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We Totally Missed This ‘Evil Dead’ Necronomicon Easter Egg in Rick’s Final Episode of “The Walking Dead”
Whenever Greg Nicotero directs an episode of “The Walking Dead” you can expect him to pay tribute to a favorite horror film, which usually comes in the form of a zombie made to look like an iconic horror movie zombie from the past. But last Sunday night’s ‘What Comes After,’ aka Rick’s final episode, featured a cameo from a familiar location and prop.
As pointed out by Halloween Love, Rick makes a pit stop at a dilapidated cabin while he’s bleeding out and barely clinging on to life, where he has a delusion of a reunion with fallen friend Shane Walsh. The cabin, as you probably noticed, looked a whole lot like the iconic cabin from The Evil Dead, but you maybe didn’t notice the Necronomicon inside!
(Honestly, we missed it entirely. And we thank HL for the heads up.)
Not only is there a deer head on the wall of the cabin, but at one point, Nicotero makes sure to show that the Book of the Dead is lying on the floor, right next to a handgun.
It’s interesting to note that Greg Nicotero actually worked on Evil Dead 2 early in his career, on the makeup effects crew. A fun little nod to his own past, via “The Walking Dead”!
From creator Jesse McKeown (“The Umbrella Academy”), Netflix’s sea creature series “Below” is swimming our way this October, and Entertainment Weekly has the first look.
Josh Hartnett stars in Netflix’s upcoming series “Below” alongside Charlie Heaton, Mackenzie Davis, Rohan Campbell, Ruby Stokes, Kaleb Horn, and Willow Kean.
It follows a grizzled fisherman (Josh Hartnett) who must fight to protect his family and his community when a mysterious sea creature terrorizes a remote Newfoundland town.
Entertainment Weekly previews, “Thankfully, Calvin’s not alone on his quest to confront the unknown. In an effort to keep his son Wade (Charlie Heaton) and their family safe from harm, he joins forces with marine researcher Fonda (Mackenzie Davis) to learn more about the creature that lurks below the waves and, along the way, their island’s hidden history.”
McKeown teases, “Folks here have been dealing with unexplained phenomena and tragic events for hundreds of years. Killer storms. Maritime disasters. The collapse of the cod fishery. People going hungry. Surviving the winter here can be a horror movie in and of itself. So, these strange events fit into a long history of unimaginable difficulties.”
He notes that the series is inspired by the work of Steven Spielberg and John Carpenter, two filmmaking titans who similarly inspired Apple TV’s hit horror-comedy “Widow’s Bay.”
“Below” looks to scratch a similar itch, though perhaps with a bit less comedy.
The six-episode limited series arrives on Netflix on October 8, 2026.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Netflix
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Netflix
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Netflix
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Netflix
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Netflix
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