Half in the Bag: Evil Dead Rise

An Irish guy shot the latest installment of an American franchise in New Zealand. It's Evil Dead Rise! The first Evil Dead movie in a decade. Is the new film worth traveling to a disgusting movie theater to see??? Only the idiots that bring their crying infants to a disgustingly violent R-rated movie know for sure!

[@Caarajack]

Tuesday elderly discount was the only thing to get RLM back to cinema.

[@haleymist09]

Honestly, I wish my theater had that.

[@timharbert7145]

The draw of the AARP discounts should not be underestimated.

[@SgtKaneGunlock]

its about the only time i see a movie now is tuesdays it must be a mid-west thing

[@t.c.bramblett617]

And underpaid theater employees were the only people able to get them back out of their seats at the end

[@jamesmumford8718]

Mike turned up specifically to laugh at the other customers.

[@bronzewand]

Imagine being a baby and your first theatre experience is Evil Dead Rise with these two donuts in the audience..

[@CruelQuertos]

Yeah considering mike is an old raging alcoholic. Couldn't have been a pleasant experience for that poor baby.

[@MasterCrumble]

Your life peaked as fetus meeting these 2 legends, and from then on it's going downhill.

[@mbrad9379]

If you bring a baby to the theatre to watch this then you deserve dyfus to be called on you.

[@AdsOfSteelGaming]

Great job boners!

[@B-Dad]

My first theater movie at 4 was little mermaid which was good for a kid. But my next film a little more than a year later was child’s play 2! I was a horror kid. Got my tonsils taken out at 5 and my mom rented me a tv/vcr combo from family video for over a week so I could recover at home and watch elm street movies in bed! I probably should have been a psycho if any of the what you see on screen makes you crazy stuff was true. Or maybe I just haven’t snapped YET 🤷🏾‍♂️😂😂😜👍🏾✌🏾

[@JasonHowdenNZ]

Seeing Evil Dead as a baby is Jay's supervillain backstory.

[@nijnij3988]

Yes! That's what I was thinking too

[@ALotOfCancer]

My mom sat me on her lap to watch *The Ring* when I was 4 years old. Now I have an obsession with horror. Maybe Jay had a similar situation.

[@WritesMe]

@@ALotOfCancer The Ring made me want to have kids.

[@mitchellhouser1572]

When I saw this in the theatre two seats away from me was what looked like a ten year old. When the opening scene is bloody I expected them to leave but no they watched the entire thing lol.

[@nicholasgarrett742]

The cool thing about ash vs evil dead is that it shows that when Bruce campbell isnt around, the deadites are actually pretty creepy and scary. But when hes around he manages to make those situations comedic and feel like everything will be ok even if some people end up dying. He just carries that feeling around with him. I really liked that juxtaposition in the show.

[@furionmax7824]

Naturally. Bc Ash is one of the few people that isn't scared of them and knows they're not that powerful. Which they really aren't unless there's like five or six at once. Comes with the territory of going through the shit he went through. That and the lack of emotional attachment helps a lot. Everyone he knew died. When ash fights he's not scared nor does he regret what he's going to do bc to him he's not killing a person he's killing a monster.

[@ADogandHisBoy]

Up till that series, which I also LOVED, Ash was really The Only Mofo who had or could stand up to the deadites. That series was the perfect balance of Horror, Comedy, Action/Adventure and Suspense..in so far as they had to constantly keep moving away from or after the deadites. Or to learn more and expand the lore. And it was just AWESOME! I was crushed when I read it was getting cancelled. Especially because they ended season 3 ON SUCH A COOL ASS IDEA FOR A CLIFF HANGER!! It had so much potential, just based off that one little clip....such a bummer!

[@nicholasgarrett742]

@@ADogandHisBoy if it came out on streaming services in the beginning instead of Starz, maybe things would have been different.

[@lucamckenn5932]

A good leader gives the illusion that things are fine when they aren't, that things are under control during chaos. Ash is a buffoon but the mantle of leader still fits.

[@ADogandHisBoy]

@@nicholasgarrett742 Oh Yeah..in fact I think that things would have been A LOT different!

[@jesse3086]

"They brought a literal baby to see Evil Dead" That kids going to grow up to be well adjusted and successful.

[@radio.graffiti]

Lmaoo bro I swear someone brought a baby to my screening too she was sitting right in front of me with her child sitting on her leg I heard a kid crying to the far right of the theater too, not to mention when I seen Scream 6 someone brought their 5 year old in there

[@warlockofwordschannel7901]

Oh, people like Jay or myself saw dozens of gory movies by the time we were twelve and we turned out fine. Just fine.

[@chilboswaggins5500]

No real babies attended. Both theaters were just haunted by ghost babies. Likely happened in theaters across the nation. 👻

[@Fenrick]

I remember seeing Army of Darkness as a 6 or 7 year old and being terrified of the pit. Not much of the humor was apparent to the mind of a young child

[@GlassThirdEye]

I was watching horror movies at age 5 and I've only killed 8 people so...checkmate guy

[@ChiKindaTown]

Mike and Jay wondering why the rest of the building didn’t check on what was happening to the characters proves they’ve never been to LA

[@bloodseer03]

As someone whose been living in LA for just about 10 years, I can confirm this

[@ALotOfCancer]

Yeah in LA even the most basic, innocent, suburban white bitch isn't dumb enough to go check on whatever's happening.

[@kuakilyissombroguwi]

Yup, a 1,000 times this. Specially in an old run down art deco building that's condemned near skid row? An axe murderer could start killing people door to door and no one would give a f*ck lol. Also, a lot of those buildings (and definitely the one in the movie) used to be banks, so they have really thick cement layers in between the floors and in some cases in between the units, which essentially means you're not hearing anything at all. This is one of the biggest draws for people looking for privacy in a city like LA.

[@liamphillips7315]

Among other blatant violations of the general peace I've emptied a .45 clip into a backyard pool in the middle of the day and no one batted an eye. No complaints, no cops, nothing. The base emotional essence of LA is indifference.

