33: Ash vs Evil Dead – Show Notes

First Segment

• The Necronomicon
  • Ancient book of the occult
  • Written by Abdul Alhazred
    • 8th century poet
    • Originally called “Al Azif”
    • The sound of insects, or demons?
  • Translated to Greek in 950 AD
  • Suppressed under Patriarch Michael of Constantinople
  • Copies were eventually translated into multiple languages including English, Latin, and Spanish
  • H.P. Lovecraft
    • Father of “Cosmic Horror”
    • First mentioned The Necronomicon in 1922 short story, The Hound
    • Makes an appearance in 18 Lovecraft stories
    • Has made multiple pop culture appearances

 

• The Simpsons

• Friday the 13th Franchise

• Evil Dead Franchise

 

• The Simon Necronomicon
  • Published in 1977
    • 666 copies initially released
  • Combination of Lovecraftian and Mesopotamian mysticism and legend

Second Segment

 

• With in the Woods

• Evil Dead, Evil Dead II, Army of Darkness

 

• The Careers of Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert and Bruce Campbell
• The Pressure From Fans
• Evil Dead 4 Started as a Movie
  • Tapert’s relationship with Starz
  • TV show vs movie
• The Direction of the Show
• Craig DiGregorio Stepped Down as Producer
  • Replaced by Mark Verheiden
• Starz CEO Chris Albrecht
  • Started at HBO
• Media Landscape Now vs the 90s
• Building up Starz
• Getting Viewers vs Emmys
• Focused on Viewers That Hadn’t Been Targeted by Networks

 

• Power, Outlander

 

• Stats

Third Segment

• Horror for People Who Don’t Like Horror
• Slapstick horror, it’s nice to see
• Fills a weird niche
• Overall Cast Performances
• Bruce Campbell, hottest man on earth