The first “Evil Dead” movie was originally released in 1981 and was directed by Sam Raimi (the ”Spider-Man” trilogy.) The most interesting part of the remake, which will arrive in theaters in 2013 is that Raimi is highly involved with the reimagining of his original work. With directer Federico Alvarez at the helm, the remake promises to be more bloody and gory than ever before.
When asked about the remake of the movie Sam Raimi responded:
“It’s really bloody. It’s so bloody, it will make your head spin. I’ve seen almost all the dailies and they’re really going for it. It’s gonna be grisly and intense and non-stop. Definitely R. Maybe worse.”
“Well, I always thought that “The Evil Dead” was a little campfire story that you tell at a camp to kids to scare them at night. But, I don’t think anybody thought it was a beautifully produced, theatrical experience. It was shot in 16mm, all the effects were done for a quarter, and I always thought it could be done in a big screen movie type way that was really high quality with photographic effects. It could still be just as gritty, but it could be done in stereo and not just mono, and it could be done in 35mm versus 16mm. There were a lot of ways to improve it. There could be much better writing than I was capable of, at the time, as an 18-year-old kid writing that screenplay. And honestly, the directing could be a lot better, and the characterizations could be better. I was very happy with it, but it was something that was crudely done and I thought deserved re-exploration. I thought it would be fun and, in fact, it has turned out to be a tremendous amount of fun because it’s like an old melody that you write and you’ve brought in this really great, cool, young, hip jazz musician, and he’s riffing on it and showing you places it could go that you never dreamed. It’s very exciting for me.”
“The Evil Dead” will be released on April 12th, 2013. The film stars Jane Levy, Jessica Lucas, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci, and Elizabeth Blackmore. Sam Raimi, Diablo Cody, Rodo Sayagues, and Fede Alvarez wrote the screenplay, while Fede Alvarez directs.