[@siruseless6650]

And also to be fair to the film: There was an earthquake followed by the book messing with the power to the building, complete with heavy rain and a thunderstorm just outside of the apartment complex in a shady-looking part of town. The film had a *lot* of reasons as to why there weren’t more people in that apartment seeing what was happening, and why a good deal of them just thought it was just the weather or something else instead of demonic possessions lol

[@DERDOHR]

When Jay said "the first Evil Dead in a decade" I was like "haha, right, good one". Then I went and looked it up. I just rewatched their half in the bag so much over the years, that I thought the remake was from like 2019 or something. Man, my ability to judge time has gone down the drain since hitting thirty... also, there's the dementia, can't forget that one.

[@booradley6832]

"oder" Wrong language.

[@marcelosdbzmusic8072]

Appropriately, you look a lot like Jay from a decade ago (Assuming that's you in your profile)

[@jacobleuchovius1123]

Do any of you know where I parked my car? I don't know where I parked my car.

[@cardboard2night]

"dementia, can't forget that one too" Hah, nice one.

[@Somone_final_final_v2]

"can't forget that one." Akshually...

[@noa2613]

Small note about the record player. A lot of old records were pressed to be played at 78 RPM, as opposed to what became a sort of standard later on (33,3/45) RPM. Since it's antiquated, not a lot of turntables support 78 RPM, that's why the kid had to speed it up by hand. Nice touch by the director. Also props for the LCD Soundsystem song.

[@alwaysxnever]

There were so many nice touches in this movie. I loved that so much..

[@KingCrimson82]

singles, small records, are the only ones that use that, pal.

[@noa2613]

@@KingCrimson82 I'm sure you can press demonic incantations on that as well.

[@thepapschmearmd]

@@KingCrimson82 untrue bud. 78s were around first and 33s didn’t come around until the late 40s and they made 78s until ‘59.

[@adrianferguson4025]

Deadites in a casino is such a fantastic idea. Having worked at a casino, the dealers wouldn't notice the difference. Need a scene of the deadites surrounding a roulette dealer, who's protecting his float and acting as if its business as usual.

[@chaosinorderrr]

Bruce Campbell as the dealer

[@aaronjustice9020]

Army of the dead. Weve seen close enough to it

[@c4burst]

I would rather see the yuppies in peril take. These rehashes sacrifice inventiveness for production value.

[@adoredpariah]

"Harry! my water broke and I'm having contractions!" "Well hurry it up Martha! We've got a noon showing of Evil Dead Rise to attend!"

[@jswissman702]

Kept replaying "She's punk rock; she's had tons of abortions" over and over imagining it playing in a Melvins song.

[@noesunyoutuber7680]

I feel like that's too coherent for a Melvins lyric.

[@etangbose4755]

@@noesunyoutuber7680this

[@cmfymedia]

never thought i would see a melvins mention in an rlm comment section

[@kibnob]

​@@cmfymediamfw im wearing a melvins shirt right now They are similar in some ways... E.g. both RLM and melvins are highly influential without being widely known, and both feel unusually authentic.

[@TheAtlasReview]

What would have been better than Ash showing up to save the day is if the blood-elevator doors opened with a ding, and Ash is just stood there with a bag of groceries.

[@captured_agent5714]

And saunters by without getting involved lol Just watched this last night and was a little underwhelmed but it wasn't bad

[@KingCrimson82]

Yeah me and my son waited for him to come around like i did wait for the zelda song on the n64

[@JohnDavidSullivan]

Drops the bags and then says "Shop Smart, Shop S Mart"

[@kibnob]

​@@captured_agent5714 *presses door close* "I'll wait for the next one" Then he finally decides to kick ass when a flying camera demon makes him drop his case of beer

[@cityabsurdia6680]

I like how the Milwaukee cinema-going experience always pops up in these videos as some hellish alternate reality.

[@shoobamocha]

I live here and it's really not that bad whenever I've gone, even the 5 dollar days

[@linkinparkrulz2275]

I think they're just describing the modern cinema experience in general, most people think they're watching netflix and sit there having a conversation in the theater.

[@FunnieApple]

​@@linkinparkrulz2275 thankfully where I live we have an Alamo Drafthouse where they'll kick you out no refunds for talking or being on your phone!

[@mattk7184]

I genuinely don't understand it. I enjoy the theater, all you have to do is wait a week to watch what comes out and your alone in the theater. I rarely have issues with other people.

[@douggaudiosi14]

Because it is

[@MisterBolticus]

Mike forgetting that the stairs collapsed in the earthquake is the most Mike thing he could've said

[@washedblue]

and what he would've called Rich an idiot for if it were him that had forgotten instead. oh, Mike. never change.

[@FromMagic]

You could tell exactly when he meant for his mid movie piss 😁

[@amandarattray2845]

hahaha I WAS SO CONFUSED AT HOW THE STAIRS COULD JUST DEMONICLY VANISH😂 *slaps forehead*

[@gabrielleandreas7598]

Mike looks ten years younger ever since Picard season 3 finished

[@bombtwenty3867]

You're flattering the Old Potato. He's even dressing in the colors of potato. But the potato will have to go rotten until Jay realises he's in partnership with a Spud

[@HerohammerStudios]

​@@bombtwenty3867 ok

[@thegalaxyhasclass]

😂

[@bones642]

@@bombtwenty3867hilarious lol

[@MikeScott55]

I liked the part where they just kept repeating “Evil Rise tonight!”

[@dr.2335]

I understood that reference

[@Igoreshkin]

@@dr.2335 Did you clap?

[@dr.2335]

@@Igoreshkin only with my asscheeks, if memory serves.

[@psychoticpebble]

@@Igoreshkin I squealed

[@dickthegimp4280]

"Now this book is turning us into monshtersh"

[@bmoc0867]

I might've remembered wrong, but the reason for the lack of tenants was because the building was not only a shithole, but it was supposed to be demolished at the end of the month, so most everyone had moved out already. That aside, many of my observations about Evil Dead Rise, both good and not so good, are summed up nicely in this episode....

[@Scott-tq3fx]

You are right, that was the case. As usual these hack frauds got too drunk to understand the movie.

[@alexsilva28]

That's right Mike

[@Whiskeyklone]

Yeah. Like they said in the video...

