The Evil Dead Movies is the 371st episode of Screen Junkies comedy series Honest Trailers. It was written by Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, Danielle Radford and Lon Harris. It was narrated by Jon Bailey as Epic Voice Guy. It parodies the first three films in the Evil Dead franchise: The Evil Dead (1981), Evil Dead II (1987), and Army of Darkness (1992). It was published on November 10, 2020. It is 6 minutes and 5 seconds long. It has been viewed over 100,000 times.
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From the love child of Tim Burton and Pee-wee Herman (Sam Raimi)...
Sam Raimi: When we made Evil Dead, I... <SMACK> wanted to make... <SMACK> do something-- (cracks up, pokes his eyes)
...who's produced so much cool stuff throughout his career (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Hard Target, Timecop, A Simple Plan), but a whole generation only knows him for directing the Spider-Man memes...
Peter Parker: (setting down a stack of pizzas) Pizza time.
...comes the mind-blowing trilogy that was making you laugh and scream at the same time long before he cast Topher Grace as Venom.
Eddie Brock/Venom: I like being bad. It makes me happy.
The Evil Dead Franchise
Strap in for three excellent flicks that barely hang together as an actual trilogy: Evil Dead I, where some dumb teens drive all the way from Michigan to the worst little Airbnb in Tennessee; Evil Dead II, a half-remake, half-parody of the first one with the ratio of horror to comedy swapped (Ash reacts to his severed hand flipping him off); and Evil Dead III, which is called "Army of Darkness", but a direct sequel to Evil Dead II, and is really more like a medieval-times Three Stooges movie. (montage of slapstick in Army of Darkness) They're all great in their own ways, though; consistency's for nerds!
Bruce Campbell stars as this handsome piece of Ash; he's got a chin like a clenched fist and a literally handy chainsaw. Our hero will begin the trilogy as one of the more dumb and cowardly leading men in film history...
Scotty: (as Ash stares in shock at the possessed Cheryl) Hit her! Hit it!
...unable to overpower even the nearest shelving unit, until he goes through so much head trauma over the course of two films (montage of Ash getting his head injured) that he turns into Duke Nukem.
Ash: Come get some. / Groovy. / Give me some sugar, baby. / Hail to the king, baby.
Duke Nukem: Hail to the king, baby.
Evil will rise when Ash stumbles across an ancient goth kid's sketchbook, and accidentally plays a cursed podcast to summon the Deadites. They're part zombie (some Deadites rise from the ground), part vampire (a Deadite gets burned by the light of the Sun), and all saaass...
Possessed Linda: (singing) We're gonna get you...
Possessed Cheryl: You're not gonna leave me here, are you? Are ya, Ash? (laughs)
Evil Ash: I'm "Bad" Ash... and you're "Good" Ash.
...as these demons resort to the one trick in their evil book: possess one of your loved ones (Shelly screams at the possessed Scotty), then briefly pretend to be back to normal.
Cheryl: (from under the trapdoor) Unlock this chain and let me out.
Ash: Cheryl?
(the possessed Cheryl grabs Ash)
Possessed Linda: (as Ash prepares to use the chainsaw on her) Please don't hurt me. I love you. YES!
(Ash stares at a possessed Sheila from his flying machine)
How does he keep falling for this?!
Ash: --alloys and compositions and... things with molecular structures and the...
Oh, right. Moron.
Thrill at films that are as light on substance as they are heavy with style, as Sam Raimi turns on noclip mode for his camera, running it through the woods -- (montage of fast tracking shots) Like, a lot. (more tracking shots) -- smashing it through windows (montage of the camera crashing into windows), getting extremely close up (close-ups of a clock), and doing basically whatever he thought looked fun and cool at the time, from the awesome "gearing up" montages... (montage of Ash preparing his gear)
Ash: (after installing a new robo-arm) Groovy.
...to the constant decapitations (montage of characters getting decapitated), to having a tree sexually assault a woman. (Cheryl has her legs forcibly spread open by the possessed tree) Twice! (Bobby Joe has her clothes ripped open) Uh... moving on.
So enjoy these classic drive-in movies, passed down through the generations of cool older siblings and weird uncles, that proves you didn't need huge budgets and movie stars to make an awesome film; in fact, you didn't even really have to know how to make a film to make an awesome film -- (to an out-of-focus shot) Focus! -- just your old car, your old high school buddy, and enough red dye corn syrup to flood the Eastern Seaboard. (montage of copious amounts of blood being spilled) Man, I cannot wait to see him do this to Benedict Cumberbatch. (a Den of Geek article with the title "Confirmed! Sam Raimi Directing Marvel's Doctor Strange 2" pops up) Stupid clean-faced handsome man...
Starring: Ash Killem' (Bruce Campbell as Ashley "Ash" Williams); Deuce Campbell (Bruce Campbell as Evil Ash); Burn After Reading (The Necronomicon); I Am Groot [I Am a Registered Sex Offender] (the demonically-possessed trees); Thing (Ash's severed hand); Lord Mullet of Bowlcut (Marcus Gilbert as Lord Arthur); Blandalf (Ian Abercrombie as The Wise Man); This is Halloween, This is Halloween. Halloween, Halloween! (a Deadite doing pirouettes); But, Bill, These are Historical Babes (Embeth Davidtz as Sheila); and I'm Talking to the Man in the Mirror, I'm Asking Him to Choke My Face (Ash is attacked by his reflection).
The Deadass Chainsaw Massacre
The honest title for The Evil Dead Franchise was ‘The Deadass Chainsaw Massacre’. Titles designed by Robert Holtby.
The scariest part of these films is when Bruce Campbell comes thiiis close to getting canceled.
Ash: It's a n-word. It's definitely an n-word. It was definitely an n-word!
Careful!
Viewer's Comments []
In honor of Sean Connery, say "Uh, just a drink. A martini, shaken, not stirred." - Neo Duc Two
Say "Give me some sugar baby." - Darkclaw gamer
Please say: "OH, NO, NOT THE BEES! NOT THE BEES! AAAAAHHHHH! OH, THEY'RE IN MY EYES! MY EYES! AAAAHHHHH!" - D R
Trivia []
- The first comment in the viewer's comments pays tribute to Sean Connery, the first person to play James Bond in the EON Productions film series, who passed away on October 31, 2020, at the age of 90.
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Production Credits[]
Voice Narration: Jon Bailey aka Epic Voice Guy
Title Design: Robert Holtby
Written by: Spencer Gilbert, Joe Starr, Danielle Radford & Lon Harris
Produced by: Spencer Gilbert & Joe Starr
Edited by: Randy Whitlock
Post-Production Supervisor: Emin Bassavand
Director of Video Production: Max Dionne
Associate Producer: Ryan O'Toole
Executive Producer: Roth Cornet