Ash vs Evil Dead (TV Series)

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Ash vs Evil Dead
Genre Comedy horror
Action
Based on Characters 
by Sam Raimi
Developed by Sam Raimi
Ivan Raimi
Tom Spezialy
Starring Bruce Campbell
Ray Santiago
Dana DeLorenzo
Jill Marie Jones
Lucy Lawless
Michelle Hurd
Ted Raimi
Pepi Sonuga
Composer(s) Joseph LoDuca
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 20 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive
producer(s) 		Robert Tapert
Sam Raimi
Bruce Campbell
Craig DiGregorio
Producer(s) Chloe Smith
Aaron Lam
Rick Jacobson
Sean Clements
Dominic Dierkes
Location Auckland, New Zealand
Cinematography Dave Garbett
John Cavill
Editor(s) Bob Murawski
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time 25–37 minutes
41 minutes (pilot)
Production
company(s) 		Renaissance Pictures
Release
Original network Starz
Picture format 720p (16:9 HDTV)
4K (UHDTV)
Original release October 31, 2015 – present
Chronology
Preceded by Army of Darkness
External links
Website

Ash vs Evil Dead is an American comedy horror television series developed by Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi, and Tom Spezialy for the Starz network. It is set in Raimi's Evil Dead universe, with Bruce Campbell reprising his role as Ash Williams, and acts as a sequel to the original trilogy.

Ray Santiago, Dana DeLorenzo, and Lucy Lawless also star. The series is executive produced by Campbell, Raimi, Craig DiGregorio, and Robert Tapert, who produced all four Evil Dead films. The series premiered on October 31, 2015. Three days before the series' premiere, Starz renewed it for a second season, which premiered on October 2, 2016. On October 7, 2016, while at the New York Comic Con, Starz announced that the series had been renewed for a third season.

Contents

Premise

Cast

Main cast

Ash has changed in the 30 years since Evil Dead II. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Campbell stated, "Ash has survivor's guilt. You could have a heyday with his PTSD. He's a war vet. He doesn't want to talk about it, and he'll lie about that stump on his hand to impress the ladies. This is a guy who's got some issues. He's emotionally stunted. But, he's the guy you want in the foxhole next to you."
Over the course of season one, it is revealed that following the events of the film trilogy, Ash spent thirty years drifting from town to town, living in a mobile home trailer with his pet lizard Eli and working a series of dead-end jobs at different branches of Value Stop. Ash has attempted to destroy the Necronomicon on multiple occasions. Unable to be rid of the book, he instead becomes its defacto caretaker.
In season two, it is revealed that Ash had returned to his hometown of Elk Grove, Michigan, after the events of the films. The people of Elk Grove refused to believe his stories of Deadites, and instead accused him of murdering his friends and his sister in the cabin, shunned him, and dubbed him "Ashy Slashy".
A co-worker who became Ash's loyal sidekick. Pablo believed that Ash is a true hero, and called him "El Jefe" ("The Boss") as a mark of respect. Santiago describes his character as an "El Jefe in-training". He was raised by his uncle, a shaman, who told him stories of an evil power which can only be defeated by "El Jefe". He fights valiantly alongside Ash and Kelly before being torn to ribbons by the demon Baal, but was resurrected thereafter.
An occasionally moody and initially reluctant young woman, Kelly is dragged into the fight against evil with Ash and Pablo after she is orphaned. She and her family are Jewish, and she temporarily worked at the Value Stop with Ash and Pablo. Her mother died in a car accident some six months prior to the beginning of the series.
A Michigan State Trooper who set out to find Ash following the death of her partner.
A mysterious figure who is on a quest to hunt down the source of the recent evil outbreaks. She claims to be the daughter of Professor Raymond Knowby and sister of Annie Knowby from Evil Dead II. She is later revealed to be an immortal being who wrote the Necronomicon.
Ash's high school girlfriend who is now married to Emery, the sheriff of Elk Grove, and has a daughter, Lacey. She is one of the few people in Elk Grove happy to see Ash return.
A hard-partying old childhood friend of Ash's who was secretly intimate with Ash's sister, Cheryl, thirty years prior, and pays the ultimate price for it.
  • Pepi Sonuga as Lacey Emery (season 2)
Thomas' and Linda's 17-year-old daughter who becomes possessed by Kandarian spirits and is killed by Kelly.

