THE EVIL DEAD TRILOGY: The Evolution of a Horror Icon 

Probably one of the greatest sight gags in any movie ever was when Ash cut his hand off, trapped it under a bucket, then weighed the bucket down with books. The book on top of the pile? A Farewell to Arms. 🤣

I speak for everyone when I say this video is *groovy*

For me Evil Dead is one of those rare series without a dud. The original trilogy is great, the tv show is great, hell even the remake was awesome. Love it all

There’s nothing like a Raimi movie. When I was younger I remember thinking his movies where dumb because of the melodramatic acting, the weird camera zoom, the silly bit in Darkman where his feet are quickly skittering on top of a car. I obviously didn’t get it. Evil Dead 2 and Darkman are now some of my favorite movies.

“It might surprise you that…Raimi is a Three Stooges fan first and a horror fan second.” I can’t possibly imagine that surprising anyone.

Greatest student film ever made. And its impact is still felt over 40 years on.

The origin story of the Necronomicon is briefly touched upon in the Ash vs Evil Dead show. I'd love to see a prequel based on that story. As for the trilogy, the sequel is my favorite because of its outrageous humor.

It's funny that you mentioned that when u saw the Evil Dead trilogy, you saw it in reverse. Same thing happened to me when I laid eyes on the trilogy. Also, I thought Army of Darkness was the best out of the trilogy because I saw the third movie first but Evil Dead 2 is now my favorite out of the trilogy. P.S: the Evil Dead remake is not bad in my opinion.

I was grossed out by the visual effects from the first movie, but I picked up the new game to try out. It convinced me to give the other 2 movies a try. Honestly it was one of the wildest cinematics trips I've experienced in a while. The transition from pure horror to slapstick felt seamless to me. Like the Evil knew it couldn't just outright kill Ash, so it tried driving him insane. When that failed it just devolved into childish hatred and even used a clone of Ash himself to try to finish the job. What a series

His masterful balance of genres mainly comedy, horror and action means that he can go from The Evil Dead trilogy to Darkman to The Quick and The Dead to the original Spider-Man trilogy and even Oz The Great and Powerful with ease and his own unique signature style, it is one of the many reason as to why I’m so hyped to Doctor Strange in The Multiverse of Madness because you put Benedict’s interpretation of Stephen Strange and Sam Raimi’s style together plus the three genres I listed and you’ve got in my opinion THE perfect recipe for one of (if not) THE best MCU movies ever made

No mention of Drag Me to Hell? Oh well. I remember having fun watching that throwback to his older whacky horror career. :D

A lady brought her three-year-old to watch the 2013 remake of the Evil Dead?! What an irresponsible parent.

One thing from Evil Dead that I've seen referenced a lot is the, "Join Us" line, which is normally used for zombies, which feeds into the common misconception that evil dead is about zombies

Evil Dead 2 is my all time favorite horror movie, so seeing this video really made my day.

Hands down my favorite Horror-Comedies, and still awesome even after nearly 40 years. Groovy. EDIT: Evil Dead 2 will always be a masterpiece.

The evil dead films are horror perfection, each movie is different and has its own thing to offer, they each master various elements and versions of a Horror film, with the first one being a Horror Masterpiece, The second being a fantastical Survival gore fest, and The third being great action horrror.

I was just watching Evil Dead, and this popped up. Holy shit.

honestly i can't believe the timing of this video. here i am considering watching the Evil Dead series since i knew it had started as a low budget film that gave Raimi and co. their push into the film industry, so having this video to watch has only further convince me that i ought to. Cant wait for more Halloween videos Matt! Take care of yourself!

Awesome video as always!! To me, The Evil Dead Trilogy is up there with OG Star Wars as one the greatest film trilogies ever made. Not only do all three films tell one continuous story, but each film could stand on its own without having prior knowledge, which is very rare when creating a trilogy. For the record: Evil Dead 2 is my personal favorite as well.

Matt, my guy. Great video. I love the Ghost background music. Keep knocking out these 10/10s.

I watched the series in reverse order too. Also, Army wss my favorite of the trilogy for a long time, but now part two holds that place. Though I love all three films for different reasons.

YES,a evil dead video. I also love the ash vs the evil dead show.

Love that Square Hammer is played behind the Evil Dead one footage.

When I was really young, someone told me about a movie where the woods came alve and would say join us. This was way back in the day. Rented Evil Dead and realized quickly it was the movie he told me about. Watched evil deal 2 and army of darkness both in theaters. Loved evil dead 2 and originally was not a fan of army of darkness.

Splatstick. How have I never heard a term like this before?! I love it.

Hopefully Evil Dead Rise revives the Ash Evil Dead series. I was so disappointed when season 4 was cancelled. We need the series back, and a few more seasons with a final conclusion to bring this long story to an end.

