Sam Raimi News

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Toward the end of October, word got out that Grindhouse Releasing was going to be making lots of classic horror fans very happy by bringing Sam Raimi's brilliant debut, The Evil Dead back to theaters as a midnight movie on select dates at specific theaters around the country.

Thanks to the shaky economic climate, the past year has been a very bumpy ride in Hollywood.

More often than not, I really wish I'd been born earlier and had the opportunity to see horror classics like The Evil Dead on the big screen.

Running Time: 90 minutes, approx. MPAA Rating: Not Rated Language: Norwegian with English Subtitles Official Site Reviews " Cheery, silly, splattery, and respectful of its elders .

Sam Raimi is best known as the man behind the "Spiderman" franchise, but he's also widely regarded as a master of the macabre and of horror.

Looking for some post trick-or-treat entertainment tonight? Don't resign yourself to "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" or movies that star silent serial killer Michael Myers.

Don't ask me why. But the first gift my wife ever received from me was a DVD titled "Evil Dead 2," the mid 80s cult comedy horror flick directed by Sam Raimi.

What's Halloween in Vancouver without the proverbial rain? If anything, it's awesome.

"Paranormal Activity," you'd think it was the first low-budget horror film that ever managed to get a rise out of audiences.

Though he got his start making two over-the-top cult horror film favorites - "The Evil Dead" and "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn" - director Sam Raimi subsequently diversified into.... Though he got his start making two over-the-top cult horror film favorites - "The Evil Dead" and "Evil Dead 2: Dead By Dawn" - director Sam Raimi subsequently diversified ...

The Ringwald's staging of "Evil Dead: The Musical" comes with an important distinction: It's playing just a stone's throw from the building where the "Evil Dead" filmmakers once had their production offices.

Emily Kester and TJ Austin are in UNCGa s production of Evil Dead. Credit: Chris English/News & Record Want to go? What: "Evil Dead: The Musical" When: 7 and 10 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Oct.

Over the last 20 years cinema has changed significantly with regards to the horror genre.

Set your Wednesdays to "Scare" for not one but two rarely seen cult classics of the 1980s on the big screen at the Colony Theatre.

The long anticipated Spike Jonze-Dave Eggers adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are arrives in theaters this weekend, and Sam Raimi's latest film Drag Me to Hell is newly out on DVD and Blu-Ray. I could be wrong, but I suspect the audiences for these two films overlap more than you might expect.

You loved the movie, what about the DVD? Find out as we examine the extras on this week's best DVDs.

The Greater Park Circle Film Society presents The Broken Hearts Club , a film about criminal psychiatrist Dr.

THE FILM After the 1993 release of "Army of Darkness," fans of director Sam Raimi clamored for a fourth entry in his adored "Evil Dead" series of horror bonanzas.

When directors hit box-office gold, it is common knowledge that they can make whatever they wish for a followup film.