[@linkinparkrulz2275]

Correct yeah, there is a line about how the building is going to get torn down and they have to move out at the end of the month. So it wouldn't be any surprise that there's only a few tenants left in the building because of that. Mostly the movie is VERY well made in terms of explaining away its simple plot, tons of foreshadowing too, any time a weapon is mentioned or shown it shows up later in the film, for example the scissors the little girl shoves under the bed or the shotgun appearing later on. Since watching RedLetterMedia reviews I started to notice stuff like that more, it's a lot of setup and payoff. But the plot is just very simple.

[@bmoc0867]

@@Whiskeyklone He mentioned the crappy state of the building, but if he mentioned anything about a required deadline to move out, then I missed it.

[@jamesbullock7091]

Nice to see Mike and Jay slumming it in movie theaters again with us fat poors

[@CruelQuertos]

The elites mixing with us common peasants.

[@iamajay1]

They go once a year. Last year it was doctor strange 2, the year before that Ghostbusters afterlife. We fat poors get lucky once a year

[@Shinkajo]

@@CruelQuertos hey, speak for yourself. I, for one, am at least an uncommon peasant

[@alexsilva28]

​@@iamajay1 Dr Strange 2 so forgettable that they didn't even remember to mention it in this Raimi related review

[@Joshayyy]

Ymh 👖

[@Jommly]

Jay having a grey streak truly is a sign of the times

[@marcelosdbzmusic8072]

Oh my god, how depressing

[@Stop_The_Car]

I'm crying now because I got my first greys at 17.

[@mapro3948]

To think that I started watching Half in the Bag like with episode 17 or so... it makes melancholic to see that time does indeed go by.

[@lostielizzie]

And yet he's still incredibly hot

[@n1kobefan]

@@mapro3948 there account was made in 2007 and yours was made in 2015 lmao

[@SOOKIE42069]

the Spanish movie REC does a really good job of utilizing an apartment location the way you guys are talking about. Worth checking out if you haven't already seen it.

[@m.k.738]

Great Movie. I even enjoyed the American remake. I liked the terrorist virus angle better than the religious. Personal preference though.

[@bencousins7311]

i just had a friend download me rip of REC when it first came out and i kept raving about it when another friend mentioned it was showing at the cinema for an international film festival seeing it in a entire theater of unsuspecting people was a great memory everyone jumped up and clapped and cheered at the end.

[@jacoba4246]

REC is a masterpiece!

[@gsesquire3441]

That movie rules and the direct sequel is watchable as well.

[@anodosarcade7355]

Of course they have. It’s a horror staple now

[@jukeboxfandango]

7:45 - I've always felt like the Necronomicon is sort of wasted as a mcguffin. They used it some more in the Ash vs Evil Dead series, but it's a whole BOOK of spells. It should do all sorts of stuff, not just summon demons. There's also the whole vortex from Evil Dead 2 that brought Ash to the past, there's potential in the material they already have.

[@linkinparkrulz2275]

Well the trouble with that is having it do all that stuff and still be a horror movie. In this film the book flips to different pages to show the different "forms" of evil that are being summoned, like plagues, so it's about halfway there.

[@obscure.reference]

@@linkinparkrulz2275 you can put deadites anywhere point is they could do other things too

[@mkreeder]

What a brilliant point! I never much thought about it, but you're totally right. You inspired me to look up the origins of the Necronomicon, and one of the first articles I read talked about one of the hoax editions of the "real" book being used in a 1996 murder trial as evidence of the killing being part of a Satanic ritual. I think unfortunately the Satanic panic has really obscured the magic spells part of the book and left people focused on just the summoning part, which even that is again obscured by the great panic as being solely about summoning demons, since its origins appear to have included monsters and ancient deities. When your only tool's a hammer, everything's a nail, I guess?

[@johnsmith-xw7hv]

@@mkreeder Have you heard about the Finders?

[@mkreeder]

@@johnsmith-xw7hv I hadn’t, but I have now. Thank you and curse you! ;p There were far too many cases like these in the 1980s and ‘90s that destroyed people’s lives, and every one of them makes me sad and angry. I’m really surprised I’d never heard of this case, since it appears to have birthed the conspiracy theory about federal government cover-ups of ritual child abuse and trafficking?! I despair for humanity.

[@Featherwick]

Evil Dead being like an anthology series that has drastically different settings, demons etc could be fun. Just really let the creators go insane. But doesn't sound like they're doing that.

[@0neDoomedSpaceMarine]

That'd be neat, it could be Necronomicon incidents from different parts of history, and some movies could be more dark and serious, like the first one, while others could be more fun and light in tone, like Army Of Darkness. Picture one taking place in the old west, with the semi comedic tone of the second film. Bruce Campbell loves westerns, he might be interested. Another could be taking place in some trenches and fortifications during the first world war.

[@linkinparkrulz2275]

I don't understand why they don't bring Ash back. This is the second evil dead movie where they tried to have a "badass" female protagonist and the movies always fail in that regard. There is simply no other actor like Bruce Campbell who can chew the scenery while still keeping it in horror mode.

[@thatonedude9744]

Why is having female leads a bad thing? Is it just because it isn’t Bruce Campbell?

[@JoeGrizz1y]

Sam Rami, Bruce Campbell, and Rob are still producers on the project. These new films are just directed and written by someone that is sort of new of new to Hollywood. The films share DNA as the original creators are still there giving creative input and they still want every entry to share DNA. This film did just enough new and different to warrant its own existence. It’s a perfect companion film to the 2013 soft reboot. The movie was great and critically it’s a 8.5/10 but as a horror fan it definitely is another great entry for evil dead and this genre.

[@JoeGrizz1y]

@@linkinparkrulz2275 Ash is never coming back as Bruce Campbell retired playing the character once the TV series was cancelled and ended. These film don’t need him, they do perfectly fine without him. Especially when you have 3 films and 3 seasons that chronicle his beginning middle and end. His story is over. That’s why this Franchise has moved onto a more horror route, because Bruce did the campiness and one liner action hero already.

[@dukiino739]

A movie based on the priests who originally found the book of the dead would have been pretty cool. make it a period piece then throw in demons

[@krunalgode3391]

Guess who spoke as a Priest in those tapes?(Hint: Groovy)

[@lucamckenn5932]

Look up an old Flash game called Exmortis. The concept is similar but more simple and could easily be adapted to a short film.