Recurring cast

The sole survivor of a hiking group, she is rescued by Pablo and Kelly when they reach the cabin. She is later indirectly killed by Ruby when the evil is set loose.
Pablo's shaman uncle, Ash, Pablo and Kelly go to him for help against the Kandarian Demon. He is killed by the demon Eligos when he performs an exorcism on Kelly to release her from Eligos' thrall.
Ash's father, whom Ash has not seen in 30 or so years, since the events of Evil Dead. It is from his father that Ash got his bad habits (debauchery, etc.), and it's hinted that he has stolen girls/women from Ash in the past (i.e. his son's old high school P.E. teacher, Lillian Pendergrast). His day job is as a handyman/Carpentercarpenter; his slogan is "Brock Williams - has wood - call me." He blames Ash for the death of his daughter Cheryl, but then, moments before being killed by his son's possessed Oldsmobile 88, comes to realize that his boy was actually a hero.
The husband of Linda whom Ash used to pick on in highschool. He is now the strict sheriff of Elk Grove.
A diabolical demon and Ruby's ex-husband who wants the Necronomicon for his own nefarious purposes. His abilities include using lust to manipulate others, possessing human bodies and the ability to slow down time near a target where he can converse with or injure said target. When Baal is using this power nobody seems to be able to see him besides the person he is interacting with. Ruby has also mentioned that he is impervious to physical attacks and can only be harmed through mystic or spiritual means.

Special guests

  • Rebekkah Farrell as Linda (season 1)
  • Ellen Sandweiss returning as Cheryl Williams (season 2) from the original Evil Dead movie.
  • Nicholas Hope as Professor Raymond Knowby (season 2)
  • Alison Quigan (normal form) and Ted Raimi (Deadite form) as Henrietta Knowby (season 2)

Production

Episodes

Season Episodes Originally aired
First aired Last aired
1 10 October 31, 2015 January 2, 2016
2 10 October 2, 2016 December 11, 2016

Season 1 (2015–16)

