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'The Evil Dead' Reboot Plot Details Revealed
So that 'Evil Dead' reboot that's happening--because we can't do anything to stop it--has leaked a few plot details. The updated version of Sam Raimi's immortal 1981 classic will be directed by newcomer Fede Alvarez and written by Diablo Cody ('Juno,' 'Jennifer's Body') and will not center around our favorite boomstick-wielding demon fighter Ash; Bruce Campbell will apparently not be in the film at all. Instead, according to recent reports, the new film will structurally mirror the original with a group of kids heading to a cabin in the woods. But they are going to that cabin to help kick one of the girls of her drug habit. Ok. There will also be a subplot of one girl not only discovering the Book of the Dead, but being able to decipher and translate it as well.
Unless the ancient Kandarian culture worshiped hamburger phones, it doesn't make sense that one of Cody's teenage female characters would be able to just pick up and translate the Book of the Dead. I somewhat understand the decision to make one of the characters a recovering drug addict, because her behavior and possible hallucinations as she detoxes would make it difficult to tell whether the supernatural stuff is real or all in her head. Yeah, I understand it, but I don't like it. If we get to the end of the film just to find out that there were no demons and everyone is fine just so they can drive home happily coming up with precious dialogue, I'm going to chainsaw my own face. I don't hate remakes/reboots on principle and I try to remain optimistic on them no matter how much I love the original films, but news like this makes it difficult to avoid dread.
Source: Bloody Disgusting
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Comment by Devin on November 3, 2011 at 1:13am -
This reads like a bad joke. A really, really bad joke.
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Comment by K.I.P. on October 31, 2011 at 2:58pm -
This is pretty funny, I was actually about to watch Evil Dead after a little web-surfing. The Evil Dead trilogy is one of my favorite horror series, so in a small part I'm actually looking forward to this with hopes of a worthy addition to the series. I can actually see this working if the character who can read Kandarian is one of those nuts who is obsessed with the occult and other demonic subject matter. I'm a little offended that they're excluding Ash, one of the most important reason I like this series. That's like making Halloween without Michael Myers or A nightmare on elm street without freddy krueger. Honestly, as a horror junkie that comes across as blasphemy. I would have preferred another sequel with an older Ash.
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Comment by Da Kahuna on October 31, 2011 at 11:19am -
Good...bad....we're the generation that had the better plot
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Comment by Ash on October 30, 2011 at 10:56pm -
This is a horrible idea! I was initially behind a 4th Evil Dead when Raimi was still on board to direct, especially after "Drag Me to Hell" proved he could still tell that kind of story. But having Cody write the script after the absolutely horrible "Jennifer's Body" is an insult to the "Evil Dead" series. I guess all I can do is ignore this film's existence and just sit back and watch the original trilogy.
P.S. I enjoyed "Juno" I just don't think Cody can write horror, and with Raimi being deep into the production of "OZ the great and powerful" any real involvement by him is pretty slim.
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Comment by Stephan on October 30, 2011 at 10:38pm -
At least it's not a remake. They aren't replacing Campbell, this is just yet another thing that happens in this world.
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Comment by The Tourist on October 30, 2011 at 6:22pm -
@Joshua I think since they hired Brian he's been writing all the news story. At least it certainly sounds that way since they certainly reference him writing a few of the stories on the LEOG's news segment.
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Comment by nangle on October 30, 2011 at 1:37pm
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Comment by moviedork on October 30, 2011 at 10:49am -
I'm feeling maybe you all should calm down a bit. This is leaked information, it might not be true. Though even if it is true, we can't really judge it without seeing a single frame from the movie. I thought people were nuts were misjudging Thor because of some publicity photos, this is taking it way further. Please stop it!
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Comment by mjtfreeze on October 30, 2011 at 6:50am -
I have only seen 30secs of one of the Evil Dead movies. Ash was in the square of a castle ruin, fighting of tons of zombies. It was on cable tv during the day, but this was before I joined or heard Spill. So it didn't interest me. And these leaked plot details...makes me want to watch the originals before they f up the franchise with this new one lol.
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Comment by Northern/ninja on October 30, 2011 at 12:23am -
ya thats a good point they really should use their actual names rather than always it was just the spill crew.
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