[@Krackerjax]

@@krunalgode3391 Damn you can re-use elderly Bruce Campbell this way, making him great great great etc. relative of Ash, truly the first slayer but he ultimately dies so that someone later in his heritage can become "The" chosen one or whatever he's called. And/or we re use elderly Bruce now who just plays old ash. But make him OLD, don't try to "This old man is totally badass" it like they are with Steven "Bloated" Segal and many other ex- action stars who live in the Redbox, where 100% of action scenes are a stunt double, even ones where they just... walk

[@monsterofgod3315]

Maybe in the second one they go to the priest temple that found them?

[@sudburymagic]

Ye Evil Deade I dig it.

[@CKT1138]

I genuinely think the thing that carried this series is the wild amd wacky Raimi touch and Bruce Campbell playing a character that can ONLY he can pull off. Ash is a character who capable of swinging WILDLY between cocky, strong, whiny, resourceful, ingenious, incompetent, courageous, cowardly, clumsy, pathetic, magnetic, handsome, goofy, and deadly serious in the span of a single movie. He can be a horrible loser, total prick, warm friend, and the greatest action hero in B-Movie history and he does it all completely naturally without it feeling like poor character development. He's dynamic and unpredictable like a real human, but also larger than life when he gets in his element. Genuinely one of cinema's best protagonists, and he's from an unbelievably goofy series, and his absence from the new attempts at Evil Dead movies genuinely makes them feel like they aren't cut from the same cloth, even with all the references in the book.

[@Silver-rx1mh]

Agreed! :)

[@TheBifalco]

The only thing tortuous for Mike is talking about a film where none of the actors appeared on Star Trek.

[@SgtKaneGunlock]

The smile on Jays face when he says "Gore is Back" is fucking priceless

[@bones642]

Like the goofy smile I got when I noticed the classy sciency rlm timeline has a huge cardboard credit union gold card promo lmao the attention to detail. 💯

[@ElArto95]

Can't wait for the sequel to have people that continously repeat "Evil dead dies tonight"

[@juergen4ever]

Underrated post.

[@vfmc77]

I think Evil Dead 2013 deserves a rewatch. In my opinion, the practical effects in that movie are top-notch, and the reaction to horror from the actors performed more realistically.

[@TheBermudaMan]

Nothing that forced FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH into being cancelled deserves a rewatch.

[@vietnamd0820]

Evil Dead 2013 is indeed great, and the most gory and disgusting…that nail gun scene 😮

[@TheBermudaMan]

@Cristo Alba I know, dude...I know.

[@smcdonough1427]

2013 was such a better movie than Rise. It's a shame that the internet will lead everyone to believe otherwise

[@92brunod]

@@smcdonough1427 the internet is people. You just have a different opinion than most people, that's not a shame. Now, your smugness about it, that is shameful.

[@jasonking3182]

Studios need to apply the modestly budgeted horror movie trend to action movies in general. That was kind of how John Wick got started and allowed to grow.

[@GuineaPigEveryday]

John Wick? I mean isn’t ‘modestly budgeted action movie’ how every famous action movie franchises or at least iconic one got started? I mean the best ones r usually the ones where they gave some young hotshot director a meager budget and it became a surprise hit.

[@user-zu2bx1mi2l]

Movie RRR is the example of this

[@FurnaxIkki]

Not the same entertainment medium but Yahtzee Croshaw has gone on the record repeatedly that developers in games should "embrace their limitations" and work within and around them to try to create something creative and unique. A lot of great movies did likewise, like how Jaws had to shoot around the fact that their shark animatronics weren't working, or how with the movie Cube, they literally only had the time and budget to make a single set and figured out a creative way to repurpose it (by making different-colored rooms).

[@danconnolly737]

Are you serious? Do you actually know how many shitty or mediocre action movies come out a year? Like Bruce Willis has been in 500 of them in the past 10 years alone I swear to God the new action movie comes out almost every day. I really don’t think you watch action movies because if you did you know this. The problem is how many times you gonna make a John Wick movie how many times you gonna make a spy movie how many times you gonna make a mission impossible movie how many times you gonna make a movie with a guy has to revenge his family come on man use your brain next time you make a stupid ass comment.

[@RonYoYo]

nooo we need to go BIGGER so when NO ONE watches it we lose 300 MILLION DOLLARS

[@80s_Jacket]

I also saw it in theaters. It was this indie theater where one of the speakers didn't work, so all the dialogue was regular cinema volume but the music sounded like it came out of a shitty Bluetooth speaker And for some reason, that just added even more to the charm of this movie

[@MelGibsonFan]

Would you recommend it? I saw the previous evil dead at the theaters and actually enjoyed it.

[@zersch.]

@@MelGibsonFan I liked the previous remake more than this new one, but I still had fun with it. And if you aren't a weirdo like me and are more into the goofy side of Evil Dead that everyone loves, the new one has a bit more of that baked in too.

[@80s_Jacket]

@@MelGibsonFan I'd say yes. I haven't seen the remake, but I really liked 2 and Army of Darkness. Deadite Mom was great and worth the price of admission alone, and as someone who can usually predict how horror movies go, this one took a turn I wasn't expecting and was pleasantly surprised because it felt like there were some real stakes

[@InspireCreate43]

​@David Yes, well, may your opinion be in the minority. Nothing at all can replace a genuine movie theatre experience.

[@scottyawesomesauce467]

Wait, so the music was lower then the dialog? That doesn't sound all that bad.

[@pandexity]

Wow. Well done boys. I really enjoyed this review of "The Batman".

[@franciscoaguilar2597]

Ash vs Evil Dead was actually quite a success for different reasons, however it's biggest problem was being on STARZ, which little to no people used. The show was heavily pirated which didn't help its support at all, and was found to be pretty popular when Netflix began streaming the series to the point people unaware of its existence genuinely thought it was a Netflix original.

[@xybervox]

It was heavily implied by the creator, Rob Tapert, that Netflix would have greenlit a Season 4 if they were allowed to have it, but Starz (actually Lionsgate) wouldn't let them have it.

[@LumpyTouch]

I look forward to the 'Rich Evans in a bear suit' bit that was heavily foreshadowed

[@strawberrylotlizard]

Hopefully he doesn't find his fursona accidently

[@rolanddechaine3564]

As long as he doesn't laugh. It's a railroad spike in my ear.

