Top 5 Best Zombie Movies Sep 26, 2009
Evil Dead (1981), Directed by Sam Raimi. Probably actor Bruce Campbell's most memorable film, Evil Dead is a lot of campy fun with plenty of blood, guts and gore. (Suite101.com)
Cinema File: 'Cloudy'one of best movies of year Sep 24, 2009
Those who remain skeptical need to be aware that both Bruce Campbell (of "Evil Dead" fame) and Mr. T provide the voices of two of the major characters. The end. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Spidey 4 Gets Bigger Sep 16, 2009
Evil Dead star may have landed plum part. The Magic Kingdom welcomes the House of Ideas. (IGN FilmForce)
The Unrated Director's Cut Too Intense For Theaters From the Creator of the Evil Dead Trilogy DRAG ME TO HELL Aug 19, 2009
Overview: Celebrated director Sam Raimi (Spiderman, The Evil Dead) returns to the horror genre with a vengeance with the critically acclaimed Drag Me to Hell, starring Alison Lohman (Beowulf, Matchstick Men), Justin Long (Live Free or Die Hard), Lorna Raver ("Eli Stone"), David Paymer (Ocean's Thirteen), Adriana Barraza (Babel) and Dileep Rao ("Brothers and Sisters") ... Director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man and the Evil Dead trilogy) returns to the horror genre with a vengeance in the film that... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
THE 'ANTICHRIST' COMETH Aug 17, 2009
One blogger described the movie as a "ballsy B-movie riff off Bergman and Tarkovsky by way of 'The Evil Dead'.". The 47th NYFF opens Sept. 25 with the absurdist "Wild Grass," by 87-year- old French stalwart Alain Resnais, best known for "Hiroshima, Mon Amour" (1959). (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Top 10 Best Micro-budget Independen... Aug 2, 2009
In Ken Hammon's production accounts, entitled "This has Buggered your Plans for Conquering the Universe: The making of BAD TASTE," he writes of how Bad Taste started as a short, an experimental-type monster film made between friends, that, upon hearing of the successful reception to Evil Dead at the Wellington Film Festival in New Zealand, grew into a feature film about aliens. Peter Jackson directed the group, who performed without a script and faced the daunting task of filming each scene on a... (Suite101.com)
Trick 'r Treat Jul 30, 2009
It's not difficult to spot the influence of anthology movies like Creepshow, as well as slasher classics like the Halloween series, comedic horror romps like the Evil Dead franchise and even pulp comics. Dougherty is well versed in his lore and knows how to build tension and stage a frightful scene. (IGN FilmForce)
Sam Raimi to direct Warcraft film Jul 24, 2009
Early in his career, he directed the cult Evil Dead horror movies. Legendary Pictures said Raimi "has clearly demonstrated a genius for adapting existing fictional universes for mainstream audiences. It added that the director "stays true to the spirit of the original content. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
"Spiderman" director to turn "World of Warcraft" into movie Jul 23, 2009
Raimi is best known for directing "The Evil Dead" and "SpiderMan" trilogy. He recently wrote and directed "Drag Me To Hell.". (Xinhuanet, China)
Warcraft Movie Update Jul 22, 2009
Directed A Simple Plan, The Quick and the Dead, Army of Darkness, Darkman, Evil Dead II, The Evil Dead, and more. Wrote The Hudsucker Proxy. (IGN PC Games)
Blizzard Entertainment® and Legendary Pictures Sign Sam Raimi to Direct Upcoming Warcraft® Movie Jul 22, 2009
Known for his imaginative filmmaking style, richly drawn characters and offbeat humor, Raimi wrote and directed the cult classic, The Evil Dead and produced 30 Days Of Night. He most recently wrote and directed the supernatural thriller, Drag Me To Hell. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Screaming for more Jul 19, 2009
The terrified little boy grew up to create the Evil Dead series, a trilogy of low-budget horror-comedies that have deservedly achieved cult status. Later on he made Hollywood s A-list with films such as the Spider-Man franchise. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
A return to the root of all horror Jul 17, 2009
Thanks to the Evil Dead films, which set a succession of benchmarks in the horror genre, Raimi is one of the most revered directors alive ... When Raimi made his first Evil Dead film in 1981 - for all of $US375,000 - it became a succes de scandale due to its hitherto unseen level of gore ... The sequels, including the hugely successful Evil Dead II, moved significantly away from that formula, emphasising instead the kind of gallows humour that makes horror films of that era so perennially... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The Movies and H.P. Lovecraft Jul 4, 2009
