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Evil Dead
''Evil Dead'' is an American horror franchise created by Sam Raimi consisting of five feature films and a television series. The series follows various characters as they battle demonic forces unleashed by an ancient book called the ''Necronomicon Ex-Mortis''. The protagonist, Ashley Joanna "Ash" Williams ( Bruce Campbell), appears in the original trilogy including ''The Evil Dead'' (1981), '' Evil Dead II'' (1987), and ''Army of Darkness'' (1992), all written and directed by Raimi, produced by Robert G. Tapert and starring Campbell. The franchise has since expanded into other formats, including a television series, video games, comic books and a musical. The film franchise was resurrected in 2013 with '' Evil Dead'', both a reboot and a loose continuation of the series directed by Fede Álvarez, who co-wrote the screenplay with Rodo Sayagues. It was produced by Raimi, Campbell and Tapert, featuring a new protagonist in Mia Allen ( Jane Levy). A television series, '' Ash v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Evil Dead
''The Evil Dead'' is a 1981 American independent film, independent supernatural horror film written and directed by Sam Raimi (in his feature directorial debut). The film stars Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, and Theresa Tilly as five college students vacationing in an isolated cabin in the woods, where they find an audio tape that, when played, releases a legion of demons and spirits. Four members of the group suffer from demonic possession, forcing the fifth member, Ash Williams (Campbell), to survive an onslaught of increasingly gory mayhem. Raimi, Campbell, producer Robert Tapert, Robert G. Tapert, and their friends produced the 1978 short film ''Within the Woods'' as a proof of concept to build the interest of potential investors, which secured US$90,000 to begin work on ''The Evil Dead''. Principal photography took place on location in a remote cabin in Morristown, Tennessee, in a filming process that proved extremely uncomfortable for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Raimi
Samuel M. Raimi ( ; born October 23, 1959) is an American filmmaker. He is best known for directing the first three films in the ''Evil Dead'' franchise (1981–present) and the ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007). He also directed the superhero movie '' Darkman'' (1990), the revisionist western '' The Quick and the Dead'' (1995), the neo-noir crime thriller '' A Simple Plan'' (1998), the supernatural thriller '' The Gift'' (2000), the supernatural horror '' Drag Me to Hell'' (2009), the Disney fantasy '' Oz the Great and Powerful'' (2013), and the Marvel Studios film '' Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness'' (2022). His films are known for their highly dynamic visual style, inspired by comic books and slapstick comedy. He founded the production companies Renaissance Pictures in 1979 and Ghost House Pictures in 2002. Raimi has also produced several successful television series, including '' Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', its spin-off '' Xena: Warrior Princess'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ash Williams
Ashley Joanna "Ash" Williams is a fictional character and the protagonist of the '' Evil Dead'' franchise. Created by Sam Raimi, he is portrayed by Bruce Campbell and is the only character to appear in each entry of the series, including a post-credits, a cameo in the 2013 film and an audio cameo in 2023 film, respectively. Throughout the series, Ash faces off against " Deadites", creatures possessed by the ancient evil of the Kandarian Demon. Ash, since his debut, has been considered a cultural icon and an iconic horror hero. In 2008, Ash was selected by ''Empire'' magazine as the 24th greatest movie character of all time, and in 2013, was voted by ''Empire'' as the greatest horror movie character ever. Appearances Films ''The Evil Dead'' (1981) Ash and his girlfriend Linda, sister Cheryl, and friends Scott and Shelly stay at a log cabin in the woods, where they find the ''"Naturom Demonto"'' (renamed or possibly translated to '' Necronomicon Ex-Mortis'' in the sequels) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Sullivan
Lily Sullivan is an Australian actress. She played Coral in the 2012 film ''Mental'' and Miranda in the 2018 television series '' Picnic at Hanging Rock''. She plays leading roles in two 2023 feature films, the Australian sci-fi thriller ''Monolith'' and the American horror film '' Evil Dead Rise''. Early life and education Lily Sullivan's father is an importer of medical equipment, and her mother, Jayne "Noni", is a visual artist. They emigrated to Australia from the UK together before Lily's birth. She grew up in Queensland, and the family lived in Logan City while she was in high school. After seeing a production of ''A Streetcar Named Desire'' on stage in Brisbane as a teenager, Sullivan became enamoured with the idea of acting, and planned to audition for one of the major drama schools. However, a callout for a film role came in her final year of high school, and she auditioned and won the role. Career Sullivan made her feature film debut in P. J. Hogan's 2012 feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyssa Sutherland
Alyssa Sutherland (born 23 September 1982) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as Ellie in '' Evil Dead Rise'', the fifth installment of the ''Evil Dead'' franchise. Early life Sutherland was born in Brisbane. She is of Scottish descent, of Clan Sutherland. Career Modeling Sutherland's modelling career began when she won the 1997 annual Bonne Belle model search of ''Girlfriend'', a teen magazine in Australia. Following her win, she signed a contract with '' Vogue'' Australia. Sutherland has had an extensive runway, print and television modeling career, appearing in campaigns for Bulgari, Ralph Lauren, Garnier, Calvin Klein, Chanel, John Frieda, Kerastase, Hugo Boss and Abercrombie & Fitch. Sutherland has appeared on the cover of magazines for '' Vogue'' Australia, ''Harper's Bazaar'' Singapore and Japan, ''Elle'' Germany, Australian ''Style'', ''Glamour'' Italy and ''Black and White''. Sutherland has also shot extensive editorial for ''Vogue'' (German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Cronin (director)