No.
overall 		No. in
season 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(millions)
1 1 "El Jefe" Sam Raimi Sam Raimi & Ivan Raimi and Tom Spezialy October 31, 2015 0.437
Thirty years after his epic battle against the evil Deadites, Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell) is living in a trailer park, working in a Value Stop department store, and spending his evenings womanizing in dive bars. After seeing a demonic visage appear on a woman's face, Ash recalls having a recent Marijuana-addled "poetry read" with a young prostitute, from the Necronomicon, which he still keeps locked in a trunk. Elsewhere in town, Michigan state police detective Amanda Fisher, (Jill Marie Jones), investigates a disturbance at an abandoned house and encounters Ash's demon-possessed friend who kills her partner. After defeating the possessed woman, she is then forced to put down her undead partner who attacks her. Later, Amanda meets the mysterious Ruby Knowby, (Lucy Lawless), who seems almost too understanding about the horrors Amanda has witnessed. As more evil happenings occur around him, Ash realizes he unwittingly reawakened the horrible curse again and decides to slip out of town, but he is stopped by his co-workers, Pablo (Ray Santiago) and Kelly, (Dana DeLorenzo), who realize he's to blame for what is going on. After having to kill his possessed neighbor, Ash reluctantly decides to resume his old chainsaw-wielding persona once again.
2 2 "Bait" Michael J. Bassett Dominic Dierkes November 7, 2015 0.276
Pablo and Ash help Kelly who is worried about a strange call from her father and the sudden return of her lost mother, (Mimi Rogers), who was feared dead years ago. Ash remains suspicious of the mother, believing she's a Deadite impostor. Meanwhile Amanda follows leads that Ash Williams is behind the recent deaths and strange happenings around town, and decides to track him down. Ash and Pablo arrive at Kelly's father's house to find Kelly's mother acting normal. However, after being provoked at the dinner table by Ash, Kelly's mother reveals herself as a Deadite and kills Kelly's father with a fork. After a madcap fight between her and Ash, the Deadite tries to convince Kelly that she's fine now, but shows herself again and Ash kills her. After burying the two bodies, Kelly agrees to accompany Ash and Pablo, and the three drive away.
3 3 "Books from Beyond" Michael J. Bassett Sean Clements November 14, 2015 0.383
With the mysterious Ruby one step behind them, Ash and his friends seek out Lionel, the owner of an occult bookstore, "Books from Beyond," to find a way to undo the evil curse. Lionel uses the Necronomicon to summon the demon Eligos in hopes of compelling it to give the answers Ash seeks. The ceremony goes awry when Amanda arrives to arrest Ash and Eligos escapes the summoning circle. In all the chaos, Ash does manage to get a cryptic response that the solution to his predicament resides within him.
4 4 "Brujo" David Frazee James E. Eagan November 21, 2015 0.448
After dealing with the demon, Ash leaves the uncooperative Amanda handcuffed in the bookstore and trapped with a Deadite Lionel. She is saved however by Ruby, and after learning of her interest in Ash, the two join forces in hunting him down. Meanwhile Pablo takes Ash to meet his shaman uncle, a "Brujo", who may be able to help. Along the way, Kelly gets sick and acts strangely, having been unknowingly possessed by Eligos. Eventually the Brujo gives Ash a drug-induced vision of himself relaxing on a pier in Jacksonville, Florida, (Ash's idealized vacation spot), where his pet lizard Eli appears and tells him he must bury the Necronomicon deep in the place where everything started – the cabin in the woods. During the trip, a possessed Kelly attacks Ash.
5 5 "The Host" David Frazee Zoë Green November 28, 2015 0.430
The Eligos-possessed Kelly convinces Pablo and his uncle that Ash is the one possessed. Elsewhere, Amanda and Ruby close in on Ash by using Ash's severed undead hand to guide them. The Brujo prepares for an exorcism while, back in Ash's trailer, Kelly tries to seduce Pablo and later kill him. Once the demon reveals himself the Brujo performs the exorcism on Kelly, forcing Eligos to leave, but not before the Brujo is killed. During a funeral for the Brujo, Pablo takes his uncle's sacred medallion. Back at the trailer, Pablo gives Ash a new mechanical hand that he had been working on.
6 6 "The Killer of Killer" Michael Hurst Nate Crocker December 5, 2015 0.402
