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2003 vs 2013 in Horror Movies: What Year Scared Us More?

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EJ Moreno pits 2003’s horror line-up against 2013’s… which year scared us more? Horror is the genre that reflects our current time the most. We often see cultural fears and concerns thrown back at us in the scariest of ways. Looking back at the genre 10 or 20 years ago can give us a clear […]

It’s Ash vs the apocalypse in Army of Darkness Forever #2 preview

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Dynamite Entertainment releases Army of Darkness Forever #2 this Wednesday, and you can get yourself a sneak peek right now with the official preview; check it out… In this issue: It’s Robots vs. Deadites as the legendary Ash Williams takes charge of the future… kind of. Meanwhile, in the present, Bad Ash is being very, […]

Who is the Best Final Girl in Horror?

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EJ Moreno looks at ten influential and badass final girls… Did Carol J. Clover think we’d have endless discourse around the term she coined in her 1992 novel Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film? God, no, but thankfully she’s given horror fans endless conversations about who is the real screaming queen […]

The Evil Dead: The Story Behind Sam Raimi’s Cult Classic Horror

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Hasitha Fernando on the story behind Sam Raimi’s iconic cult classic The Evil Dead… The Evil Dead is a movie that requires no introduction. Premiering on this day in 1981, the beloved cult classic has spawned an enviable blood strewn legacy that includes sequels, remakes and even a TV show. So, how did an indie […]

Ash sleeps too long in Army of Darkness Forever #1 preview

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Serving as a sequel to the alternate director’s cut ending to Sam Raimi’s Army of Darkness, Dynamite Entertainment launches its new series Army of Darkness Forever this Wednesday, and you can check out the official preview of the first issue below… After it debuted in 1992, the classic Sam Raimi film Army of Darkness quickly […]

The Cinematic Crossovers We Need To See

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20 years on from the release of Freddy vs Jason, here are more cinematic crossovers we really need to see… It doesn’t happen too often in cinema but when it does, the crossover special definitely tickles the viewers’ curiosity. Whether it was Freddy vs Jason bringing two horror universes crashing together or the first bout […]

Army of Darkness Forever to continue the original post-apocalyptic ending of Sam Raimi’s film

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If you’ve ever wondered what might have been for the Evil Dead franchise had director Sam Raimi stuck with his original ending for Army of Darkness – the one where Ash slept too long and awoke in a post-apocalyptic future rather than returning to the S-Mart in present day 1993 – then you’re about to […]

Exclusive Interview – Evil Dead Rise director Lee Cronin on his horror history and why he likes scaring people

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EJ Moreno sits down with director Lee Cronin… To craft an Evil Dead movie, it takes a special type of filmmaker. Thankfully, the producers found the right man for the job in Lee Cronin, who is celebrating the home release of Evil Dead Rise. In our interview, Cronin sits down with EJ Moreno to talk […]

The Evil Dead to Evil Dead Rise: Ranking the Evil Dead franchise

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With Evil Dead Rise now streaming [read our review here], William Stottor ranks the Evil Dead franchise from worst to best… 5 – Army of Darkness (1992) In a nutshell: absolutely balmy, even for this absurd film series. Army of Darkness is considerably lighter in tone than any other Evil Dead film and whilst it […]