I watched the entire trilogy right after work on Halloween and it was the best Halloween I've had in a long time. It truely was one groovy night

One of my favorite things about the series, is that Ash keeps retelling the story! He can't get the story straight on what happened after the first night. Lol 🤣

For me, this is my favorite horror franchise of all time! (There I said it! Fight me lol.)

Blowing up 16mm to 35mm does not expose a budget. It actually heightens the look and adds production value.

San Raimi is an absolute legend in the film industry. For pushing the standard in horror scene with Evil Dead AND the superhero genre with Spider-Man that fanned the fires of the cbm boom in the last two decades. Nothing but respect for the man himself. Can’t wait for him to do it again in Doctor Strange Multiverse of Madness

MATT DOING AN EVIL DEAD VIDEO???? October is BANGING already

Saw the first movie at a Drive-In theater in 1982, I knew within the first 5 minutes it was going to be a cult classic!

The Batman of the Horror Universe!

The Evil Dead is one of my favorite movies of all time. I love its gorey aspects but what I like more is the fact that it was made on such a small budget and it makes me think that I can make a horror movie of my own one day no matter if you don't have a million dollars.

Man, I had all three films on VHS back in the day and I gotta say: VHS is the right medium for them. Looks so much grungier and totally adds to the creepiness!

Oh I’ve been looking for this Are you gonna do a video on a horror show like ash vs evil or something like that in the future

I remember watching this at five. I remember crying for my first time over a movie. Yes I cried for Shelley. Don't ask.

Square Hammer! 👻 Evil Dead and Ghost two of my favorite things

I should watch the first 2 movies. Ive only seen Army of Darkness amd I loved it

Using a Ghost song as background music for an Evil Dead video is probably the most adequate thing ever

Another key inspiration for the original ED was 1970's ultra-low-budget "Equinox," down to the cabin in the woods and the book that unleashes demons.

Something I always see Reviewers forget to Bring Up, when discussing The Evil Dead is that Joel Coen ( Director/Coen Brothers )was literally RUNNING the Shaky Cam at times, later utilizing Camera Techniques learned from this film , in everything from Raising Arizona to Millers Crossing to Fargo, etc....Joel had several jobs as a Productuon Assistant on this film, and Ethan was thier too. Their involvement with The Evil Dead helped them get financing for their first film Blood Simple , which has Evil Dead ,Scene Blocking ( Design ), all over it 6 Degrees of Independent Film Geniuses

Hail to the King, baby

I don’t think I can genuinely choose a favorite one out of this trilogy they’re all great for different reasons

A major problem (for me anyway) with the remake was its prologue. In the OG film, we discovered the horror at more or less the same rate as the characters. That eerie mystery fit the tone. The remake's cold open, on the other hand, tells you everything up front. Obviously ED2 and Army had prologues, but they were sequels with different tones.

I love that you have a Ghost song in here.

Straight up my favorite horror franchise of all time and the show is just as funny!!

I have never been a fan of the reboot so much, and I still believe the original trilogy (notably the first movie) and the netflix series Ash vs Evil dead (I Loved it) are the greatest pieces of horror comedy so far. ❤️❤️🔥 Here In 🇮🇳 we have a similar horror filmmaker called the Ramsay brothers who would use similar (sometimes hilarious) ways of horror movie making 😂

Huh, wonder if Matt would ever do a video on Darkman?

Super groovy video. Thanks Matt.

I picked up on that Square Hammer riff~

When I thought this channel couldn’t get any better. You drop this. Bro you reading my mind aha!

I LOVE EVIL DEAD! Army of Darkness is my absolute favorite!

This is such a good video

Let's hope that new game gives Evil dead the spotlight it deserves.

Fuck yeah! Matt Draper Evil Dead video! A dream come true!!!

12:20 The timing of this is joke is great, nice edit.

Awesome video, Matt!

Episode 1 of ASH vs EVIL dead was directed by Raimi and that one hour alone feels like a true evil dead 4

At a kids birthday party we all went to blockbuster we were like 11 and picked evil dead 2 based on on the name box art thinking it would be terrifying but instead we sat laughing w smiles wich we would say ash lines all through school high school and even now we get together to watch the series and the remake.army of darkness gave me a chance to bond with my father and we just lol together and re watch it little too much.now my kids are saying the lines.when family comes together with such great movie memories.my son has my army of darkness poster on his wall drew his own evil dead comic and thats how you know you got gold

I've also got the prequel to Evil Dead called "Within The Woods".

Been a fan since childhood.. Well said sir!!.

A GROOVY video, congrats!

Last night I watched for the third time the reboot; but it was the third time that I watched all the post credits… I was blown away finding out two “readings” and a final “Groovy” scene. Want a sequel to the reboot badly as well as Evil Dead Rise.