[@dewok2706]

How do i stop seeing your terrible comments? Is there a way to block people on KZbin? The world wonders.

[@Eggplantman21]

I love you Lumpy!

[@thesultrystrangerdanger6824]

@@strawberrylotlizard omfg I'm so furry irl

[@nate_venture]

Mike and Jay can’t escape their thoughts about Gremlins and Critters sequels

[@gotgodcomplex1874]

​@@deanomac99999 Gremlins is awesome, though?

[@ALotOfCancer]

​@@gotgodcomplex1874It *was*

[@Cellidor]

It makes me wonder...how many up-and-coming directors will end up (instead of making their own movies with their own vision) just being hired on by a larger studio that tells them "You've got some great talent, now use it to re-make a movie from a series based on someone _else's_ vision". Like if, instead of getting new chefs making a name for themselves, they each just ended their internships with 'Alright, now dye your hair blond and yell at people, you're the new Gordon".

[@SirMoFoDans4]

If they do end up pumping Evil Dead movies every so often, I'd like to see a near-future post-apocalyptic setting. The idea was canned in the original Army of Darkness ending and they didn't go anywhere with it at the end of Ash vs Evil Dead because the show was canned although we are getting an animated continuation. It'd be nice to finally explore that, maybe play around with time like the comics.

[@welshlout3400]

At a bare minimum they'd best do this before they do one set in space.

[@IVNHYPRFNK]

Sam Raimi doesnt have the rights to Army of Darkness so thats why they havent done anything with the timeline of that era unfortunately.

[@miguelbranquinho7235]

The original Army of Darkness ending was perfect.

[@Lemon_Inspector]

"I'm too old to be scared." - Mike Stoklasa I aspire to be as old as Mike one day.

[@jeremy____5747]

"I'm too old to be scared: I work with Rich Evans."

[@Flint-Dibble-the-Don]

Dreams really do be trueing.

[@bencarlson4300]

I was hoping for a Beau is Afraid episode, but I think that’ll either be a Re:View in 3 years with Jay and Josh or it’ll get briefly mentioned in the 2023 year-end review part 2 because Mike didn’t see it.

[@nicholasbrosseau3405]

😊

[@CERTAIND00M]

We got a, uh, regular Nostradamus over here.

[@DreadedEnding]

Idk I doubt they’ll have thought Beau is Afraid was good/interesting enough to get an episode

[@mattk7184]

They're like "Movies SUCK nowadays" then skip every decent movie that comes out and only watch shitty Tubi originals

[@bencarlson4300]

@@mattk7184 To be fair, they're mostly right

[@kellydavis3219]

I fell in love with the little girl as soon as we were introduced to her cutting the head off her doll and taping it to a big stick to create her new weapon "Staffanie"

[@GribbleGob]

Want to phrase that better so you don't come off as a creep?

[@killias2]

I'm surprised nobody else is referencing Demons 2. I always thought of Demons as basically "Evil Dead in a movie theater" with Demons 2 as "Evil Dead in an apartment building". There's even an exercise gym in it, just as they mention in the video, haha.

[@DeMeza725]

I liked the part where Mike and Jay talked!

[@crunkdaddy11]

Me too

[@avebave6550]

It's like poetry! It cums in my mouth (my uncle's name was poetry)

[@trx131]

I clapped.

[@footballrestored171]

Not only were nouns and verbs used, but also gerunds!

[@Null94]

funny comment!

[@orihalchon]

Mike and Jay were pitchin' so many fresh ideas for the franchise that, little did they know, Bruce Campbell will hire them for the next Evil Dead just to see it happen!

[@Sam-lm8gi]

Mike's futuristic-apartment re-imagining of Evil Dead Rise was legitimately great. I'm sure they could write an awesome Evil Dead movie.

[@genghistron7035]

Are you being ironic? This episode has some of the worst fan fiction I've seen on this chanel.. RLM's 'script revisions' are much like movies themselves- sometimes they work, often they don't.

[@nwerd7584]

Id love for mainly Jay to write the script and hold it to the vision of being extremely gorey and garish with bunches of the slapstick.

[@Lemon_Inspector]

Who wouldn't want their movie made by the creators of Space Cop?

[@takerdust]

@@Lemon_Inspector Evil Dead...in SPACE

[@kronos1794]

We need an Evil Dead set during a horror convention. It's a perfect way to get Bruce Campbell as himself in the films which would be amazing.

[@PatstarDeluxe]

Us New Zealanders always get hard ons for being mentioned in any media, so this video is just pure edging material

[@PondScummer]

I came when he did the accent

[@samtopps2687]

Meh not really. It’s getting pretty cringe

[@darkgoth69]

I keep suggesting they watch brain dead and bad taste.

[@PatstarDeluxe]

@@darkgoth69 The USA calls Brain Dead 'Dead Alive" which is a terrible name. I've heard them mention Dead Alive before

[@darkgoth69]

@@PatstarDeluxe really? Lol far out

[@TheMonkeyWithNoNuts]

will Jay fumble with even more copies of the Evil Dead series? if not I'm going to shout at Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi to produce ANOTHER remake

[@chilboswaggins5500]

More purchases will fill the empty shell of Susan's life.

[@GuardianOwl]

I do think there is more to the 2013 Evil Dead narratively than people give it credit for, using the Book of the Dead and demons as a metaphor for how the horrors of addiction can turn the person you love most into a creature that is barely recognizable. I thought they were perhaps trying a similar through-line on Bi-Polar disorder when I first saw the Evil Dead Rise trailer. Which would explain why this is the first time the deadite's physical appearance remains when it tries to trick people by reverting to the human personality. There was also the talk of their Mom not being there for the older sisters. little explanation of the Dad leaving, and I thought I heard a passing line about "I thought mom was getting better" the first time she starts to act out in the kitchen which might indicate she is bi-polar. or has some other mental illness. The Deadite infection is then spread through the blood, bi-polar disorder is largely hereditary. It then manifests in the children more or less in age order. The two older siblings seem similar in age whereas the daughter is much younger. I think Beth fears not just being a mother, but possibly passing a horrible mental illness on to her child. Maybe I'm just reading too much into it.

