Sam Raimi

Things seemed to be moving along smoothly for Fede Alvarez’ remake of Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead , but now the movie has lost its lead star. Jeff Sneider of Variety reports that Lily Collins has pulled out of The Evil Dead due to scheduling issues. With Mirror, Mirror completed and the press junkets possibly to start some time next month, the only thing left for Collins is The Mortal Instruments . While the plot for the film have been kept under wraps, the movie, which will be produced by...Read Full Story

All I can say about this is “WOW.” According to The Hollywood Reporter , the team remaking The Evil Dead had a very different kind of lead in mind for the new flick and has already made an offer — to Lily Collins . You heard me: a female lead for the new Evil Dead , which is being co-written by Diablo Cody (along with director Fede Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues ). Are we ready for this, fellow primitive screwheads? Come inside, but be aware that there are some minor plot spoilers. We will protect...Read Full Story

Look, Up in the Sky! Sam Raimi’s Flying Monkeys Celebrity Popular We’ve been hearing a lot lately about Sam Raimi’s reboot of The Evil Dead, but nothing substantial has come out of the filmmaker’s other project Oz: The Great and Powerful , at least not since D23 . However, it looks like a new set photo leaked from the production, giving us our first look at the film’s flying monkeys. Check out the video below for the image, and please excuse the wildly inappropriate use of “Monkey” by...Read Full Story

Drag Me to Hell (Unrated Director's Cut) [Blu-ray] Overview Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is on her way to having it all: a devoted boyfriend (Justin Long), a hard-earned job promotion, and a bright future. But when she’s forced to make a tough decision that evicts an elderly woman from her house, Christine becomes the victim of an evil curse. Now she has only three days to dissuade a dark spirit from stealing her soul before she is dragged to hell for an eternity of unthinkable torment...Read Full Story

Here’s a film to which many have stated is near sacrilege.  How do you extend the mythology as iconoclastic as The Wizard of Oz ?  Well, you explore the story around Dorothy Gale and her travels that center on the actual Wizard, "Oscar Diggs" ( James Franco ).  Thanks to Joey King , who plays "China Girl" in the film, she revealed an interesting tid-bit about the structure in Sam Raimi ’s Oz The Great and Powerful .Read Full Story

Late last month we reported that Sony Pictures and FilmDistrict would be distributing The Evil Dead remake. The film is based on the 1980’s horror classic directed by Sam Raimi and starring Bruce Campbell. In that report, we learned that the movie itself will not have Ash’s character and is a definite remake of the original film. The premise of the movie is that a group of friends are going to a remote cabin where they are plagued by an accidentally unleashed demonic force. The pieces are...Read Full Story

The Evil Dead is getting a remake, and not all fans are going to be happy. Even though Sam Raimi , Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell are endorsing this project as producers. Their motives lie beyond the obvious dollar signs and giving a new life to a 28-year old product. “Amy Pascal and Jeff Blake at Sony and Peter Schlessel at FilmDistrict have always been incredible partners who share our passion for great storytelling as well as our obsession for scaring the pants off the audience,” Tapert...Read Full Story

Drag Me to Hell (Unrated Director’s Cut) Christine Brown (Alison Lohman) is on her way to having it all: a devoted boyfriend (Justin Long), a hard-earned job promotion, and a bright future. But when she’s forced to make a tough decision that evicts an elderly woman from her house, Christine becomes the victim of an evil curse. Now she has only three days to dissuade a dark spirit from stealing her soul before she is dragged to hell for an eternity of unthinkable torment. Director Sam...Read Full Story

That Evil Dead remake every 80’s fan has been waiting for (or cringing at) has finally found a distributor. Comingsoon.net has discovered that Sony will be the studio to release Fede Alvarez’s The Evil Dead and that they have partnered up with FilmDistrict and Sam Raimi’s Ghost House Pictures. Makes sense with Raimi and Sony have a longstanding relationship thanks in part to the Spider-Man franchise. Producer Rob Tapert had this to say about the Evil Dead deal, “For 30 years, Sam, Bruce...Read Full Story

The entries are in and the votes have been tabulated. I will now announce the two awesome, clever winners of the Planet Fury/SplatterFest 2011 Oasis of Terror Contest . But first, I want to extend a hearty thanks to Kerry Beyer and Kelly Burns Smith, the perpetual motion machine that keeps SplatterFest running. They've been most gracious and have shown Planet Fury a lot of consideration this year. What they've done down in Houston is pretty cool. Besides being two of the nicest and most...Read Full Story