I can’t tell if the filmmakers/writers/showrunner have figured it out, or if all the credit should go to director Tony Tilse, but Starz’s “Ash vs Evil Dead” blew my mind for a second straight week. What’s different about this season is that last year, I loved the first episode, while the rest of the season was mediocre. Here, in Season 2, I found the premiere mediocre, with the following two episodes to be off-the-wall party material. Tilse directed both of these episodes, which makes me wonder if he’s the gem in the rough, or if we’re in for one helluva ride over the next few months.

As you know, I raved about last week’s episode in which Ash investigates a morgue in search of the Necronomicon, only to find his head stuck up a corspe’s ass. Tilse keeps the peddle to the metal, literally, in last night’s “Last Call”, in which the Evil Dead are finally released by a new group of teens, who are then butchered by Ash’s possessed Delta. The episode is whacky, wild and out of this world fun, also boasting one of the most violent death sequences (maybe more than one?!) in the franchise’s history.

Here’s the bad news, as we look ahead to next Sunday’s episode. Tilse has set the stage for director Michael J. Bassett to follow up with two episodes. Bassett is one of the most disappointing filmmakers touching this franchise, turning in garbage films such as Solomon Kane and Silent Hill: Revelation 3D. Here, he returns to “Ash vs Evil Dead” with “DUI”, in which “Ash goes on the hunt for his beloved Delta, but becomes the hunted. Ruby and Kelly engage in a battle royale with the evil spawn while Pablo suffers from a new Necronomicon condition.”

Check out the promo below that carries some gory aftermath from last night’s bloodbath. Let us pray that Bassett is able to elevate his game to that of Tilse and continue what could finally be the Evil Dead sequel we deserve…