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“Ash vs Evil Dead” Shocked Us Yet Again!
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…
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply sad to learn that actress Daveigh Chase has passed away at just 35 years old. The news was first reported by TMZ this afternoon.
The outlet reports, “The actress’ boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, tells TMZ … Daveigh died Tuesday from meningitis and an infection in her blood, which caused her to have septic issues and led to her body shutting down.” The website’s report continues, “We’re told Daveigh had been admitted to a hospital in Los Angeles earlier this month because of malnutrition.”
Here in the horror world, a young Daveigh Chase memorably played Samara in Gore Verbinski’s 2002 horror movie The Ring, the American remake of the Japanese horror hit.
Far outside the horror world, Daveigh Chase voiced Lilo in the 2002 animated movie Lilo & Stitch, a character she continued to voice in various animated spinoff projects.
Chase also appeared as Samantha Darko in the 2001 classic Donnie Darko, later returning to play the sister of Donnie Darko in the 2009 spinoff movie titled S. Darko.
Daveigh Chase’s resume also includes roles on the TV shows “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” “Charmed,” “ER,” “Touched by an Angel,” “CSI,” “Cold Case,” and 32 episodes of “Big Love.”
Chase appeared in the films The Rats, Silence, Carolina, Beethoven’s 5th, Yellow, Little Red Wagon, Transference, Killer Crush, Jack Goes Home, and American Romance.
We send our deepest condolences to Daveigh Chase’s family, friends, and fans.
Pictured: Daveigh Chase in ‘Killer Crush’ (2015)
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