Sam Raimi s Evil Dead Trilogy revolves around a copy of the Necronomicon. Both Hellboy movies, directed by Guillermo Del Toro, owe much to Lovecraft s legacy. (Suite101.com)
* OTHER RELEASES Jul 3, 2009
Sam Raimi may have made megabucks directing the overrated Spider-Man trilogy, but good-natured, in-your-face horror is where his heart lies, and Drag Me to Hell is a welcome return to his Evil Dead days of joyous moviemaking. Alison Lohman is in charge of bank loans but refuses to oblige an old woman who turns out to have infernal connections. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
> Drag Me To Hell Jun 27, 2009
And clearly relishing his return to the cheap-and-nasty underworld of latex masks and dyed-corn-syrup-as-blood, the creator of '80s cult favourite 'The Evil Dead' makes it all look so easy. The story's rudimentary loan officer refuses a mortgage extension to old gypsy woman; old gypsy woman puts a curse on her but that just gives the man who spent the last decade ensnared by the 'Spiderman' franchise more room to play. (iAfrica.com)
Mickey Rourke's next matchup: Whiplash Jun 20, 2009
Sam Raimi, who directed "Spider-Man," "The Quick and the Dead" and "The Evil Dead," accepted the Visionary Award for inspiring movie marketers to create high-quality work. Director Boyle inks Fox Searchlight deal. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
'Dead Snow': From Norway, With Nazis, By Kurt Loder Jun 20, 2009
Wirkola is more subtle a stray "Evil Dead" mention here, a "Braindead" T-shirt there. And he and Australian cinematographer Matthew Bradley Weston have put a lot of effort into giving the movie a sleek, stylish look. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Dead-nazi Plotzi A Real Scream Jun 19, 2009
Under director/co-writer Tommy Wirkola, "Dead Snow" recalls countless other splatterfests, especially Sam Rami's 1983 "The Evil Dead.". But Wirkola keeps the narrative taut, wasting not a frame; and he throws in funny moments, one involving a Nazi's icky intestine. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
In Theaters, June 11-18 Jun 16, 2009
From Evil Dead director Sam Raimi. (STL). (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Cinema File: Raimi's 'Drag Me to Hell' a wave of awesome, as expected Jun 4, 2009
After revolutionizing the horror genre with his low-budget masterpiece, 1983's "Evil Dead," Raimi only made one more scary movie, the much-beloved "Evil Dead II," before hanging up his blood-soaked spurs for a career directing action-fantasy pictures ... After revolutionizing the horror genre with his low-budget masterpiece, 1983's "Evil Dead," Raimi only made one more scary movie, the much-beloved "Evil Dead II," before hanging up his blood-soaked spurs for a career directing action-fantasy... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Up Flies High at Box Office, as Pixar Delivers Again Jun 2, 2009
Like Up, it's a film with no stars, but a star director of sorts: Sam Raimi, who did the Spider-Man movies and, ages ago, the Evil Dead cult trilogy. Credit Drag Me to Hell's success to a generous PG-13 rating and to the loyalty of genre fans who haven't been able to go to a new horror film in, gee, almost two months. (Time.com)
Hilarious Horror May 31, 2009
But for cult-horror junkies, he'll always be the man behind the three "Evil Dead" flicks, arguably the funniest, cheesiest, most repulsive series in the history of splatter ... It's almost as hilarious as the "Evil Deads." Is it as gory. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Sam Raimi discusses 'Drag Me to Hell,' 'Evil Dead,' and 'Spider-Man' May 31, 2009
When I was 19, "Evil Dead" was my first movie ... This is pretty much the first horror film I've made since "Evil Dead II" in 1987 ... I've made [two] "Evil Dead" movies and, who knows, I might make another one. (Boston Globe)
Drag Me to Hell: The Mortgage Crisis Is Even Scarier With Demons May 30, 2009
He started off as a director of the ludicrously over-the-top Evil Dead series, whose weird alchemy of horror and humor has wielded enormous (and at times, pernicious) influence over subsequent masters of gore. Drag Me owes less to contemporary horror-film grammar ("extreme" Japanese horror, sadistic Saw-style butchery, etc. (Slate)
'Drag Me To Hell': Killing Jokes, By Kurt Loder May 30, 2009