[@eldelasdonaschurros1243]

Could be that you're reading too much into it, but honestly I much prefer an analysis that reads too much into it from a place of sincerity, than whatever Jay and Mike were talking about, I got nothing out of it other than "the movie looks good and the script could've been tighter something something", and sure, maybe that's pretty much everything the movie has going on. But at the same time there's clearly themes and beats here and there, and to see them both just gloss over them in both, this review and the 2013 one was frustrating because it feels like watching an average IGN review that gets my brain spinning because I'm just listening to someone saying "gameplay good, but story not so much" rather than talking about the movie as a whole, as a movie, its intentions and how and why it succeeds or fails, which steps could've been taken to better accomplish its goals or whatever. You can get way more interesting conclusions about this movie, and the 2013 one, even if you think gore and visuals are the only remarkable aspects of them.

[@JamesT094]

They say you’re reading too much into it, I say you have more creativity & lore-building than the people in charge. I thought that addiction concept in 2013 was great & figured that concept would flow over to this too. I felt this one fell flat to me, felt more like a fan-film that wanted to kind of recreate almost copy 2013’s gore & visuals & the originals sometimes goofiness. But idk. I don’t feel they hit the mark.

[@GuardianOwl]

@@JamesT094 It's hard for me to judge it too harshly as almost all the best unnerving and gory bits were in the trailer, which is marketing's fault. I wonder if we would have enjoyed it more watching it completely cold. I'm also interested if there are any deleted scenes which flesh out their relationships and family traumas, but the disc release in June has no extras listed. It's an Evil Dead movie, so I'm sure we'll get a re-release with extras at some point.

[@eldelasdonaschurros1243]

@@GuardianOwl I was watching an interview with Lilly Sullivan yesterday and apparently there are deleted scenes, she mentioned one in particular with Beth considering leaving the kids behind and just saving herself.

[@bodenlosedosenhose1590]

@@eldelasdonaschurros1243 Unfortunately, that's the tone of most of their reviews, which made me decide to not watch them as often, anymore except for their "best of the worst" series. I don't need a 30-minute video in which people just talk about what happens in the movie without really getting to the core of it. It's superficial, run-of-the-mill KZbin movie commentary. But thanks to you I now know I don't need to watch this video, either.

[@legoman2313]

Wow it’s so crazy to see Jay starting to get grey hairs I used to see him back when he was just a small hobbit so that’s pretty crazy to see. How time flies

[@jeremy____5747]

Next the Deadites attack a lone kid in a Chicago mansion but he deploys a series of ingenious homemade traps to fight them off.

[@zombieslayerz1]

In regards to them not going down the stairs, they tried to but the staircase was destroyed like how the bridge gets destroyed in the other evil dead movies.

[@crazyinsanepenguin]

Right? Why bother with going to the theater if you're not going to pay attention to the movie lol

[@turdferguson5932]

​@crazyinsanepenguin I feel like they've done this with two recent horror movies I liked. This and Barbarian they are very dismissive of good ideas brought to screen because it's been done before and the stairs contrasting to the bridge was *chefs kiss* maybe RLM are from a different dimension.

[@ALotOfCancer]

​@@crazyinsanepenguinI give them the excuse of being old. They're like, 50.

[@ALotOfCancer]

​@@turdferguson5932They did the opposite with Prey. Mike liked the movie but he totally misunderstood a massive plot point and wasted some time talking about something that didn't happen in the movie.

[@turdferguson5932]

@Cameron Cook I'll have to rewatch it I've watched most of their stuff, but yeah they have some bad takes lately as much as I like them you shouldn't review a movie based off your shitty theater experience. I saw Ant Man Quantumania in theaters and I wouldn't say the movie was awful due to a fellow theater goer talking about artificial insemination the whole time, but these things happen strangely enough.

[@suipsycko]

At least there was only 1 baby ... image seeing ‘The Dark Crystal’ when it opened in 82’ and hearing 700 4yr olds screaming in terror when the Skesis popped up on the screen 😳

[@RobertAnhalt]

'82, not 82'

[@suipsycko]

@@RobertAnhalt 😐... .... so... you don’t believe I saw this in the year of (82 feet) 🤪... 🥴... it was right after the year 81” and before year 83yd...🙃

[@WritesMe]

Willow, man. My cousin ran out!

[@JacenEnda]

I'm surprised Mike didn't recognize the name Lee Cronin as a Star Trek: TOS writer, which is actually an alias under which Gene L. Coon penned some of the later TOS episodes, such as the legendary Spock's Brain.

[@craigrussell3062]

The Raimi Evil Dead movies have a specific horror/comedy tone that is totally lacking from EDR. What makes the original trilogy fun isn't the mythology of the book or the spells or the deadites, it's the bizarre humor. The scene in Spider-Man 2 where the doctors try to remove Doc Ock's arms with a medical chainsaw is more of an Evil Dead movie than this.

[@GamerCrusaderPlays]

Mike is onto something an Evil Dead set in a casino has a lot of potential

[@randomguyfan27]

You're saying it would be some kind of Army of the Dead?

[@CactusInsane]

A movie like that would need a Army of Darkness type of feel

[@MrSkeltal268]

@@randomguyfan27 Like some kind of… suicide squad???

[@randomguyfan27]

@@MrSkeltal268 like some kind of Hot Tub Time Machine???

[@yam83]

Holy shit, then how can you tell the deadites and casino patrons apart? Pandemonium!

[@unlimitedgracelessnoise7849]

I like how they basically described Demons 2 when they were talking about the version of the apartment they would do.

[@wooley2629]

Oh shit I'm not the only one that thought this.

[@gregkerekes3554]

I was shocked it didn't get mentioned, but I am inspired to rewatch it because Demons 2 is freaking sweet.

[@alexsilva28]

Seen that movie brought up many times. Guess I'll have to look it uo

[@BackToBasics90s]

Exactly what i thought of, especially because Jay mentioned gym equipment. Glorious flashbacks of badass Bobby Rhodes talking tough to everyone else actually working out.

[@billcosby66662the2nd]

That flick was in the back of my mind the entire time I watched this.

[@yaboiflats6986]

I picture mike scared af during the movie barely watching, and Jay staring at the screen grinning. No blinking

[@aidenarkham]

Rewatch the 2013 film. It's terrifying. A horror masterpiece. This one was a good film, but 2013 is next level.

