OT - Remake Evil Dead

tlindfors wrote:
Very happy to see your age, I was feeling like grandma talking to the whippersnappers about the good old days of horror! :wink:

Yes, a surprising number of us 40+ here, but makes sense with our ties to The Simpsons. I know, horror from our time, so bad but so good. Halloween, still my favorite!

mdfriend wrote:
Yes, a surprising number of us 40+ here, but makes sense with our ties to The Simpsons. I know, horror from our time, so bad but so good. Halloween, still my favorite!

I love Halloween, but my favorite so bad it's good movie is The Funhouse directed by Tobe Hooper, that was the first horror movie I saw at the theater (I was 9!). I should have said one of my favorites-I have so many. My friends and I used to go to the video store in the mid-late 80's (ahhh, VHS tapes) and rent the most low budget movies they had. I got to see some real gems that way!!!

I'm not down for the remake (or any remakes really).

But as mentioned in a thread last week, Army of Darkness is -- and will always be -- absolutely awesome.

Check out imdb P, will tell you all about the movies! :-)

Evil Dead, Evil Dead 2 and Army of Darkness-this as mike says is absolutely awesome!

zoephoto wrote:

tlindfors wrote:
Agreed mdfriend! I'm 40 and still watch movies from this time period (and much earlier) with nothing but reverence and love!!! :D

Edited to add: I am VERY jealous that I did not see the musical!!!!

I'm 32, and love revisiting them as well, especially ED II, my favorite!

The musical is in Las Vegas at the moment, so I suppose there are still opportunities here and there, but the original musical Ash, Ryan Ward, was SO good as Bruce, even Bruce thought so! :D

Also you can watch the whole thing here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVG9Rc3a5Z8 It's the original Toronto production before it was fine tuned and better singers added for NY (except Ash stayed on)... still pretty good!
Edit: if you just want a taste jump to :38 min and watch through :42, which covers the What the F--- was that song, and the evil hand scene from Evil Dead 2 :mrgreen:

Ha, love it, and he is a great Ash.

Agreed with all Army of Darkness is a best ever for me as well

Half of what made ED2 so awesome was the complete lack of slick production. The other half was Bruce's evil hand. I think CGI and any attempt to move away from its campy legacy will ruin a wonderful thing.

Anyone seen "Microwave Massacre"? For those of us who are 40+, this one is a classic for "bad" 80's horror. But be forewarned, watching it may ruin a classic Christmas cartoon for you forever

I grew up on slasher flicks. The first date my wife (my girlfriend back then) and I went on was to see Halloween when it was originally released. Our second date was to the Rocky Horror Picture Show :)

P003htb wrote:
Never seen any of the movies your talking about, so can someone please give me a summary of the plot? :D

Too young, that's why

Mr Burns has a task similar to how Ash starts the ED movies out. And then bad things happen to the cast.

Notice though the 4 hr task is read the Necromonicon. Not read the Necromincon aloud.

ThorButtockth wrote:

waltercartman wrote:
Anyone see my name is bruce? Great movie if your a bruce fan.

Haha, I love My Name is Bruce.


As for the new Evil Dead remake, I have some trust that it wont be horrible just because both Campbell and Raimi were the decision makers in creating this remake, and had some say in the script. That said, remakes are often pretty bad.

I think if they stick close to the script/premise of either of the previous movies, with the higher end effects available now it will pretty good.