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Evil Dead is On its Way to iPad, iPhone
Is that a boomstick in your pants or are you just happy to see me? Forget the 3DS and the NGP (PSP 2), because Apple’s iPad and iPhone are becoming the top choices for gamers on the go. Need proof? How about a steamy dose of boomstick flailing action in the upcoming Evil Dead? Yes sir, it looks like Sam Raimi’s campy horror classic that helped make Bruce Campbell the demigod he is today will soon be . The game’s currently in the approval phase before it can make it to the iTunes store but when it does the game will be available on both the iPad and iPhone for $4.99 and $2.99, respectively.
Evil Dead is an “action-heavy 3D shooter” that will be made up of 30 levels spread across two chapters where you take control of Ash (Bruce Campbell) as he leads his friends to safety while being insanely awesome. The first chapter follows the plot of the first film while the second is a completely new story and all of this will be accompanied by the film’s actual score. Yes. Please. Hollywood has always taken classic films and remaking them but it wasn’t until the last decade that the trend became incredibly popular. Now it would seem this movement might be shifting into the realm of video games, but in a really good way.
Who knows? If this does well enough it could reinvigorate the franchise, bring in new fans and mark a glorious return to one of the best horror classics in the last three decades, maybe even bring us one step closer to a new Evil Dead movie. One can only hope.
News via the Hollywood Reporter
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply sad to learn that The Blob director Chuck Russell has passed away at 74 years old.
Russell’s career began with his directorial debut, 1987’s A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
The multihyphenate film director, screenwriter, and producer is best known for helming 1994 comedy The Mask starring Jim Carrey, Arnold Schwarzenegger actioner Eraser, and adventure spinoff The Scorpion King. The latter served as the first leading role for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.
The filmmaker left an indelible mark on horror with his ANOES sequel, 1988’s The Blob, and 2000’s Bless the Child.
Russell’s final film credit is 2024’s Witchboard remake starring Madison Iseman (I Know What You Did Last Summer), Aaron Dominguez (Only Murders in the Building), and Jamie Campbell Bower (“Stranger Things”).
It marked Russell’s return to horror after a lengthy hiatus, and he shared sequel hopes to Bloody Disgusting in an interview ahead of the remake’s release: “I got to design the board with real mystical symbols and things that I know represent good and evil, and where that board takes us if the audiences respond to the film, and I hope they will; I know it’s out there for you guys, but the sequel is a world we’ll get to go a little further. That’s sure the intention.”
He also recently expressed interest in returning to the franchise that began his career.
TMZ notes that Russell passed away at his San Diego-area home.
We send our deepest condolences to Chuck Russell’s family, friends, and fans.
Director, Co-Writer & Producer Chuck Russell behind the scenes of the horror film, WITCHBOARD. Photo courtesy of The Avenue and Atlas Distribution
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