[@mikelinux1961]

Evil Dead is a showcase for practical effects and Bruce Campbell.

[@Kornheadfan]

I hope they review Beau Is Afraid. I'd love to hear their thoughts on all the insanity that film offers

[@blindside7fan]

I feel like the boys' opinion of Raimi, Campbell, and Tappert using another unknown director like Cronin to make "an evil dead movie" would have been different if they knew Lee Cronin also wrote the script. This WAS his Evil Dead Movie, not just a script he was given.

[@kg356]

Yeah I don't think Raimi would be the type to micromanage another director. I think unfortunately Cronin just wrote a pretty weak script

[@Letiferify]

the stairs were collapsed, the people were gone because the building was condemned, maybe the baby was crying during those lines

[@SofaPop.]

Did Mike straight up forget that the stairs got knocked down?

[@belindaginete2931]

When I saw that scene I thought that was a good contrast with the bridge getting destroyed in the original Evil Dead with Bruce Campbell

[@mistaxe]

Yep, they forgot. I remembered that because I had the same thought he did.

[@nathanbudge3927]

It's so nice that a channel still exists where I don't have to skip through a hello fresh ad or a "begging for subscribers" segment

[@VooDooChild6971]

I mean, they are shills for NerdBox and GeekCrate

[@nathanbudge3927]

@@VooDooChild6971 True, but their products are Very Cool

[@Shinkajo]

Words can't describe how much I appreciate this. I have a rule where I refuse to subscribe to anyone that asks me to like every video. F. U.

​@@Shinkajo Don't hate the player, hate the game.

[@piplup2009]

"You know what else is an overpriced incoherent mess? Our sponsor, buy this niche shit so they don't have to spend money to put it in actual stores where people buy most of their things"

[@RailocSTC]

The trees in the cabin shot (Eucalyptus) are actually all over San Diego, and probably some places in LA too. They were imported from Australia decades ago. You're right that it still doesn't quite look like a CA forest, though, the drone shot looks a bit too tropical.

[@kyon0479]

Mike: This one will stay in my mind for a while. Mike at the end of the year: I don't remember anything from this movie except a multi-armed monster.

[@paulinegallagher7821]

that cut to Julia Louis Dreyfuss asking about the wet carpet 😂

[@superezekill5688]

This film felt like a straight up reimagining of Lamberto Bava's "Demons 2" (1987) in a lot of places. Evil Dead Rise was good but for my money, Demons 2 still has the most entertaining "fighting demons while trapped in an apartment building" movie.

[@awesomeatronik]

Good call 👍 I felt like it was more like an evil dead knockoff. Not saying that's a bad thing, just saying it didn't feel like the evil dead franchise.

[@ianterrygaming]

Check out the subtitled version of REC, which has a similar premise. Even the sequel is decent.

[@stephankwapis]

Random story: I worked at an FYE in 2009 and this old man used to come in at least once a week and ask if we had Demons 2 and we never did. He didn’t want us to special order it for him either, he just wanted to tell us about how much he loved that movie and how he wanted to see it so bad. Then he would leave.

[@linkinparkrulz2275]

I was getting exorcist vibes too, especially the whole thing with the underground altar.

[@nwerd7584]

fuck Demons 1 and 2 are so fucking good.. Love the black guy.

[@mallblart]

The characters were all likeable. They were also not stupid. Like, they didn't do the typical things you expect from actors in a horror film. Ultimately I was almost sad by the end because it didn't seem like any of them deserved it and an already broken family is ravaged by the deadites. None of the kids really looked that old and some really horrible things happen to them. I applaud them for taking such a gamble on that it really pays off by getting you emotionally invested.

[@morgantodd3748]

Except the one who removed the blatantly evil book from the secret room you should clearly not remove anything from.

[@fartquaviasdingle7876]

@@morgantodd3748 I don't believe in evil books cause I'm not batshit insane, if I see an ancient book that looks crazy I'm gonna grab it.

[@JesseWFDusk]

As an Australian, I would totally watch Mike's fake New Zealander movie.

[@lilmovieperp3599]

I directed an episode of the show on season 3. Had the production designer and dp of this one. So cool to see they made something so good they had to put it in theater.

[@TheSoda21]

Yo that's awesome! How did you like directing an episode?

[@AwareWolfOnWheels]

Congratulations, the TV show was shit.

[@soulknife20]

Evil Dead season 1 was great. Season 2 was....not good. Haven't watched season 3

[@ELEKTROSKANSEN]

That's awesome, dude, thanks for being a part of that show, it's one of my favorite things from the previous decade.

[@SgtNicholasAngle]

​@@soulknife20season 3 was good as far as I remember

[@BeefHammer1]

Can't wait for VCR and Cassette tapes to make a comeback. This company is gonna thrive

[@alwaysxnever]

I was legit waiting for Bruce Campbell to show up in the elevator 30.00 . And also the building being in more disarray but makes sense with the setup. I'd love more films in the universe.

[@The420BrownKid]

Mike is slowly morphing into Rich Evans stunt double. While jay is still a runway model.

[@DaringDasher]

Mike's Evil Dead casino scenario for a film actually sounds fucking brilliant.

[@yaboiflats6986]

So fucking true it does sound so fucking brilliant. Fucking

[@jeremy____5747]

I mean that's just Army of the Dead on Netflix isn't it?

[@ethanisfancy]

Love Mike's proposal at the end for Don Beveridge vs Evil Dead

[@MrSkeltal268]

Push the whopper button to send back the deadites!!!

[@channelbrookes]

Casino worker: "Don, the casino is overrun with Deadites. What should we do?" Don: "Get Clark Kent on the phone..."

[@ethanisfancy]

@@johannahulten Watch out for the COMPUTER CHIPS!

[@MattMakesAnimation]

I was waiting the whole time for Bruce to show up as the estranged father lol

[@paullucas9465]

I like they basically admit to spacing out during the movie. The stairs and lack of neighbors are scenes in the movie.

[@jamesbullock7091]

Immediately after this taping Mike tried to trademark "gorror"

[@DFGdanger]

There's an entry for it on Urban Dictionary from 2007

[@MrSkeltal268]

Poor geriatric bastard

[@modestalchemist]

"Why don't they just go down the stairs".... they tried. The stairs collapsed in the earthquake.

