Sam Raimi Talks Evil Dead Remake; Calls it ‘Gut-Wrenching’

Steve Barton   |  

Jul 19, 2012

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MTV caught up with legendary director Sam Raimi at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, and the always entertaining filmmaker had some really interesting things to say about the remake of his infamous 1981 film The Evil Dead. Read on!

As for whether he sees the new film as honoring his original, Raimi said he doesn’t approach it that way. “I don’t think about it like that. I just think Fede Alvarez has really made a great horror movie,” he said. “It’s scary. The actors are great in it. It’s really gut-wrenching, real low budget, and intense.” He also confirmed that Ash will not appear in the new film, “No, that character’s not in this movie,” says Raimi. Didn’t we all already know that though? Silly MTV!

Ghost House Pictures is producing the much anticipated remake of Sam Raimi’s 1981 cult-hit horror film The Evil Dead, the film that effectively launched the careers of Sam Raimi (Spider-Man franchise, Darkman, Drag Me to Hell), Rob Tapert (30 Days of Night), and Bruce Campbell, who played the Ash character and was co-producer of the original. They are now back to produce an Evil Dead for today’s audience that’s high on the horror, gore, plot twists, and more from a screenplay written by Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues with Diablo Cody. Executive producers are J.R. Young, Nathan Kahane, Joseph Drake, and Peter Schlessel.

A core cast of young, fresh talent includes Jane Levy (“Suburgatory”) as Mia; Shiloh Fernandez (Deadgirl, Red Riding Hood) as David; Lou Taylor Pucci (Carriers) as Eric; Jessica Lucas (Cloverfield) as Olivia; and Elizabeth Blackmore (Legend of the Seeker) as Natalie.

Synopsis
Five twenty-something friends become holed up in a remote cabin where they discover a Book of the Dead and unwittingly summon up dormant demons living in the nearby woods, which possess the youngsters in succession until only one is left intact to fight for survival.