It's a shame the "director's cut" has one of the best lines in the series removed. When Good Ash shoots Bad Ash, instead of saying "I ain't that good," he says "Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the gun." SO much better than the "real" line. Evil Dead II is my favorite in the series, but Army of Darkness is the one that I enjoy the most.
Apparently, Internet Movie Firearms Database claims that Ash described his boomstick as the wrong type of shotgun, which makes that particular scene even more hilarious.
+Cyborcat the remake.. If you compare it to the original. It's.. Meh, no harm no foul. But if you see it going blind. Like I took this one girl to.. It actually does hit pretty well. Especially the hero at the end! 😊
The continuity in the show is interesting. They tried to blend the first two movies together (complete with bits of footage for brief flashback glimpses), BUT they apparently didn't have the rights to reference Army of Darkness, because they couldn't make a deal with Universal. So they don't mention anything about him traveling through time... even though he traveled through time at the end of 2.
Fantastic Job! Your have done me a great service and provided me with a type of entertainment I cannot get any where else! But I have to point out...the line isn't : "I'm not that good" It's actually: "Good, bad, I'm the guy with the gun."
This was also the first(and so far the only)Evil Dead movie I saw. I was just flipping channels, and I think it was on the Sci Fi channel, back in the late 90s. Loved it right away.
So finally got to find out about all the Evil Dead movies in detail. I always heard of them, but never understood how they fit together. Guess now I know. Thanks Dena :)
Excellent review. I seen the TV series and loved every minute of it, hoping for your reviews once you seen it. Of all the magic and demons the only thing that I thought was far fetched was how many rounds he got off without reloading in the final scene. My theory was he got back to boring clerk so it was just a fantasy daydream of his.
Them having gunpowder in the Middle Ages isn't actually too far-fetched. A recipe for gunpowder appeared in the Middle East in a treatise by Hasan al-Rammah in 1280 A.D. , and in Europe proper with another recipe appearing in Opus Majus by Roger Bacon in 1267, and that work would be reasonably widely known in Europe because the manuscript was actually written as a vast collection of works on natural science at the request of Pope Clement IV. I just thought I'd mention that, also, I really wish they kept the old title for this movie "Evil Dead III : The Med-Evil Dead" .
Awesome analysis! I never knew there was an ending where Ash actually made it back home. All UK versions have the alternative ending. So that's a pretty cool surprise for me. I'll have to find it on youtube somewhere. Thanks for informing me about so much in this trilogy. :)
I like to imagine that the Deadites, in ancient times, were less as dangerous as they eventually became and it was the arrival of Ash that made them go full hog on people.
Good video, as always. However, there were some little tidbits of interest you missed out on. The new Linda in the opening montage/recap was none other than Bridget Fonda, who was apparently a huge Evil Dead fan and basically kept suggesting to Sam, Bruce & Co that they should work together sometime on the next one if it ever happened. Also, the haggish deadite that echoes Cheryl from the first film was played by actress/stuntwoman Patricia Tallman, who is particularly known for her portrayal of Barbara in the 1990 remake of Night Of The Living Dead. Even Bill Moseley has a cameo but it's mostly just a "look away for a moment & you'll miss him" bit, and even if you're aware of his presence, it's still hard to spot him because he's so buried in prosthetics & make-up, and he uses a thick english accent that disguises his own unique timber of voice. I will also confirm that Sam is a huge Three Stooges fan, since Bruce & himself have gone on record about that quite a few times. I would agree that in the Director's Cut, the slapstick goes on for too long in many areas, but I think they got almost the right balance in the theatrical cut (though they made it too short of a film). This is one of those cases where I have done my own recut of the film and am content with it, feeling I found the right balance on all that without making the film feel too short. I will commend you on your stance on the remake. Even though my particular opinion of it is in the minority, you & myself seem to have fairly similar tastes, and based on that, I do think you would not like the remake either. It's one of those films that I curse I ever gave a chance to because sitting through it in a theater was probably one of those insufferable experiences I ever had, and it's not because of blind love for the original trilogy either. When I watch a remake, I generally tend to watch it as its own standalone attempt, and even as such, I hated this movie and found it a lame modern horror film. Also, don't buy into the claims that it is actually a sequel rather than a remake because it follows NONE of the established continuity of the series at all, and the only loosely based thing that even remotely implies sequel is the shoehorned in cameo of Bruce Campbell after the end credits. Anyway, that's all I have to say. Thanks for covering this series, Dena. Glad that you finally got to experience & enjoy it. :)
+Flowtac Entertainment Holy shit, I thought Ash's girlfriend looked familiar, and I remember checking the names of the three versions of Linda just to double-check that it was indeed different women and I wasn't just being stupid =P But it still didn't click for some reason. Maybe I only checked with the first two because it was easier to tell with the third. But yah, now that you point it out, I definitely recognize her from Single White Female.