With the game around the corner, ive binged the entire series. These movies are just such a good time 😁

Raimi’s camera work here inspired me personally to get into film not being hampered by a shoe string budget. This and Nolan‘s work on Following are among my favorite films and both with mere pocket change as budget while utilizing the ARRIFLEX 16BL offers hope to anyone interested in getting into film. Following still holds up today even. I’ve had RU-vid videos cost nearly that much he had to work with haha

Brrrrruce Campbell is the finest man to grace the silver screen

I started with evil dead regeneration on PS2 Then evil dead 2 Then army of darkness Then the remake then the original

Ash vs The Evil Dead is a lot of fun. It oddly works, with each season probably being equally good, which is an achievement on its own

I love the slapstick humor of Evil Dead it's fun

1:26 Didn't expect to hear "Square Hammer" but I am happy to do so

I love the Evil Dead franchise, it might be my favourite horror franchise because I like all the films including the remake which is something not a lot of horror franchises can say

Dude listening to my favorite song of my favorite band in the video about one of my favorite franchises all of a sudden was GROOVY Ghost + The Evil Dead =

Thanks for the video as always Matt. You're the best. Much ❤ as always 😊

I fucking love that you played "Square Hammer" by Ghost in the entire video

Not going to lie i have seen army of darkness way before evil dead and growing up ash was up there with indiana jones in badassnes

Hail to the King baby.

You literally watch the production value and acting talent improve as it goes on - even just in the first film - Bruce becomes better at acting, the camerawork and other elements just get better and better.

The making of Evil Dead should be a Biopic such an amazing story.

Damn that pencil in the ankle still makes me squirm, ouch 😱

Seeing it tomorrow in theaters for the 40th anniversary!

first video ive seen of yours, good stuff man

You make my long days so much more fun. Thank you!

Bruce Campbell's fantastic acting performances absolutely made The Evil Dead, no question. If they made the movie with say Tom Cruise, the "The Evil Dead" would have been a film forgotten about by 1982.

I got into the series about 4 years ago. I love the series. Of the three movies the Original is my favorite while Army of Darkness is my 2nd pick. I like Evil Dead 2, but of the three films I think the video quality/ effects aged the worst. Some of the effects are great but I think the claymation just takes me aback with how much emphasis it had on certain scenes. But it also has my favorite scenes out of all three. I started rewatching Ash vs Evil Dead, loved the first 2 seasons, enjoyed the 3rd one.

beautiful and brief covering of the films, that spans over the whole franchise. you even make note and addressed the differences between army and evil dead 2, as well as the new 2013 film and the tv show. well done Matt. I loved it, thanks

I grew up a kid in the 80's renting 1&2 from Blockbuster video. Introduced them to friends at sleep overs. It was awesome!

felicidades con este buen video a una gran trilogía de culto. Saludos desde Ecuador.

i saw evil dead 2 first when i was about 10-11, then i saw army of darkness at about 14-15 and then lastly i saw the first evil dead when i was 19 this was durring the 90's i graduated highschool in 1998. just for persepective. that said this franchise is so impactful , my brother , who hates watching tv and movies , even he loves evil dead franchsie and views it as one of the best movie series ever.

I saw Army of Darkness in the theatres and didn't know it was part of the Evil Dead movies so when it recapped the other movies I was confused.

Dude using square hammer by ghost was a amazing choice

Best Trilogy review ever. The Evil Dead series will always be a horror classic.

Evil Dead 2 is one of the best horror movies of all time

Ghost is a perfect choice for this video lol

"There will only be one king" I agree, everybody's talking about Charles III but what about Ash ? Also, I discovered the franchise almost the same way as you, starting with the third then going for first and second. Those nights with my dad showing them to me are priceless memories.

Just been to see Dr Strange 2 ..... Ohhh Raimi had some fun nods in that

Just watched Dead by Dawn last night for the millionth time since 1987…like watching it for the first time, just a delightful, perfect movie.

I love the evil dead franchise saw it when I was 4 or 5 and grew up watching horror before cartoons and loved ash as a character because apart from breaking the rules in filmaking and inventing new innovating ways of horror they also broke the rule of making a guy the last survivor in the horror genre where it's predominantly women who survive aka the final girl trope and as for the new movie they can try and hell maybe make a great film with evil dead rise but the one thing I hope they don't give the new female protagonists is the look of ash as in the chainsaw hand and double barrel shotgun and personality don't get me wrong they can have other weapons to survive but that iconic look is ash's alone I hope they atleast respect that. p.s there's a film analysis of the character of ash williams in the evil dead franchise called a look at: ash williams asterisk

I know I'm in the minority, but Army of Darkness will always be my favorite of the series. It is endlessly re-watchable to me. And Joseph LoDuca's score, along with Danny Elfman's contributions, is one I listen to on its own all the time.