[@BrainSlug91]

So wierd fact, there are actually Eucalyptus trees (the same kind as in in Australia and New Zealand) growing in California after being introduced there in the 1800s...

[@SodThisGiveMeABeer]

I'm intrigued by your account of cheapskate Tuesdays. In my local city here in the UK with 80% the population of Milwaukee, cheapskate Tuesday (/Wednesday) has usually about 3 other people in the theater, silent and attentive. In fact, far from being cynical and jaded about movie theaters nowadays, cheapskate Tuesday has reintroduced me to the joys of the big screen..

[@PunkBurdArts]

That exact black dripping from the eyes and nose effect was done in a Billie Eilish music video and they did clear tubes that they digitally removed later. So I'm guessing it was done the same way.

[@ocdgeek4449]

Bruce Campbell and Rob Tapert said that Sam & Ivan Raimi have made a story bible for where they think the Evil Dead franchise should go. Presumably all this will tie-in somehow to the animated fourth and final season of Ash vs Evil Dead, which is currently in development.

[@jakestephens7108]

There being a final season of AVED is my Mandela Effect for today. I hope I don't skip universes before it releases

[@TheBrads84]

This is a criminally underrated show, and the final sequence in the last episode was proof of how to end insanely over the top with a series.

[@elvisofthedead]

With your idea of the Showboat casino, the Deadites can shout “Push the whopper button!” Also, there were stairs, but they were destroyed. That’s why they kept trying to get into the abandoned apartment that had the fire escape.

[@thescout6063]

Deadite Don Beveridge would be completely indistinguishable from the real one

[@MichaelSmith-ij2ut]

Oddly enough this was the first Half in the Bag I saw in theatres since Ghostbusters: Afterlife

[@milliondotz]

I knew Jay was going to force Mike to watch this. Its revenge for all the times Mike forced Jay to watch Star Trek

[@casbyness]

Dang it now I want them to do an Evil Dead quiz! :D

[@ronthorn3]

Ugh fuck Star Trek

[@hinkhall8451]

"just go down the stairs" the stairs were destroyed, was Mike taking a piss during that scene?

[@hylwicks]

that gen pissed me off, the whole point was they couldnt get out/we're actively trying to find ways to get out even before the deadite showed up

[@treytison1444]

I agree about the entire cabin plot being completely tacked on. The only thing to come out of it is a "scare" early on before the 40 minutes of nothing happening and the cool shot of the girl floating. That's it.

[@j.j.cheesman7141]

I actually really like that you could tell the woods weren't anywhere near LA. Reminds me of how you could see palm trees in "Illinois" in the og Halloween.

[@bensneb360]

This movie was pretty straightforward, but fun and had some cool performances and creative gore. I hope Beth comes back and sequel, it would be cool to have a recurring hero again, maybe even bring back Mia because she is so underrated as a final girl.

[@LUCKO2022]

I hope your Ass comes back.

[@OnizukaSenseSay]

🤮

[@ComicGladiator]

I've been sick of "the girl survives" for 40 years.

[@tanner4280]

@@ComicGladiator categorically dismissing a trope regardless of its implementation is quite the way to view media

[@Nopenopenope6969]

​@@ComicGladiator A lot of the time, it's a man that survives. Pretty weird you'd take issue in particular with women not dying in a movie? You need everyone to die? No survivors? Or just men? F-ckin' creep.

[@lawnfurniture]

I would be curious to hear Jay's full thoughts on Ash Vs Evil Dead. I've heard him mention it a few times but never went into depth his thoughts on it.

[@rontalman7614]

"Why don't they just take the stairs?" makes me kinda wonder if they were paying attention. They show in great detail that the stairs are straight up gone. Collapsed.

[@g-c-isle988]

lol, well, somehow the girl at the end was able to take the elevator just fine and go to her car, even though the building had no power and had just been devastated by an earthquake - so lots of things in this movie make 0 sense. which is why i hated it.

[@nichescenes]

@@g-c-isle988 the girl was able to use the elevator since the curse was undone. Lol many times I know friends who hate movies too for plot holes but a second viewing can clear things up. Not sure how people miss the stairs thing. They make it blunt. Guessing from focus group test. But yeah the curse follows basic magic logic. You can’t leave easily till you defeat the enemy then it all gets undone. I assume it wasn’t outright explained cause it’s such a known trope it would annoy fans as they get it. Like a flashback saying your 1 week from retirement. It’s assumed. This is why no other scene of other floor people is shown. You assume they weren’t home, they were defeated, or they were cursed or Magic’s Ed to not realize anything via a hex which won’t work on the targets aka the family since playing on their fear is the point till they are ready to take them out. Needless to say this long explaination expositioned would hurt the film more than just letting the audience assume and have a few hate it who can’t assume all that from context clues

[@richardaiken1]

Demons II nailed demon-zombies running amuck in an apartment building. Fun, bloody, and campy with a killer soundtrack. Plus Bobby Rhodes.

[@mloyd64]

Imagine the shit they could do with an evil dead movie in a hospital or nursing home

[@VideoWulff]

What about Evil Dead involving soldiers. Like deployed group discovers an ancient Kandarian temple and the 'terrorists' were avtually trying to keep people away from it. And the soldiers unleash the evil and get possessed.

[@jamesbuchanan2794]

Our yearly half in the bag ! I am blessed haha

[@Coleslaw1987]

As an Australian I can confirm that Mike 100% nails that accent.

[@ryan8401]

Awe. Poor Jay is faced with the dilemma Mike and Rich have had to deal with as Trekkies. The Evil Dead Cinematic Universe will break new ground!!

[@brockhambley8557]

It’ll be interesting to hear about what the filmmakers got right and what they got wrong with this new Rich Evans doc, as well as his dear friend’s thoughts. Can’t wait!

[@tenzon975]

Just re-watched Army of Darkness with the redlettermedia commentary last night so this is perfect timing

[@Memoquin]

Ash vs Evil Dead was fantastic. Hope the animated continuation works out

[@kingsleycy3450]

I hate how every halfway recognizable IP needs to have a cinematic universe. I want to watch a movie just to watch the movie, and not a commercial for the million spinoffs they have planned