It’s very unique, so this happened to be a unique marriage.” And fortunately Starz really wants things, I don’t speak for them, but I believe that they want things that the audience can’t get on regular television and regular cable. Because we have an obligation to the fans. Which is one of the hallmarks of the ‘Evil Dead’ films. So it was very important to find a network that was willing to go to the limit, let us go anywhere we wanted with the humor, anywhere with outrageous horror, crazy amounts of gore.
“They have certain expectations after three feature films and 35 years of fans following, they want particular things.
“It’s really important that we fulfill our obligations of the fans who asked us to make this movie or series,” said Raimi. However, creator Raimi is aware that some of these odd “Evil Dead” staples are integral to the franchise, and more important, the fans expect it. There’s only so much repeating shtick one franchise can handle. Will the heinous tree return to the “Evil Dead” world currently set 34 years after the first film? “I think you’re going to find things that will disturb you as much as that sequence in the original ‘Evil Dead,’ but they will be different or new,” Campbell said.
And even though the audience was made up mostly of television reporters and critics, most of the questions were very fan-specific.įULL COVERAGE: All the news from the TCA summer press tourįor example, one of the earliest questions from the crowd asked the panel about the return of the “angry molesting tree” - a tree that has appeared in the original 1981 “The Evil Dead” movie and the 2013 reboot.
Evil Dead” actress Lucy Lawless during the Starz presentation Friday at the Television Critics Assn. Original “Evil Dead” director and now show runner Sam Raimi joined walking antihero Campbell, co-producer Craig DiGregorio and new “Ash Vs. And star Bruce Campbell is ready to answer fans, yes, there will be blood.
From the horror movie franchise that coined the term “splatstick,” there’s one thing the new Starz TV series extension of the “Evil Dead” movies needs to get right: It needs to be bloody.