Or at least they haven't since Sam Raimi unleashed his bloody-disgusting "Evil Dead" horror satires. back in the 1980s. (VHI.com -- Music News)
MORE: Sam Raimi returns to his roots May 29, 2009
Night of the Living Dead (1968) "This became a template for my earlier horror movies. My sister snuck me in to see it under her coat; it was so cold, you could do that in Michigan. When I was watching that movie, I was so terrified. It really influenced The Evil Dead. I think it was the black-and-white film stock and that docu-horror feel that it had. The acting was underrated but really good. It had an intensity that made it feel unlike any other horror film Hollywood had made." ... Hell shares... (USA Today -- Life)
Guts, gore and a side of silliness make 'Drag Me to Hell' a treat May 29, 2009
Raimi, who got his start with the "Evil Dead" movies, sure-handedly blends thrills with giggles in this old-fashioned, newfangled, over-the-top hair-raiser ... As we learned way back in his "Evil Dead" youth, Raimi's brand of hellishly silly horror is anything but a drag. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Sam Raimi's vision of 'Hell' is a real scream May 29, 2009
In 1981, Sam Raimi's "The Evil Dead" made a breakthrough for cheap-looking schlock ... But let's face it, the soaring professionalism of "Spider-Man 2" is a long way from the winking trash of "Evil Dead II.". (Boston Globe)
"Drag Me to Hell" May 29, 2009
Sam Raimi returns to the gross-out goofiness of his "Evil Dead" days with this brash horror-comedy ... Sam Raimi returns to the gross-out goofiness of his "Evil Dead" days with this brash horror-comedy. (Salon)
"Up" May 29, 2009
Sam Raimi returns to the gross-out goofiness of his "Evil Dead" days with this brash horror-comedy. By Stephanie Zacharek. (Salon)
A 'Hell' of a good time May 29, 2009
Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead" trilogy, released in the '80s and early '90s, is one of the great examples of a director blending the macabre with the comical. He uses that chills-and- giggles formula to make "Drag Me To Hell" one of the best horror films in years. (Fresno Bee)
'Drag Me to Hell' will get your pulse racing May 29, 2009
Raimi returns triumphant to the genre where he cut his teeth, so to speak, with 1981's The Evil Dead. (Speaking of things dental, there are some outrageous moments involving a toothless old lady and her menacing dentures. (USA Today -- Life)
In Theaters, May 28-June 4 May 29, 2009
From Evil Dead director Sam Raimi. PLEASE NOTE. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Review: Drag Me to Hell Is Slimy, Slapstick Horror Fun! (E! Online) May 29, 2009
Online) Review in a Hurry: While you wait patiently for Sam Raimi to make Evil Dead 4, he gives you the next best thing: Alison Lohman taking a Bruce Campbell-style beatdown all movie long at the hands of an ugly old woman and some invisible demons. The story's a bit thin, but the over-the-top shocks are hysterical fun in every sense of the word. (Yahoo News)
A good scare May 28, 2009
With , director temporarily shrugs off the A-list status the Spider-Man movies earned him and returns to his disrespectable Evil Dead ways. The blood and guts may have been tamped way, way down, but the manic intensity and delirious mayhem of those earlier zombie romps remain intact. (The Palm Beach Post)
Back to black May 28, 2009
Before signing up to this box-office behemoth, though, Michigan-born Raimi was better known as the man responsible for gory 1981 horror film The Evil Dead and its two sequels ... The original Evil Dead was notoriously dubbed a "video nasty" in the UK and denied a certificate for home viewing for 15 years. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Drag Me to Hell is a dark-hearted delight May 27, 2009
Never send a hack to do an auteurs job, however Raimi, who redefined modern horror with his Evil Dead films, shows how its done, from brilliantly-paced moments of suspense to having bugs, spittle and other slimy objects going into peoples mouths. Its been said that everyones afraid of walking face-first through a cobweb, but Id argue that having goop or maggots flying into your open mouth is just as universal a gross-out. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Drown me in horror movie goo ... please May 27, 2009
That risible concept, the scary movie as family-friendly outing, gets a nose-thumbing from this new entry by Evil Dead guy Sam Raimi. Because in addition to the typical arsenal of jolts and jumps and shock cuts usually all you can expect from the tween horror genre this movie has a not-often-played card up its sleeve: drool. (MSNBC -- News)