Army of Darkness is my all-time-favorite movie. When it came out on VHS back in the day I watched it every evening for 30 days. Thanks for covering this great gem. I highly recommend the tv-show... It´s a wild ride and so much fun.
My Dad and I always viewed Army of Darkness as fanfiction. Ash changes a lot, the retconning, famous scenes from the source material, even a Mary Sue love interest. Not bad though, it's pretty funny and the puppet work is good.
+Talisguy His love interest in this movie is a smart, strong, independent, woman who charms Ash with little effort (slaps=true love?), she becomes possessed just like his girlfriend but unlike GF 1.0 she gets to stay alive. Sounds like the kinda Mary Sue insert 13 year old girls write into their fanfiction to me.
+OnigiriPuff Ash just thought she was hot, and developed some feelings for her after they had sex. And in the end, he left her to go home. I don't see how that's a "true love" scenario.
+OnigiriPuff Keep reducing everything to what some dumbass writes on a trope page...that'll make you enjoy movies less and less because you're too busy looking for the tropes to nitpick the shit out of them. You can destroy any movie doing that nonsense, it adds nothing of value other than giving some a smug sense of superiority for "seeing through it all".
+Paul Dennett Didn't say that I didn't like it. Army is probably my fave of the three for nostalgic reasons. My Dad showed me two and three when o was a kid and I thought they were great but the extra slapstick really appealed to kid me.
Thanks for another great video, Cyborcat, and I'm always happy to hear that I'm not the only one that has watched Jack of All Trades. You have to watch Ash vs Evil Dead, it is sooo awesome, and hopefully you can make a video out of the first season. And you aren't missing anything by skipping the remake, it was complete trash, even the callbacks to the other films were lame. Again, thanks for the excellent video and keep up the awesome work. :)
Okay here we go! This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I remember seeing it as a kid and then I like phased and forgot about it. Then I finally watched it again years and years later. And damn it sticks to me now!
believe me, I generally agree with you about remakes, but the Evil Dead reimaginging was pretty good, as long as your not expecting evil dead 1, it even does the tree scene really well. another good one was the Friday the 13th remake, but that's only good if you actually bothered to watch 1-3
There is also Marvel Zombies vs. The Army of Darkness, were Ash spends a lot of time running from super powered zombies...really, he never catches a break.
I live in the UK, and weirdly enough, both times i saw this film on TV it actually had the alternate ending, wasn't until any years later i even knew about the "happy" ending. As a youth i always curious how could continue from that bad ending.... have a kinda Ash in the wasteland scenario, kinda mad max or classic planet of the apes style.
Awesome Job! Didn't think I'd hang in there for the whole show but seriously enjoyed it. It looks like you might have "the bootleg " version. If it is there's a pretty awesome commentary with Bruce and Sam. Worth listening to.
One of my best friends also ratest he trilogy in the same order ;) Even though I wouldn't argue that the second one is the best, I really like the third one most, probably because I just like the tone better. Funny enough though, when you mentioned all the slapstick, it never bothered me - and usually I don't like slapstick and can't stand the three Stooges. I guess Bruce Campell makes everything better ;) Also liked him a lot in "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr." saw only a couple of episodes on tv and wasn't diasppointeod when it finally came out on DVD.
I was a huge anti Evil Dead 2013 person. Be it a remake, sequel, or whatever. I've never been proven so very wrong and would say that as far as remake-types of all film genres, it's one of the best. I have to give it to them that there's an actual logical reason for them to be in a cabin in the woods in the middle of BFE. The humor isn't there, but Ash VS The Evil Dead brought that back. Not that they really had much choice with Bruce returning.
Yes Sam, Rob, and Bruce are MASSIVE 3 Stooges fans. The directors cut explains a lot of questions you have, Dena. This movie was rated R and almost givien an NC-17 rating. Tons of cuts , the version here, saved it from that.
+JetblackThemeTime Thanks, I really need to watch that. Like I said in response to a comment in one of the previous videos, I might do a follow-up video.
This one is my favorite of the trilogy. For the longest time, I went by the name "evilashtwin" online. Even on Blistered Thumbs I was active under the name EvilAsh. I used to have a shirt that had a stencil drawing of a female deadite and words that said "Yo She-bitch! Let's Go!" on it. It ended up getting stolen when the truck I was living out of for awhile was broken into. The male name for Mary Sue is Gary Stu.
Not gonna lie...I would've stuck with the chainsaw over the gauntlet. Also, don't stick it in crazy is valid, but like 90% of the time, when crazy sticks it in, the crazy seems to calm down.
That Alt Ending got me thinking. If they wanted to make either evil dead 4 or army of darkness 2 they should make it post apocalyptic and make ash as this Jesus like figure and deliver the world from Deadites once and for all lol. I find it weird that there were ED games and they were canonical with the movies witch is weird but funny as hell.
