Friday, September 18
For years, Evil Dead 4 has been speculated about, hinted at, and even confirmed (more or less) by Evil Dead's writer-director Sam Raimi, who said he would force Bruce Campbell to return. However, Campbell says he likely won't return, telling About.com that when it comes to Evil Dead 4, "We're probably going to do a remake." And Campbell's fine with a remake of Evil Dead?
I am because we're going to just try and make it scary, you know? We want to make it a scary movie with technology that we can now finally use where you don't see garden hoses spewing fake blood.
Campbell says they will hold on to the Evil Dead spirit: "Well, this will still be fun, too. It will." It may even be retain some of the campy nature of the original trilogy, though Campbell does say nothing is set in stone.
It depends on how we do it. We're still trying to decide what we're going to do, what the approach is.
What do you think, Dead fans? Remake or straight-up sequel? Tell us what you think with a comment below.
Posted 9/18/2009 by Ryan
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Monday, May 25
Today's generation of moviegoers is likely only familiar with the films of Sam Raimi that deal with a certain wall-crawling hero named Spider-Man. However, Raimi's origins in film are somewhat ... darker than the adventures of Peter Parker. Raimi dropped out of college in 1981 to film The Evil Dead, which effectively launched his career.
It's been seventeen years since Raimi took a turn at the genre that began it all, but many of his fans are disappointed by the PG-13 rating on his latest contribution to horror, Drag Me to Hell. Raimi defended the rating in a recent interview, saying:
...those are just letters that people have prejudices about. It's not about the rating; it's about the intent of the film. If people want to see a blood-and-guts picture, this will not satisfy them and they should see an R. In fact, why not an X-rated or unrated film? R is for wussies if you're talking about blood and guts.
Drag Me to Hell stars Alison Lohman as Christine Brown, a loan officer who angers a hell-dwelling demon by refusing to grant an elderly woman a mortgage extension.
Posted 5/25/2009 by BrentJS
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Saturday, July 26
While promoting his new flick Drag Me to Hell today at Comic-Con, director Sam Raimi revealed that he plans to begin work on a new Evil Dead flick. Raimi quipped that a new addition to the cult horror-comedy franchise is "in the wheelhouse," and that he'll be starting on the script next week with his brother/writing partner Ivan.
Posted 7/26/2008 by reelz
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