{"id":1795,"date":"2015-10-16T13:14:19","date_gmt":"2015-10-16T21:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=1795"},"modified":"2015-10-16T13:14:19","modified_gmt":"2015-10-16T21:14:19","slug":"dead-by-dawn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/dead-by-dawn\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead by dawn"},"content":{"rendered":"
By: Darien Campo \r\nFreelancer<\/pre>\n
Continuing my October horror movie marathon, this week brought me \u2026 \u201cCoraline\u201d (2009), \u201cHouse on Haunted Hill\u201d (1999), \u201cNightmare on Elm Street\u201d (1984), and \u201cThe Babadook\u201d (2014).  <\/p>\n
I also had a chance to re-watch my favorite trilogy of movies — and just in time, because with a brand new television show premiering this month, Sam Raimi\u2019s \u201cEvil Dead\u201d series is about to come back in style.<\/p>\n
I watched \u201cEvil Dead\u201d at a young age, and I\u2019ve been hooked ever since. The original \u201cEvil Dead\u201d (1981) is a testament to perseverance, brimming with the potential of fledgling director Sam Raimi and actor Bruce Campbell. <\/p>\n
Reading Campbell\u2019s autobiography \u201cIf Chins Could Kill\u201d gives a great insight into the impossible odds these college students faced trying to make their first feature-length film. It may stumble in its delivery, but \u201cEvil Dead\u201d is an accomplishment in gore cinema.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvil Dead II\u201d (1987) is by far my favorite of the series. The sloppy mess of violence that made the original Evil Dead great is now mixed with Bruce Campbell\u2019s unique style of Three Stooges-esque slapstick overacting. <\/p>\n
This sequel\/reimagining takes a more comedic turn on the genre, giving us a hilariously twisted romp that has you gasping in shock between peals of laughter. \u201cEvil Dead II\u201d knows you\u2019re not taking it seriously, so it doesn\u2019t bother either. <\/p>\n
The final film in the trilogy is the funny and endlessly quotable \u201cArmy of Darkness\u201d (1992). While \u201cEvil Dead II\u201d strikes a perfect balance between scares and shticks, the third movie has made it all the way to other side of the spectrum, where it is now a straight comedy with horror elements. <\/p>\n
The second film may have had its over-the-top moments, but \u201cArmy of Darkness\u201d is an over-the-top film. The entire setting of the series is flipped on its head and our hero, Ash, becomes a cheesy one-line spewing powerhouse of hilarity.<\/p>\n
But true to its themes the \u201cEvil Dead\u201d series lives on.
\n2013 brought us a fantastic remake that had all the heart of the original and all the special effects of today. A hilariously messy musical has also found its way to the stage, which you can see at the 2nd Street Theatre in Bend, Ore. every year. <\/p>\n
Finally, you can catch the fast-approaching \u201cAsh vs. the Evil Dead\u201d series on STARZ, premiering Oct. 31, 2015. It is a terrific time to be a fan of \u201cEvil Dead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Continuing my October horror movie marathon, this week brought me \u2026 \u201cCoraline\u201d (2009), \u201cHouse on Haunted Hill\u201d (1999), \u201cNightmare on Elm Street\u201d (1984), and \u201cThe Babadook\u201d (2014).  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":825,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/825"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}