+BigGator5 Take it up with Sam Raimi. I didn't realize it was an alternate line until after the video was done. As I said in the beginning, I'm pretty new to this series.
As someone who generally hates remakes - The one for evil dead is pretty damn good - It's not like an 80s remake where it's something completly different and comendably good like The thing, The blob or The fly....(Huh, never saw that pattern before.) - But it's nothing to be swept under the rug like most modern remakes are - Think of it as an alternate Evil dead 3 where they went for a more extreme horror angle instead of slapstick like in Army of darkness.
It's weird. I'm familiar with the alternate ending more but the actual one seems familiar as well. I remember him fighting a deadite in the store but also remember him sleeping too long. Have to find my old VHS and see what's up with that.
+Snarfle The sleeping too long ending is the original ending, studio interference led to the filming of the happier S-Mart ending. Raimi and Bruce Campbell prefer the downbeat ending, but Raimi also said he's kind of happy there's an alternate universe thing going on...one where Ash gets screwed, the other where he's a "cheesy" hero type.
It's mixed amongst fans it's issue is that it took itself so seriously that it took away what many fans love about it the book had its face taken away making it less iconic looking, the Deadites were more animalistic which is a huge departure from their more fiendish and sadistic personalities the films established and it's confusing trying to place it in the timeline as it can't be the same cabin, the book is too different, Ash's Oldsmobile Delta is outside the cabin despite him keeping it after the events of AoD Darkness and it's just unpleasant I have nothing against it personally but I think it's officially been booted from the franchise unless Mia shows up in season 3 of AvsED
Mr Critical TBH I saw it as its own movie and it was ridiculous fun with good scares here and there. The bathroom scene was tense. Did it take itself too seriously? to be honest the tone maybe but the story was not serious at all like it was fucking hilarious up to that epic chainsaw climax.I have an extremely morbid sense of humor. Which helps in the medical field(and bad movies) but not in social aspect I guess. Also as a special effect lover I adored this movies effects. The movie has faults (glaring, pulsating and veiny faults) don't get me wrong it can't live to the glorious insanity that is the original and it's sequels but it was a fun ride and I'll take it again anytime. The book being less iconic is a bit of a nitpick but I see what you mean. Tho I would love to have the new book because some of the drawings are hauntingly beautiful. Anyway thanks for sharing your thoughts
Actually the normal ending is scarier simply saying Ash can't escape he will be forced to fight for the rest of his life with no way out unable to stay in one place, stay with people or hold down a job out of the risk of losing those closest to him that is a very depressing thought
I feel largely the same about remakes....however I would seriously consider checking out the evil dead. You don't have to review it but as a horror fan I would check it out probably the best horror movie in the last few years.
+NowherePhotp Thing is, there's plenty of good remakes out there - Ocean's 11, The Fly, The Blob, Night of the Living Dead 1990, Dawn of the Dead, Scarface etc. Dismissing all remakes out of hand is foolish.
+Paul Dennett For the record, I said "remakes THESE DAYS". I never said I dismissed all remakes. The ones you mention happened a couple decades ago before studios started remaking everything to make a quick buck, most of which are pointless and forgettable.
+Cyborcat The Departed, True Grit, The Ring, Friday the 13th 2009, Evil Dead, Fright Night, The Hills Have Eyes etc. All more recent, and all good to great. For every decent film there's 2 or 3 Robocop's or Total Recall's, I get that, but remakes have been a large part of the industry for decades now. It's not a modern concept or anything.
+Cyborcat again largely agree. Evil Dead remake certainly not forgettable...pointless? A little but in the best way. Like if they removed the tittle slapped another one on and changed the necronomicon to demonic tchotchke number 5 I'd still watch it.
"good bad i'm the guy with the gun" what version of this do you have? also what about the alternate distopian ending? HOW MANY CUTS OF THIS MOVIE ARE THERE
Alright, since there are already a bunch of comments about the remake, and I won't try and convince anyone to watch it, but I'll tell you how it is...In my eyes at least. It's one of THE BEST gore films out there! Yes. The effects and the violence are excellent! It's disturbing, disgusting, and over the top all at the same time, and makes the film stand out. HOWEVER!...The characters are not interesting what so ever. It actually has an okay premise, and does try to throw you through a few loops and moments akin to the originals without ripping it off, but overall, no one actually has much of a personality. The lead goes kind of bad ass towards the end, but it isn't enough, and they don't have the charisma of Ash. It's a movie of ups and downs. Some good. Some bad. Overall, I am actually glad I watched it. It's not as cliche a modern horror flick as I expected it to be, and had the characters been better, I could've recommended it without the caveats. As is, it's a good, not great flick.