Raimi has demonic relapse with `Drag Me to Hell' May 24, 2009
The director of the "Spider-Man" blockbusters returns to his "Evil Dead" horror roots with "Drag Me to Hell," a Cannes Film Festival entry starring Alison Lohman as a woman fighting a curse that will damn her soul ... He said Thursday he had no luck landing a theatrical release for his 1981 low-budget horror "The Evil Dead" until he brought it to the festival's market, one of the world's busiest cinema sales floors ... Once it screened at Cannes, however, "Evil Dead" was snapped up by French... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Director Raimi takes time out for horror ride May 22, 2009
It was Cannes that launched Raimi's career when he showed his 1981 horror movie "The Evil Dead" here and saw it snapped up by European distributors after repeated rejection in his native United States. Raimi has spent the last few years knocking out "Spider-Man" box-office busting blockbusters but has taken time out from that franchise -- before getting to work on "Spider-Man 4" -- to return to his beloved horror genre. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Drag Me to Hell: Sam Raimi's Genre Curse May 21, 2009
Drag Me to Hell': Sam Raimi's Genre Curse - TIME (Time.com)
Stars Icons: Sam Raimi May 21, 2009
attracted legions of followers with his spooky, quirky Evil Dead films and other underdog favorites like Darkman ... Raimi's first significant project was 1978's Within the Woods, starring Campbell and providing the bedrock from which The Evil Dead series was built upon ... Horror became the prevailing theme of many of Raimi's movies, including his cult classic The Evil Dead. (IGN FilmForce)
Raimi's Best Movies May 19, 2009
The original Evil Dead is perhaps the only example of a Raimi-directed horror film that is, for the most part, a straightforward scarefest ... But through a strange confluence of events involving the disappointing performance of Raimi's follow-up Crimewave and some vocal support from genre icon Stephen King, Evil Dead earned itself one of the greatest horror sequels in cinematic history ... While some debate lingers over whether the film is technically a sequel to or simply a loose remake, Evil... (IGN FilmForce)
Cannes 2009: Great — or the Greatest — Festival? May 14, 2009
Cannes 2009: Great Festival. Or the Greatest Festival. (Time.com)
Get set for summer May 14, 2009
Drag Me to Hell - (May 29) Spider-Man director Sam Raimi returns to his Evil Dead roots with a horror tale about a bank employee (Alison Lohman) tormented by a vengeful customer's supernatural curse. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 - (June 12) The remake casts Denzel Washington as a subway dispatcher and John Travolta as a bad guy ransoming a trainload of passengers. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Top 10 Horror Blu-rays May 12, 2009
Studio: Anchor Bay Release Date: October 2, 2007 There are precious few films as quotable as Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series. Ash (Bruce Campbell) is arguably the best genre protagonist there is (with Snake Plissken, Jack Burton and Reggie from Phantasm waiting in the wings), and the patented "splatstick" horror/comedy they deliver is better than anything Jane Austen could deliver on her best days. (IGN FilmForce)
THEY'RE BACK: Cannes' favorite sons and daughters May 12, 2009
"This is my first time. And as a filmmaker, it does make me a bit nervous to show something out of context." Spider-Man director Sam Raimi will host a midnight showing of his upcoming horror thriller Drag Me to Hell, a throwback to his campy Evil Dead roots. By Anthony Breznican, USA TODAY There's going to be homecoming on the Riviera. (USA Today -- Life)
Summer Films Schedule May 8, 2009
"Drag Me to Hell": "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi returns to his "Evil Dead" roots with a horror tale about a bank employee (Alison Lohman) tormented by a vengeful customer's supernatural curse. "Easy Virtue": Jessica Biel goes across the pond in this comedy about a gaudy 1920s American gal who marries an Englishman (Ben Barnes) -- much to the dismay of his stuffy British parents (Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth). (North County Times)
Summer heroes: Wolverine, Kirk & Spock, Potter Apr 20, 2009
"Drag Me to Hell": "Spider-Man" director Sam Raimi returns to his "Evil Dead" roots with a horror tale about a bank employee (Alison Lohman) tormented by a vengeful customer's supernatural curse. "District 9": "Lord of the Rings" overlord Peter Jackson produces a sci-fi tale about a human who becomes an unlikely ally for aliens held in a South African ghetto. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
