Ash vs Evil Dead

 

Groovy!

Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell are finally back with the franchise which made them well known and famous; the Evil Dead trilogy, which recently got a remake, has gotten a sequel into the form of a television series, and it delivers the goods.

As is well known, the series first started quite serious with the first part which remains my favorite. However, Evil Dead II and in particular Army of Darkness turned up the humor factor by large portions, and in present time, Ash vs Evil Dead is a terrific horror comedy.

Ash Williams, our favorite hero equipped with a shotgun and a chainsaw for an arm, mistakenly unleashes hell again after a cozy trip, some naughty words are spoken. The Necronomicon unleashes the Deadites, the zombie like demons we all know and love to hate, and the show is on.

Together with a new supporting cast including Pablo and Kelly, they will have to figure out on how to undo the spell which summoned the evil. Throughout the episodes, Ash bombs a lot of effective sarcastic one liners again the demons, and it certainly made the it all more enjoyable.

The makeup, gore and special effects are my favorite part of Ash vs Evil Dead, as several get their heads chopped, guts ripped open and eyes poked out, while the victims taunt the humans with their devilish voices.

Scare wise, these range from playing victim, to charming humans, to humiliating them, to attacking them, to crawling and jumping around, to roaring and licking like animals and to turning towards the camera/characters and scare the hell out of you/them!

Trademarks of the franchise include of course Ash himself, the Necronomicon, the arsenal, the heavy gore, the fast moving first person scenes, the evil clone, the hand and best of all, the journey ends at the wooden cabin where it all started.

Well, there's not much else to say about this. It's obviously fanservice and somehow, Bruce Campbell still shines here in perhaps a redundant storyline, but you can't beat old school horror roots which was all at first just a cult classic, and now look how it has grown into massive popularity.

Rating: 7.5