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Ash sleeps too long in Army of Darkness Forever #1 preview

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Serving as a sequel to the alternate director’s cut ending to Sam Raimi’s Army of Darkness, Dynamite Entertainment launches its new series Army of Darkness Forever this Wednesday, and you can check out the official preview of the first issue below… After it debuted in 1992, the classic Sam Raimi film Army of Darkness quickly […]

The Cinematic Crossovers We Need To See

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20 years on from the release of Freddy vs Jason, here are more cinematic crossovers we really need to see… It doesn’t happen too often in cinema but when it does, the crossover special definitely tickles the viewers’ curiosity. Whether it was Freddy vs Jason bringing two horror universes crashing together or the first bout […]

Army of Darkness Forever to continue the original post-apocalyptic ending of Sam Raimi’s film

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If you’ve ever wondered what might have been for the Evil Dead franchise had director Sam Raimi stuck with his original ending for Army of Darkness – the one where Ash slept too long and awoke in a post-apocalyptic future rather than returning to the S-Mart in present day 1993 – then you’re about to […]

Exclusive Interview – Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin on his horror history and why he likes scaring people

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EJ Moreno sits down with director Lee Cronin… To craft an Evil Dead movie, it takes a special type of filmmaker. Thankfully, the producers found the right man for the job in Lee Cronin, who is celebrating the home release of Evil Dead Rise. In our interview, Cronin sits down with EJ Moreno to talk […]

The Evil Dead to Evil Dead Rise: Ranking the Evil Dead franchise

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With Evil Dead Rise now streaming [read our review here], William Stottor ranks the Evil Dead franchise from worst to best… 5 – Army of Darkness (1992) In a nutshell: absolutely balmy, even for this absurd film series. Army of Darkness is considerably lighter in tone than any other Evil Dead film and whilst it […]

Watch the bloody opening 10 minutes of Evil Dead Rise

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To celebrate the digital release of box-office bloodbath Evil Dead Rise, Warner Bros. has dropped the opening ten-minutes for audiences to watch through their fingers from the comfort of their own homes. Directed by Lee Cronin (The Hole in the Ground), with Sam Raimi, Bruce Cambell and Rob Tapert producing, Evil Dead Rise has so […]

Evil Dead Rise director talks Necronomicons and how the film fits into the Evil Dead universe

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If you’ve followed the world of Evil Dead, you know there are many moving pieces to make it all work. We’ve seen wonky timelines, different lead characters, and even a few versions of the Necronomicons. Director Lee Cronin is diving into this wild world with Evil Dead Rise, and speaking to Empire Magazine, the filmmaker […]

Evil Dead Rise green band trailer serves up new footage

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Last week Warner Bros. and New Line Pictures unveiled the gory first trailer for Evil Dead Rise, giving us a glimpse at the next chapter in the iconic horror series, and now we also have a green band trailer for the film which features some alternative and additional footage; watch it below… In the fifth […]

Evil evolves in the trailer for Evil Dead Rise

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Following yesterday’s tease and poster, Warner Bros. has debuted the first red band trailer for Evil Dead Rise, the fifth instalment in the iconic horror series. Directed by Lee Cronin, the film follows Beth (LIly Sullivan) as she pays a long overdue visit to her older sister Ellie (Alyssa Sutherland) and her children in L.A., […]