{"id":21992,"date":"2016-08-19T09:51:20","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T13:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=21992"},"modified":"2016-08-19T09:51:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T13:51:20","slug":"ash-vs-evil-dead-the-complete-first-season-blu-ray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/19\/ash-vs-evil-dead-the-complete-first-season-blu-ray\/","title":{"rendered":"Ash vs. Evil Dead: The Complete First Season [Blu-Ray]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ashvsevildeads1\"<\/a>You have to love Bruce Campbell\u2019s attitude toward \u201cAsh vs. Evil Dead.\u201d He\u2019s like that angry dad who you keep asking for bike for your birthday and he keeps telling you that he has no money, and to shut your trap, or he\u2019s locking you in the basement with the other bad kids. Then on your birthday, he shows up with a brand new bike and says \u201cWell I got it because\u2026 you know\u2026 you\u2019re a good kid, and you wouldn\u2019t shut up about it. Now go get me a pack of smokes.\u201d Bruce is that kind of man who loves his fans despite the gruff exterior and rewarded us with \u201cAsh vs. Evil Dead\u201d because we wouldn\u2019t shut up about it. And because, you know, you can\u2019t have Ash without Campbell. Just in time for Halloween, \u201cAsh vs. Evil Dead\u201d gets everything right about the \u201cEvil Dead\u201d movie series.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

It mixes the wacky, the zany, the terrifying and the menacing, along with delivering a first season of episodes that feel like one giant sequel. It\u2019s the sequel we\u2019ve wanted for years, except now it\u2019s being delivered in serial form and it\u2019s just so deliciously entertaining and creepy. Years after we last met him, Ash is now working in another dead end minimum wage job and is not exactly the legend the Deadites have pegged him as. After seducing a woman at a bar, he brings her home to his trailer and drunkenly pulls out the Necronomicon. After attempting to impress her, he begins reading passages from the book, and lo and behold he\u2019s brought back the Deadites from the orifices of hell to make his life and humanity miserable all over again. The deadites are about as pissed off as ever, prompting them to corrupt and destroy everything in Ash\u2019s life, and he\u2019s inadvertently teamed up with two co-workers of his.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s Pablo, a cowardly but noble Hispanic young man, and Kelly, a ballsy young woman who detests Ash, but tags along with him on his mission when she learns the deadites might have harmed her family. There\u2019s also a police officer who had a run in with a deadite, and is on the hunt for Ash suspecting he might be an infamous serial killer. As well, there\u2019s also an enigmatic beautiful woman with ties to Ash\u2019s past that begin to reveal themselves throughout the season. At a half hour and ten episodes for season one, \u201cAsh vs. Evil Dead\u201d has no time for filler, nor does it really spend any time meandering in to pointless sub-plots. When it wants to be scary it\u2019s very scary, when it wants to throw blood at the screen, the blood pours by the buckets, and when it\u2019s funny, it\u2019s laugh out hysterical.<\/p>\n

And yes, the writers give Ash so many one-liners, you\u2019re going to find yourself quoting the show for weeks. The deadites are about as vicious and cold blooded as ever, eliminating characters left and right; especially the ones we think might be around for a while. \u201cAsh vs. Evil Dead\u201d sticks to the basics, while also giving us room to breathe and develops enemies and monsters that are completely out the ordinary and give the deadites much more dimension. Campbell is fantastic as Ash, never missing a beat and jumping in to the anti-hero\u2019s skin as if he never actually left it. I wouldn\u2019t identify myself as a hardcore fan of the \u201cEvil Dead\u201d series, but I think the series is still quite entertaining and I know enough to know that this series is what the fans have been clamoring for, for decades. Drink it up, fans. Hail to the king, baby.<\/p>\n

Along with a fun holofoil cover, there are audio commentaries with many of the episodes, including \u201cEl Jefe,\u201d \u201cBait,\u201d \u201cBooks from Beyond,\u201d \u201cBrujo,\u201d et al, with Executive Producer Rob Tapert, Executive Producer\/Actor Bruce Campbell and Actors Dana DeLorenzo and Ray Santiago; as well there are some commentaries with Lucy Lawless, Creator\/Executive Producer\/Director Sam Raimi, and Co-Executive Producer Ivan Raimi. \u201cAsh Inside the World\u201d is a sixteen minute look at every episode with Craig DiGregoiro providing production tidbits, and nice footnotes to the various nuances of the episodes. \u201cHow to Kill A Deadite\u201d is a two minute interview with Bruce Campbell who gives information about the deadites. Finally, there\u2019s a promo for the show featuring the \u201cBest of Ash.\u201d<\/p>\n