The Evil Dead back on the big-screen!

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Grindhouse Releasing is bringing Sam Raimi's original horror classic THE EVIL DEAD back to the big screen as a midnight movie.

Raimi and producers Robert Tapert and Bruce Campbell gave the go-ahead for a series of EVIL DEAD revival screenings to Grindhouse Releasing partner Bob Murawski, the film editor of Raimi's SPIDER MAN 1, 2 & 3, DRAG ME TO HELL and the EVIL DEAD sequel ARMY OF DARKNESS. The tour will take place across North America in 2010.

Stephen King hailed THE EVIL DEAD as “the most ferociously original film of the year” when the film premiered in 1981. Shot in Michigan and Tennessee, Raimi's low-budget debut was released independently with a self-imposed 'No One Under 17' rating for its graphic violence and gore.

THE EVIL DEAD launched Raimi and Tapert's careers and made star Bruce Campbell a cult movie icon, spawning two hit sequels: EVIL DEAD 2: DEAD BY DAWN and ARMY OF DARKNESS. The EVIL DEAD trilogy has become a fan phenomenon, ranked among the most popular and acclaimed cult horror movies of all time.

A special screening of the EVIL DEAD trilogy sold out L.A.'s New Beverly Cinema this summer.

With a remake reportedly in the works, this theatrical release gives fans a chance to experience the original as it was intended to be seen.

"Nothing can prepare an audience for what they are about to see, because nothing punishes an audience like EVIL DEAD - especially on the big screen,” says Bruce Campbell. “I'm really glad it's back. People are gonna be hurt."

Formed by actor/director Sage Stallone and Murawski, Grindhouse Releasing restores and distributes classic horror and exploitation films. The company teamed with Quentin Tarantino in the '90s to revive Lucio Fulci's Italian horror classic THE BEYOND.

A similar theatrical break is planned for THE EVIL DEAD, with midnight screenings in select theaters in the U.S. and Canada. According to David Szulkin, head of theatrical distribution for Grindhouse Releasing, the Landmark Theaters chain will play the movie in several cities.

Dates and venues will be announced at GrindhouseReleasing.com. For bookings, contact David Szulkin at info@grindhousereleasing.com.

[newb]

First time I saw this was on "THE BIG SCREEN"........Very memorable...if it comes to your town, don't hesitate to see it.

[illdojo]

We have a old midtown theater called The Dundee that plays indie films and older films on the weekends here in Omaha. This Friday & Saturday they're showing Evil Dead 2.

[tbrookside]

I wonder how clean a print they were able to come up with.

The grainy look of the original is part of the charm, of course, but for a rerelease like this they usually would try to clean it up a little.

[The Mothman]

This is something I will surely not miss.

[fortunato]

Woo hoo! I hope it plays at the Music Box in Chicago.

[neverending]

We have a old midtown theater called The Dundee that plays indie films and older films on the weekends here in Omaha. This Friday & Saturday they're showing Evil Dead 2.

I remember the Dundee! That's cool it's become a revival house.

Seeing Evil Dead on the big screen is amazing. I'm sure this will do great business.

[The Mothman]

With a remake reportedly in the works, .

im not a huge anti-remake person, but this really pisses me off.

[trx1]

bruce lee rules!

[Vlad The Impaler]

I've just published a feature/review of the 'The Evil Dead' on my new horror film review site:

http://cinematichorrorarchive.wordpress.com/2010/06/26/the-evil-dead-1981-video-nasties-misspent-youth-and-the-ultimate-experience-in-grueling-horror/

[captainhowdy]

I've just published a feature/review of the 'The Evil Dead' on my new horror film review site:

http://cinematichorrorarchive.wordpress.com/2010/06/26/the-evil-dead-1981-video-nasties-misspent-youth-and-the-ultimate-experience-in-grueling-horror/


I have just watched the Evil Dead for the first time in many many years due to my partner insisting that her daughter watch it as she is a horror fan and has never seen the film, my first recollections of the film were that it had some rather disturbing scenes in it, IE; the tree rape, the demon etc and at that time I thought it was rather shocking, moreover i also believed we would have her jumping out of her seat in shock, unfortunately time has not been kind to this film, my impression was one of disappointment and almost found myself laughing at some of the scenes which I once thought terrifying, I think that due to the many sequels of the Evil Dead particularly army of darkness where our hero, Bruce campbell fights a one man battle against the forces of evil the franchise appears more comedy than horror, I do appreciate that this series of films are regarded as classics of the genre but again time has dimmed the effect they had on me this time around, sorry...

[living_dead_guy]

How many times can a bookshelf fall on a guy in one movie? Quite a few. Evil Dead rocks.