Spin-offs of horror franchises aren’t that uncommon: A Nightmare On Elm Street and Friday The 13th both had some time in TV land, and even Buffy’s vampire slaying started on the big screen. You may soon add The Evil Dead to that list. Last Updated: July 28, 2014
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Welcome to The Extras! A daily dose of all the smaller movie related news, clips and just plain cool stuff that you might have missed! Last Updated: October 22, 2013
It’s a something-for-everyone weekend at South African cinemas, with today’s new releases straddling a wide assortment of genres. Last Updated: August 16, 2013
Today The Evil Dead is overshadowed by its two comedic sequels, often leading many to forget that the original film was not a giddy horror. There were no one-liners, laughing wall ornaments or possessed hands. Instead, it was a film so brutal and gory that today it still stands as one of the watershed moments in the genre. So, naturally, …
I have a confession to make… and this may require that I turn in my “film geek” badge. I don’t like Sam Raimi’s original Evil Dead trilogy. I’m just not a fan of cartoonish slapstick in my horror films, which is pretty much the defining feature, along with Bruce Campbell’s just-go-with-it performance, that made the old series a cult hit. …
We live in an exciting time for horror, folks. Today’s topic of discussion, Fede Alverez’s Evil Dead, has been heating up the movie blog debates since it was announced and at its release, something spectacular happened…it was positively received! *shocked gasp* Yes, Evil Dead, the remake that everyone asked for but nobody really think would work…worked. Let’s start at the beginning, …
Despite fans’ initial fears that Fede Alvarez’s Evil Dead remake would tree-rape their memories of Sam Raimi’s original cult classic films, most early reports are that it’s bloody good, emphasis on the bloody, with a sequel already in the works, imaginatively titled Evil Dead 2. Soon thereafter we got greeted with the news that Raimi might be returning to his original …
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A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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