IGN Gets Dragged to Hell Apr 15, 2009
But as any fan who has seen his Evil Dead films can tell you, Raimi laces his horror films with as much twisted humor as he does scares and gore. Drag Me to Hell looks to be no exception. (IGN FilmForce)
'Pig Hunt': Indie horror in California woods Apr 11, 2009
Horror flicks have propelled director-producers to greater fame - notably Sam Raimi ("Evil Dead" and "Spider-Man"); and James Cameron ("Piranha Part Two: The Spawning," "Titanic"). Mailer Anderson is patterning himself after John Sayles ("The Secret of Roan Inish," "Lone Star," among others. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
My readers write: The worst ads on TV Apr 7, 2009
My favourite letter, in its succinct entirety, from Rolf Auer in Vancouver: "I hate the ad for Montana's with the two talking animal heads on a wall of a restaurant (a deer and a moose, I think). It makes me think of Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn, wherein the buck's head mounted on the cabin wall laughs maniacally. I think the movie is more tasteful. ...". (). (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Top 20 heroes & villains of pop culture Mar 30, 2009
Ash (Bruce Campbell in the Evil Dead franchise)13. Selena (Naomie Harris in 28 Days Later takes good care of my boy Cillian Murphy)14. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
SXSW 09: Drag Me to Hell Review Mar 17, 2009
At midnight last night, he screened at the SXSW Film Festival -- his first foray into true, balls-to-the-wall horror since Evil Dead II in 1987 (unless you count the slapstick comedy of Army of Darkness or the psychological drama of The Gift, which I don't) and the results were quite simply breathtaking. The story itself is classic Raimi, revolving around an evil curse that causes bad things to happen to normal people. (IGN FilmForce)
SXSW 09: Evil Dead Sequel Mar 16, 2009
IGN: SXSW 09: Raimi on Evil Dead 4 ... SXSW 09: Raimi on Evil Dead 4 ... Plus, news of the Evil Dead remake. (IGN FilmForce)
Film Review - My Name is Bruce (200... Mar 10, 2009
He must if he s been willing to act in hilariously bad B-Movies like Army of Darkness and Evil Dead. Most of his films have since become famous cult classics in the horror genre. (Suite101.com)
My Name is Bruce Feb 14, 2009
Page last updated at 17:06 GMT, Thursday, 12 February 2009. Talking shop: Bruce Campbell. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
DVD Report: This week's new releases (Feb. 8) Feb 8, 2009
Cult icon Bruce Campbell delivers a meta version of the grotesque goofs that have made his career in movies like "The Evil Dead." Extras: Director's commentary by Campbell; production documentary. (Image, $27. (Boston Globe)
Slasher films: the movie genre that wouldn't die Feb 8, 2009
"Re-Animator," Stuart Gordon's 1985 grand guignol gorefest, pushes the envelope of the genre with astounding high spirits and subversive kink; Sam Raimi's "Evil Dead II" (1987) fuses zombie mayhem with unexpected slapstick; both are the work of smart, witty moviemakers. "Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer" (1990), for all its grisly violence, works because its observant coldness is the opposite of exploitation. (Boston Globe)
Evil Dead Exclusive Feb 8, 2009
While there however, we took the opportunity to quiz him on all things Evil Dead, and rather than giving us a withering look and refusing to talk about the subject yet again, he instead spilled the beans ... Bruce on the success of the Evil Dead movies ... "This year it's 30 years old - we shot it in November of 1979. I think it's still around because the movies hit a chord with anyone who is irreverent. Anybody who is a little outside the box. Because the movies are all a little twisted, in... (IGN FilmForce)
Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility Update Feb 8, 2009
Dynasty Warriors 4 / Shin Sangokumuso3 Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick Ex Chaser (Japan Only) Family Guy Far Cry: Instincts Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy I-Ninja Leisure Suit Larry: Magna *** Laude Mortal Kombat: Armageddon MotoGP Incredibles/ Mr. Incredible (J) Muzzle Flash (Japan Only) MX Unleashed Open Season Pariah Plus Plumb 2 (Japan Only) Psychonauts Psyvariar2 Extend Edition (Japan Only) Rainbow Six: Lockdown Rapala Pro Fishing Rent-A-Hero No. 1 (Japan Only) Scarface Shark Tale Shenmue II... (IGN Xbox)