Ruby and Amanda arrive at the Brujo's ranch just having missed Ash, but the charred skeleton of the Brujo emerges from the funeral pyre and confronts Ruby telling her that she'll never have the book for herself. The two fall into the pyre which then explodes. Amanda leaves in Ruby's car but notices Ash's hand has disappeared. On their way to the cabin, Ash, Pablo and Kelly stop at a roadside diner to meet Lem, a old militia friend of Ash, and ask for help in acquiring some weapons. While Ash tries to scam his way out of paying the diner check, Pablo and Kelly return to the trailer and deal with the Necronomicon which comes alive and reacts to the Brujo's medallion. Meanwhile, Amanda confronts Ash and arrests him, just as her police chief arrives. Soon, however, the evil Kandarian force attacks the diner, spontaneously turning the police chief and a waitress into Deadites. Having barely escaped the horror, Lem calls his militia buddies to "arm up" but he is soon attacked by the force himself. Back at the smoldering diner, Amanda agrees to join up with Ash's group.
7 7 "Fire in the Hole" Michael Hurst Sean Clements, Dominic Dierkes and Ivan Raimi December 12, 2015 0.452
Ash and his group go to meet the militiamen but find they have been attacked by a demon-possessed Lem. Lem attacks again, and Ash and Amanda become trapped in the militia's bunker with him. Meanwhile, Kelly and Pablo escape to the woods but the militiamen, (thinking the two are government agents and their friend Lem is infected with a government virus), hunt them down. Back at the Brujo's ranch, Ruby emerges from the funeral pyre unharmed; she goes to the diner and resumes her search for Ash. Eventually Pablo and Kelly rescue Ash and Amanda and get the weapons from the militia. Ash then unexpectedly vanishes. A closing scene shows Ash's severed hand crawling through the woods toward the cabin.
8 8 "Ashes to Ashes" Tony Tilse Michael J. Bassett December 19, 2015 0.465
Armed with his chainsaw, shotgun and the Necronomicon, Ash returns to the sinister cabin after 30 years. He finds Amanda behind him who convinces him that he shouldn't face the evil alone. Meanwhile Kelly and Pablo are lost in the woods but find a group of hikers consisting of Brad, his fiancée and Heather, who lead them toward the cabin. At the cabin, Ash is taunted by the severed head of his old girlfriend Linda that he left in the work shed three decades ago. In the cabin, Amanda listens to the old tape recorder about the Necronomicon. Ash suddenly appears and tells her that they should just leave and be together, but Amanda notices his putrid hand and he attacks her. She manages to cut off and destroy the hand, but imposter-Ash impales her on the antlers of the deer head in the living room. The real Ash then finds Amanda just before she dies. Pablo and Kelly return and Ash tells them that she was killed by another Evil Ash that is running around somewhere.
9 9 "Bound in Flesh" Tony Tilse Rob Wright December 26, 2015 0.343
Pablo and Kelly confront the two Ashes and, once they realize who the impostor is, they kill him. Ash decides to chop up the bodies of the impostor and Amanda before they turn into Deadites, but the hikers return. Pablo and Kelly lead them away while Ash dismembers his clone. Suddenly the Necronomicon starts talking to him, trying to convince him not to bury it. He throws the book in the refrigerator then notices Amanda has disappeared. Amanda, now a Deadite, attacks Pablo, Kelly and the hikers. She kills Brad and his fiancée and Heather breaks her leg. Ruby arrives and Amanda runs off. Returning to the cabin, Ruby confronts Ash, introducing herself as the one who's been cleaning up his mess. She explains that the book cannot be simply buried but needs to be dismantled. Ash agrees to destroy the book and cuts off its face, but once he hands it over Ruby begins a ritual to unleash the evil upon the entire world. Ruby claims to have written the Necronomicon and the face of the book animates and attaches itself to Pablo.
10 10 "The Dark One" Rick Jacobson Craig DiGregorio January 2, 2016 0.508
Before Ash can react to what is going on, Amanda returns and attacks him. He manages to defeat her but notices Ruby and Pablo have disappeared into the cellar. He goes down to find them but the Kandarian force pounds the cabin and Ash falls down the steps. He suddenly finds himself back in his trailer with the Necronomicon. Ruby appears and tells him that he was destined to stand against her, and then tries to broker a truce by offering him what he desires the most – a peaceful retirement in Jacksonville. Refusing the offer, Ash finds himself back in the cellar and under attack by a demonic child that was belched up by Pablo who is under the control of the Necronomicon. Meanwhile, Kelly and Heather attempt to survive a demonic onslaught. Heather is killed while Kelly is locked out of the cabin. Ash again confronts Ruby, who promises to leave Ash and his friends alone in exchange for allowing her to release evil spirits (which she claims she can control) from the Necronomicon. Ash accepts the deal and starts driving to Jacksonville with Kelly and Pablo, while sinkholes begin to open up around the world.

