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Evil Dead (1981): Cursed Cabin, Demon Gore, and Zero Good Decisions
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What happens when a bunch of broke Michigan kids decide they’d rather summon Deadites than get normal jobs? Ambrose and Kelly hike back to the cabin to dig into The Evil Dead and the beautiful chaos behind it.
They walk through how Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, and friends went from backyard Super 8 shorts to a miserable winter shoot in Tennessee, sleeping on floors and inventing Fake Shemps, Shaky Cams, and sticky DIY gore just to get this thing finished.
Then they break down why the film still works as pure dread energy. Plus the five emotional states of horror, Ash’s total mental collapse, one infamous scene that still divides fans, and how an X rating, Video Nasty panic, and a Stephen King rave turned it into a cult legend.
In this episode, we…
- Trace the scrappy origin story of The Evil Dead.
- Geek out over blood recipes, cracked lenses, and painful makeup.
- Map Dread, Terror, Horror, Shock, and Disgust onto key moments.
- Compare the original to Evil Dead 2, Army of Darkness, and the 2013 remake, then hand out Coffin ratings.
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