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Who is the Best Final Girl in Horror?

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EJ Moreno looks at ten influential and badass final girls… Did Carol J. Clover think we’d have endless discourse around the term she coined in her 1992 novel Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film? God, no, but thankfully she’s given horror fans endless conversations about who is the real screaming queen […]

The Evil Dead: The Story Behind Sam Raimi’s Cult Classic Horror

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Hasitha Fernando on the story behind Sam Raimi’s iconic cult classic The Evil Dead… The Evil Dead is a movie that requires no introduction. Premiering on this day in 1981, the beloved cult classic has spawned an enviable blood strewn legacy that includes sequels, remakes and even a TV show. So, how did an indie […]

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 […]

Whatever Happened To The Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash Movie?!

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EJ Moreno on why we never got a Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash movie… For decades, fans were teased with the possibility of seeing the worlds of Friday The 13th, Evil Dead, and A Nightmare on Elm Street collide. Though it would pan out in a comic book, the world sadly never got to see […]

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 […]