay, who opened the damned book?? by geekwench · · Score: 2, Insightful
    A remake of Evil Dead without Sam Raimi at the helm must be one of the Worst Ideas Ever. Either that, or one of the signs of an Impending Apocalypse. It was largely Raimi's bizarre sense of black humor that made the original so entertaining.

    An ED movie without Sam directing would be like... well, S-Mart without Ash at the register.

    "Clatto Verata Nicto", baby. ;)

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  26. what's the name gonna be? by jdbo · · Score: 4, Funny

    I mean, Evil Dead 2 was really a 1.5 release... (as it bridged the gap between being a remake and a sequel)... and the third film, "Army of Darkness" (aka. "Medieval Dead", a.k.a "Bruce Cambell vs. The Army of Darkness") was never formally referred to as "Evil Dead 3"... but while those names are technically up for grabs, the studio wouldn't actually name the new remake "Evil Dead 2" or "Evil Dead 3" as this could be confusing to the moviegoers, and higher numbers ("Evil Dead 4") are also out the window as that would turn off people who never saw the earlier ones.

    Therefore, the only possible method of titling this film is to use a branching versioning scheme, and therefore (after accounting for the special edition version of Evil Dead 1 released to DVD) it is entirely clear that the re-remake's title will be: Evil Dead 1.5.2

    Seeing the inevitability of this I have registered that domain, and expect a call from "Ghost House" productions any day now...

  27. Re:Senator Intl? by fireboy1919 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't you know your state abbreviations?

    He's the senator of Intliana.

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  28. S-Mart by drkich · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have just been "dying" to say this. With the purchace of Sears by K-Mart, does this mean they will rebrand under the name S-Mart?

    Just think of the tie ins!

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    1. Re:S-Mart by wickedmm · · Score: 3, Informative

      Living in a border town, just wanted to give you a heads up, there is such a thing as an S-Mart in Mexico. Its more Safeway than K-Mart or Sears.

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  29. or instead of remaking it... by spir0 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    come up with a new concept. it doesn't need to be redone. those who hate the original are not going to watch a remake, because they're sick of everything else being remade.

    and those who love it won't need to watch it because they like the original enough.

    only the serious fanboys will watch the remake for completeness, and yes, mr Raimi will make a few dollars off them.

    BUT he won't gain any more respect as a film maker. He'll just be another Hollywood wanker.

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  30. Hollywood has no appetite for cheesy humor... by nganju · · Score: 2, Funny

    and getting rid of the cheesy jokes in the remake will completely lose the spirit of the original. Like when he saws off his own hand which has become possessed, and traps it under a bucket. Weighs down the bucket with a stack of books, the top of which is Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms".

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  31. ..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?

  32. Mod parent up! by robyannetta · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why? Perfect timing, baby. Perfect timing.

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  33. Theirs a prequel as well by oexeo · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about a prequel, this works for every worn out franchise. The synopsis would go something like this: Some really interesting shit which happened to the characters before, but was never referenced in the original movies, and probably introduces plot holes. The actors will also be older (despite being set in the past), but we'll use a soft lens, and hope you don't notice.

  34. Evil Dead Forever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Eh. Once I decided to try and find the most different covers of a single song.

    The song I could find with the most covers was "Kick out the Jams"... I've got almost 30 of them. Not that I like the song much... just thought it was interesting how many people had thrown out their take on the song.

    Given that this is the 3rd version of Evil Dead (AoD doesn't count as a remake), I think it could be interesting to see yet another version of it. Hell, let everyone make a version! Open source it! It could be the cinematic equivelent of a jazz standard. Everyone should take a swing at it. Imagine:

    Evil Dead - a Merchant Ivory Film
    Evil Dead - Pixar
    Evil Dead - Shaw Bros.
    Evil Dead - the Royal Shakespear Company
    Evil Dead - By Weebl and Skoo
    Evil Dead - starring Clint Eastwood
    Evil Dead - starring Tom Cruise
    Evil Dead - starring Jim Carrey
    Evil Dead - starring Mcauley Culkin (sp?)
    Evil Dead - starring Will Smith

    It'd be sweet.

  35. A re-remake? by LabRat007 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Thats so bad I don't even think S-mart will carry it.

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  36. Strange by sverrehu · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here's what Mr. Bruce has to say:

    http://www.bruce-campbell.com/projects/evil-dead -4 .htm

  37. so a question... by ed.han · · Score: 4, Funny

    so does this mean that large explosions will feature a corona effect now? :>

    ed

    1. Re:so a question... by micromoog · · Score: 5, Funny

      And the disembodied hand will shoot first?

    2. Re:so a question... by operagost · · Score: 2, Funny

      No, but Ash's "boom-stick" will be replaced with a walkie-talkie.

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    3. Re:so a question... by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: 2, Informative


      The bastardized DVD release of "E.T." was digitally edited. The government agents who storm the house to find E.T. now carry walkie-talkies instead of handguns. Spielberg had his Lucas moment and we're all worse off for it...

  38. Here's a Q... by otis+wildflower · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... Will Ash be replacing his hand with a walkie talkie?

    Groovy!

  39. 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.)

  40. This would make the third remake by Moosifer · · Score: 2, Informative

    Doesn't anyone remember Within the Woods?