Lee Cronin is an Irish filmmaker best known for directing horror films such as '' The Hole in the Ground'' (2019) and '' Evil Dead Rise'' (2023), the fifth installment in the ''Evil Dead'' franchise. Career He first achieved recognition for his short horror film ''Ghost Train'' (2013), which won the Méliès d'Argent and was featured in the 2016 anthology ''Minutes Past Midnight''. Continuing to work in the horror genre, he made his feature directorial debut with '' The Hole in the Ground'' (2019). In 2023, he wrote and directed '' Evil Dead Rise'', the fifth film of the ''Evil Dead'' franchise. In June 2024, he signed on to write and direct a new adaptation of '' The Mummy'' for Blumhouse Productions, Atomic Monster, and New Line Cinema New Line Productions, Inc., Trade name, doing business as New Line Cinema, is an American film production, film and television production company that is a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, a division of the Major film s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collider (website)
Valnet, Inc. is a Canadian media company established in August 2012 by Hassan and Sam Youssef in Montreal, Quebec. It operates primarily in the entertainment media industry, where it has sought to acquire producers of content in this space. In this way, it has become the parent company of several internet media publications including ''TheGamer'', ''Collider'', ''Comic Book Resources'', ''MovieWeb'', ''Screen Rant'', ''Game Rant'', XDA Developers, and MakeUseOf. According to ''TheWrap'', Valnet websites prioritise "mass quantity over quality" and " SEO bait" content. There have been complaints from writers about working conditions and the low pay offered by the company. History Students Matt Keezer, Stephane Manos, Sam and Hassan Youssef met through their common interest in competitive foosball, and started a business in online pornography in 2003, growing their successful enterprise under the Brazzers name. Keezer began Pornhub under the company Interhub separately from Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revival (television)
In television, a revival is a television series that returns to produce new episodes after being off the air for a certain amount of time, particularly due to cancellation. Definition Network executives may decide to attempt to revive a television program when they feel that a market once again exists for it. It is one of several programming strategies television networks employ to capitalize further on successful programs; among the other methods are spin-offs, reboots, remakes, cast reunions, television movies and sequels. Unlike spin-offs, in which a television network creates an entirely new series around an existing character or setting, a revival reintroduces most or many of the original program's storylines, characters, and locales, and usually attempts to resolve story arcs that the original run failed to complete, as opposed to a sequel that may introduce a new storyline with some of the same characters after the previous series' story ended. Revivals usually t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adult Animation
Adult animation is an animation used for films and television series that is catered specifically to general interests and is mainly targeted and marketed towards adolescents and young adults, as opposed to children or all-ages audiences. Ralph Bakshi and Eiichi Yamamoto are the pioneering originators of animation as a medium in the 1970s. Characteristics and themes List of adult animated feature films, Animated films, List of adult animated television series, television series, and List of adult animated web series, web series in this medium could be considered adult for any number of reasons, which include the incorporation of dark comedy, dark humor, violence, shock value, toilet humour, vulgar language, nudity, sexual content (either pornography, explicit or suggestive), profanity, political themes, or other thematic elements inappropriate for children and/or younger viewers. Works may explore philosophical, political, or social issues. Some animated productions are noted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starz
Starz (stylized in all caps as STARZ; pronounced "stars") is an American pay television network owned by Starz Entertainment, and is the flagship property of Starz Inc. Launched in 1994 as a multiplex service of what is now Starz Encore, its programming consists of theatrically released motion pictures and first-run original television series. Starz operates six 24-hour, linear multiplex channels; a traditional subscription video on demand service; and a namesake over-the-top streaming platform that both acts as a TV Everywhere offering for Starz's linear television subscribers and is sold directly to streaming-only consumers. Starz is also sold independently of traditional and over-the-top multichannel video programming distributors a la carte through Apple TV Channels and Amazon Video Channels, which feature VOD library content and live feeds of Starz's linear television services (consisting of the primary channel's East and West Coast feeds and, for Amazon Vide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Levy
Jane Colburn Levy ( ; born ) is an American actress. After attending the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, she debuted as the original Mandy Milkovich on the Showtime comedy-drama '' Shameless'' (2011). Levy left ''Shameless'' following its first season to portray the lead of the ABC sitcom ''Suburgatory'' from 2011 to 2014. Transitioning to film, Levy collaborated with director Fede Álvarez as the lead of the horror films ''Evil Dead'' (2013) and '' Don't Breathe'' (2016). She returned to television with series regular roles on the Hulu comedy-drama '' There's... Johnny!'' (2017) and horror fantasy '' Castle Rock'' (2018), in addition to headlining the Netflix thriller miniseries '' What/If'' (2019). From 2020 to 2021, Levy portrayed the title character of the NBC musical comedy-drama '' Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist'', for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. Early life Jane Colburn Levy was born on December ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodo Sayagues
Rodo Sayagues is an Uruguayan writer, producer, film director, and songwriter. He is best known for his work as a co-writer on the Fede Álvarez-directed films ''Evil Dead'' (2013), ''Don't Breathe'' (2016), and '' Alien: Romulus'' (2024), and for directing '' Don't Breathe 2'' (2021). Career After writing short films, Sayagues wrote his feature film debut, ''Evil Dead'' (2013), which serves as a remake to the 1981 film. He reteamed with ''Evil Dead'' director Fede Álvarez to write the 2016 horror film ''Don't Breathe''. On May 3, 2016, Warner Bros. hired Sayagues and Álvarez to co-write the script for '' Monsterpocalypse''. On October 11, 2016, Columbia Pictures acquired the rights to ''Incognito'' and hired Sayagues, Daniel Casey and Álvarez to write the screenplay. In July 2017, Sayagues and Álvarez were hired to produce an untitled techno thriller film, with Jason Eisener directing, from a script by Simon Barrett. In November 2018, Sayagues and Álvarez were brough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
