Episode 73: Once Upon a Cabin in the Woods... Again

It's time again, for Dawn and Jen to go on a journey of re-discovery through one of horror's most beloved franchises: The Evil Dead. After three movies and over thirty years, daring filmmaker Fede Álvarez does the unthinkable and helms a remake*, daring the fates to strike him down.  

...and no one was more surprised than your hosts that he actually pulled it off.

Taking a new cast, new characters, and a new script into the great wilds of a New Zealand set, Álvarez managed to capture the spirit of the original, chucking the yuks-yuks and focusing on the story of five young people caught in the grips of terror. With a returned focus on practical gore, what results might not have been gonzo box office success, but it was a more than worthy edition to the Evil Dead series.

This episode is the fourth and final in a series that will cover all three Evil Dead movies and the 2013 remake.

"The Pendant/Evil Tango" from the Evil Dead OST by Roque Baños

Intro featuring, "Fritz Was Here" by YoshiBlade (via OCRemix).

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*Yes, we know it's often described as a successor/sequel rather than a remake. But it functions as a remake and that's what we're sticking to.

Episode 72: Thrice Upon a Castle in the Desert

It's time again, for Dawn and Jen to go on a journey of re-discovery through one of horror's most beloved franchises: The Evil Dead. Coming off of the successful Darkman and a deal with Universal, Raimi and company set their sights on the distant past, an epic journey, and a clear focus.  

...and almost forget where the heart and soul of the series resides.

While Army of Darkness was the most commercially successful of the series, the pared-down feature strips most of the nuance and (admittedly thin) logic out in favor of more yuk-yuks, bravado, foolishness and accidentally becomes more problematic than the movie with the tree-rape scene.  

This episode is the third in a series that will cover all three Evil Dead movies and the 2013 remake. Stay tuned.

"Manly Men" from Army of Darkness OST by Joseph LoDuca

"March of the Dead" from Army of Darkness OST by Danny Elfman

Intro featuring, "Fritz Was Here" by YoshiBlade (via OCRemix).

The Women In Caskets are part of the Bloody Disgusting Podcast Network. You can find our podcasts on their website, or on the app! We are also available in iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and all your favorite podcatchers. Click on the links, or get our RSS feed on LibSyn!

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Episode 70: Once Upon a Cabin In The Woods

It's time again, for Dawn and Jen to go on a journey of re-discovery through one of horror's most beloved franchises: The Evil Dead. With difficult financing, disastrous location shoots, and being banned outright in several countries, Sam Raimi's The Evil Dead should never have worked. 

And yet it did.

The Evil Dead franchise changed the face of horror cinema forever, landing it in the hearts of millions of gore-loving fans and introducing the world to the macabre brilliance of Raimi and his star, Bruce Campbell.

This episode is the first in a series that will cover all three Evil Dead movies and the 2013 remake. Stay tuned.

"The Charleston" composed by James P. Johnson.

"Skin" from The Evil Dead OST by Joseph LoDuca

Intro featuring, "Fritz Was Here" by YoshiBlade (via OCRemix).

The Women In Caskets are part of the Bloody Disgusting Podcast Network. You can find our podcasts on their website, or on the app! We are also available in iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, and all your favorite podcatchers. Click on the links, or get our RSS feed on LibSyn!

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