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Review: Ash Vs. Evil Dead (Season 1, Episode 10)
Entering into the season 1 finale, I was positive that there would be a sense of closure with Ash’s full circle back to the Michigan cabin. After all, they filmed the entirety of season 1 before Starz officially announced the … Continue reading
Review: Ash Vs. Evil Dead (Season 1, Episode 9)
For my Christmas gifts this year, I received a lot of special and deluxe editions of my favorite TV shows and movies (Scream Factory’s release of Ghost Story, The X-Files: Season 1 blu-ray, Caligula: The Imperial Edition, etc.). But the … Continue reading
Review: Ash Vs. Evil Dead (Season 1, Episode 8)
If people can pry themselves away from the Star Wars lollapalooza this weekend, they’ll realize that another franchise was revived with effortless efficacy too. We’re about to round third base with Ash vs. Evil Dead and it’s showing no loss … Continue reading
Review: Ash Vs. Evil Dead (Season 1, Episode 7)
When this episode began with Ash and his minions traipsing through the wilderness to a militia camp, I suspected that the show might be getting a bit stale. The formula has been Ash cluelessly bungles his way into a civilian … Continue reading
Review: Ash Vs. Evil Dead (Season 1, Episode 5)
Gagging Bruce Campbell neuters his most powerful weapon: his silver tongue. But his muttering of obscenities is quite funny before it loses its luster. With Ash strung up against a post for an exorcism and possible castration, this episode is … Continue reading
Review: Ash vs. Evil Dead (Season 1, Episode 3)
By now, it’s apparent that Ash vs. Evil Dead is not a vestigial capitalization on the Sam Raimi IP. It’s a brisk, nauseatingly funny horror-comedy which honors the legacy. In this third episode, Ash requires answers to quelling the unleashed … Continue reading
Review: Ash vs. Evil Dead (Season 1, Episode 2)
Sadly, Sam Raimi is a sought-after commodities and he can’t be directly involved in every episode of his brainchild. Yet the show isn’t beholden to him for stylishly offbeat direction. Episode 2 begins immediately after Ash’s decapitation of his elderly … Continue reading
Review: Ash vs. Evil Dead (Season 1, Episode 1)
In many ways, Sam Raimi has rectified the tonal problems of Army of Darkness and glum period piece atmosphere with this extraordinarily decadent, riotously funny and rollicking beginning of what I hope is going to be a long-running series. Of … Continue reading