So you know the evil dead remake is pretty good a very very rare thing i know and evne if you do bioco remakes i recommend giving it a try hell the remake even goes into bit more lore on how deadnits work and i only seen one ep of ash vs the evil dead and what i saw it was pretty fun as well
+Flowtac Entertainment It sure seems that way. I was under the impression that it didn't do well with the fans, but I've been pretty much buried in recommendations for it since I put up the first video. Still not going to watch it--if nothing else, there's no Ash aside from the post-credits bit I included, so I'm just not interested.
Cyborcat the main reason i even give the remake a look was beacuse Ashs actor and Sam was backing the movie and not having Ash is one of best thing about it since it could stand on it own
I got the HD remeastered BluRay at home and it wasn't a good choice. They put in extended szenes and only the alternate ending and that isn't as good. Furthermore they got rid of a lot of the gritty old video noise and thus it looses a lot of cornyness and comes off even cheaper than it actually is. Overall, great movie though.
Hi! So, I'm thinking of replacing my laptop for a desktop cuz it needs a lot of maintenance at the moment. Do you think desktops are more reliable, personally?
That's kind of a random question, but ... I've mainly used PC's for the most part. I've only ever owned a couple of laptops and don't currently have one. Lately I just use my phone when I'm away from home and want to go online. Anyway, It would probably depend on what you planned on using it for. I'm not really up on the subject.
Never actually saw the first 2 and generally don't plan to as I'm not a Horror fan. However the added comedy in this one made me love it. (Yes I own 2 or 3 different DVD releases.) Most horror movies I have seen always seem cliche or the actors are just being idiots. Or watching someone get killed gruesomely cause "the bad guy is evil yo" just isn't enjoyable to me. Final Destination and Saw movies probably the most face palming unwatchable to me.
Girl, Dena, You and me both. I'd totally 'hit that' too ^^ oh bruce u can just have me. btw ABSOLUTELY LOVE your critics i watch them all the time, have them on in the background now while i play video games i just like how detailed they are and how indepth they are. ^^
I think you'll really enjoy it, its much closer to Evil Dead 2 in how everything is done. Though imo the time limit hurts it at times, as a few episodes end up feeling like a lot more could have been done with them.
Gotta say, much as I like your reviews, most of the time you always have more behind-the-scenes anecdotes, which I found were kinda lacking with these videos
+A. David A. Thanks for being honest without being rude about it. Yah, I have to admit, these were a bit of an experiment that I'm not totally happy with. I'm thinking of doing a follow-up video in the future to make up for it.
Anytime! And that sounds cool, I'm really big fan of your work, so it's great to actually talk to you :) Also, if you wanna learn more about Bruce Campbell (and the Evil Dead series in general) you really need to read "If Chins Could Kill". Seriously, that book's awesome, and it's the only one I've ever read three times.
I didnt care for the remake, but since you're not gonna watch it, I wont feel bad in telling you it puts its own spin of what the first movie did with the false protagonist, but in the remake, its the chick who gets possessed who ends up being the hero.
That's true, I suppose they could have built off of that and had him find other people--something similar to AoD except in the future, if they were so inclined. I'm just not a fan of "Ash is the last human left alive because he's an asshole so haha".
Yeah, I spent the entire time watching Evil Dead 2013 completely pissed off at it, so you are better off giving it a skip, alright. The series on the other hand, while not perfect, definitely has some really good scenes. I feel that it's a lot better than Army of Darkness, anyway.
+H&F what a mixed message its better then army but skip it? It may not have had ash but Jane Levy was amazing, and i enjoyed trading alot of the humor for more gore and ratcheting up the level of Lovecraft. so tell the truth you like this movie :-)
you know I've never being able to find a video or dvd with the ending were Ash goes back to his time and not the ruined world, I think that's an Australian thing. though it amuse's me that in the comics both endings are true and cannon... yar you think super hero contuinity makes no sence some times they got nothing on Army of darkness. their was even Army of darkness Ash saves Obama... were Ash never actuality meats Obama. it was more of a parody of the wave of Obama theamed comic books that were a thing for a while. And Ash is summons a hoard of super Obama's to fight a deadite army.
oh it gets better, the deadites coped pages of the evil book and put them in comics, to get this I sware im not jokeing. so When Obama went out one day to a comic store to by himself and his kids some comic. he would be possessed by the evil of the book and use those pages to you gessed it take over the world ("of Couse") bur Obama was such a good gut he just refessed to become evil and tossed the comics in his fire place.... I can not make that kind of stuff up.
it makes me sad to hear you dismiss something so flip-idly as Evil Dead you missed out all those years never seeing the originals now your just going to pu-pu on the 2013 wtf. TO tell you the truth Evil Dead 2 is my favourite movie ever so when it came to the 2013 E D i went in with the expectation of hating it like the shit that was platinum dunes Freddy and Jason respectively but the 2013 E D is awesome and my second favourite of the serial watch it i think it will make you a fan