Season 2 (2016)

No.
overall 		No. in
season 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date U.S. viewers
(millions)

Music

Joseph LoDuca, a frequent Sam Raimi collaborator who composed the scores for the Evil Dead films, contributes the original music for Ash vs Evil Dead. The series also leverages excerpts from various 1970s and '80s popular songs, particularly featuring artists (e.g., Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent and Frijid Pink) from the greater Detroit area where Season One's action is based (and where Raimi, Campbell and Tapert grew up). In an interview, Sam Raimi states that the music selected for the series is based on the lack of growth the Ash character has progressed over the past 30–35 years, and that, "the music should reflect the last time he was engaged in society, and living".

On November 11, 2015, it was announced that the Joseph LoDuca music score entitled Ash vs Evil Dead: Music from the STARZ Original Series would be released by Varèse Sarabande digitally on December 11, 2015 and via audio CD on December 18, 2015. The following are the tracks that are on that album:

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List of popular songs featured in Ash vs Evil Dead
Title Performed by Played during Episode Ref.
"Space Truckin' (1997 Remix)" {{{last}}}, {{{first}}}[[{{{first}}} {{{last}}} ({{{dab}}})|{{{first}}} {{{last}}}]] Opening of episode 1. "El Jefe"
"End Of The Line" {{{last}}}, {{{first}}}[[{{{first}}} {{{last}}} ({{{dab}}})|{{{first}}} {{{last}}}]] Flashback scene 1. "El Jefe"
"Journey to the Center of the Mind" {{{last}}}, {{{first}}}[[{{{first}}} {{{last}}} ({{{dab}}})|{{{first}}} {{{last}}}]] Chainsaw scene and credits 1. "El Jefe"
"Highway Star (1997 Remix)" {{{last}}}, {{{first}}}[[{{{first}}} {{{last}}} ({{{dab}}})|{{{first}}} {{{last}}}]] Car fight 2. "Bait"
"Knife-Edge" Emerson, Lake & Palmer Credits 2. "Bait"
"Loose" {{{last}}}, {{{first}}}[[{{{first}}} {{{last}}} ({{{dab}}})|{{{first}}} {{{last}}}]] Credits 3. "Books from Beyond"
"Midnight Rider" The Allman Brothers Band Car ride scene 4. "Brujo"
"Here I Go Again" Whitesnake Drug trip 4. "Brujo"
"Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow" Funkadelic Credits 4. "Brujo"
"Down by the Water" {{{last}}}, {{{first}}}[[{{{first}}} {{{last}}} ({{{dab}}})|{{{first}}} {{{last}}}]] Car scene 5. "The Host"
"Is It My Body" {{{last}}}, {{{first}}}[[{{{first}}} {{{last}}} ({{{dab}}})|{{{first}}} {{{last}}}]] Bong scene 5. "The Host"
"Stranglehold" {{{last}}}, {{{first}}}[[{{{first}}} {{{last}}} ({{{dab}}})|{{{first}}} {{{last}}}]] Credits 5. "The Host"
"Be My Lover" {{{last}}}, {{{first}}}[[{{{first}}} {{{last}}} ({{{dab}}})|{{{first}}} {{{last}}}]] Washroom fight 6. "The Killer of Killers"
"All My Ex's Live in Texas" {{{last}}}, {{{first}}}[[{{{first}}} {{{last}}} ({{{dab}}})|{{{first}}} {{{last}}}]] Ash eating at diner 6. "The Killer of Killers"
"Freakin' Out" Death Diner fight 6. "The Killer of Killers"
"Renegade" Styx Credits 6. "The Killer of Killers"
"Time Has Come Today" {{{last}}}, {{{first}}}[[{{{first}}} {{{last}}} ({{{dab}}})|{{{first}}} {{{last}}}]] Credits 7. "Fire in the Hole"
"The Two of Us Together" {{{last}}}, {{{first}}}[[{{{first}}} {{{last}}} ({{{dab}}})|{{{first}}} {{{last}}}]] and {{{last}}}, {{{first}}}[[{{{first}}} {{{last}}} ({{{dab}}})|{{{first}}} {{{last}}}]] Credits 8. "Ashes to Ashes"
"Just the Two of Us" {{{last}}}, {{{first}}}[[{{{first}}} {{{last}}} ({{{dab}}})|{{{first}}} {{{last}}}]] Chainsaw the clone scene 9. "Bound in Flesh"
"I Could Write a Book" {{{last}}}, {{{first}}}[[{{{first}}} {{{last}}} ({{{dab}}})|{{{first}}} {{{last}}}]] Credits 9. "Bound in Flesh"
"End Of The Line" {{{last}}}, {{{first}}}[[{{{first}}} {{{last}}} ({{{dab}}})|{{{first}}} {{{last}}}]] Trailer scene 10. "The Dark One"
"No More Mr. Nice Guy" {{{last}}}, {{{first}}}[[{{{first}}} {{{last}}} ({{{dab}}})|{{{first}}} {{{last}}}]] Car ride scene 10. "The Dark One"
"Back in Black" AC/DC Credits 10. "The Dark One"

Reception

Critical

The first season of Ash vs Evil Dead has received critical acclaim. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the season a 98% "Certified Fresh" rating based on 47 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The site's critical consensus reading: "True to the movies that spawned it, Ash vs Evil Dead is a gory, hilarious, and audacious resurrection of Sam Raimi's beloved horror franchise." Metacritic gave the season a rating of 75 out of 100, based on 25 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."

The second season has received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes, the season has a score of 100%, based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 8/10. The site's critical consensus currently reads, "Ash vs. Evil Dead's sophomore season proves the show is in command of its characters and tone, turning up the gore, fun, and energy to deliver even more grisly, action-packed thrills and laughs." On Metacritic, the season has a rating of 82 out of 100, based on 5 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim."

Accolades

Year Association Category Nominee(s) Result

Media releases

See also

References

External links

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