The Evil Dead aka Hail to the King, Baby aka The Bruce Campbell thread

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I think the title speaks for itself....  Talk about a movie that was ferociously horrifying, the sequels it spawned, your favorite B Horror movie actor or all of the above.... I had to combine all the aka's cause there was just too many things this thread could've been named....   

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Why didn't you put this in the t.v. board?

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aka moved

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Well, it's a series of movies... would that still land it in the TV board?

Oh, and the movies are swell. My favorite scene is the fight in Evil Dead 2 with his possessed/disembodied hand. Hilarious.

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Originally posted by Mr.MastodonFarm:
Well, it's a series of movies... would that still land it in the TV board?

Two things:

1. The t.v. board is for t.v. and movies.  Didn't you notice that at least half of the threads were movie threads?

2. This isn't just a thread about the Evil Dead movies.  It's a thread about Bruce Campbell.  That means we can discuss "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.", "Xena", "Jack of All Trades", and any other shows Bruce Campbell has been on, in addition to his films.

So, as long as we're on the subject: are there any other PEELers who are fans of "Brisco County", or am I the only one?

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Originally posted by David A:
 It's a thread about Bruce Campbell. 

 

Originally posted by winna:
Talk about a movie that was ferociously horrifying, the sequels it spawned, your favorite B Horror movie actor or all of the above....

Ha!

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Bruce Cambell rocks. I am very tempted to get his auto biography "If chins could kill: Confessions of a B movie star".

I thought his cameo is Spiderman was pretty cool but not totally surprising (after all it was directed by Sam Remi).

Of the Evil Dead films. I will probably say that Dead by Dawn was my faveourtie. I think it had just the right amount of comedy and horror. Besides, Ash attacking his own hand is a classic.

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The dude from grateful dead was on Xena?

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Grateful Dead?   

No, Evil Dead that crazy horror movie that is hilarious or whatnot...  Yeah it seems Campbull and Sam Rami or whatever his name is like to work together a lot, I was looking at stuff and I think Sam helped create Hercules and Xena both of which Bruce was on... 

I have watched Brisco County Jr., but it's been a long time.  As I recall it wasn't a half bad show about a mcgyver like character in the old west... mcgyver like in that he could come up with solutions pretty fast.  I've watched an episode or two of Jack of all Trades too, but it basically got off the air before it could take off I guess.   

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Campbell was great in his appearance on The X-Files.

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Still waiting for Bubba Ho Tep to come out.  I hope it does soon because I have really been wanting to check it out. I hope it's not just an independent film.

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Originally posted by winna:
I have watched Brisco County Jr., but it's been a long time.  As I recall it wasn't a half bad show about a mcgyver like character in the old west... mcgyver like in that he could come up with solutions pretty fast.  I've watched an episode or two of Jack of all Trades too, but it basically got off the air before it could take off I guess.   

Jack of All Trades was like Hercules or Xena, but set in the Napoleonic era.  It was okay, but it wasn't Campbell's best work.

On the other hand, The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. was one of my favorite shows of all time.  In fact, the only reason that I started watching The X-Files was because it came on right after Brisco County.

 

Originally posted by Wu:
Bruce Cambell rocks. I am very tempted to get his auto biography "If chins could kill: Confessions of a B movie star".

I haven't read that yet, but a friend of mine has, and he really liked it.  Of course, he's an even bigger fan of Bruce Campbell than I am, so he may be somewhat biased.

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Brisco County was great.  It was on the same night as X-Files, and both shows started in the same year.  Both also got horrible ratings, but only Brisco was canceled, though I liked it a lot more.  I hope they do a DVD set.

The Evil Dead movies are also great.  I saw Evil Dead II first, but Army of Darkness is probably my favorite.  (And I saw them both before they were cool, too!)  But the Laserdisc/DVD of Evil Dead II has the best commentary I've ever heard.

And Campbell's book is good too.  If you buy it, be sure to get the more recent version, since it has an extra chapter about the book tour he did when the book first came out.

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Originally posted by Coop:
Still waiting for Bubba Ho Tep to come out.    I hope it does soon because I have really been wanting to check it out. I hope it's not just an independent film.

Well, it is an indepedent film. A very independent one.

 

Originally posted by Action Jacktion:
Brisco County was great.  It was on the same night as X-Files, and both shows started in the same year.  Both also got horrible ratings, but only Brisco was canceled, though I liked it a lot more.  I hope they do a DVD set.

I think Brisco was cancelled because Fox invested more money on it. X-Files wasn't as heavily promoted as Brisco did, so when the ratings came, the executives were more dissapointed with Brisco than with X-Files.

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Here's something about Bruce and Sam-

(bruce Talking) I then met future big shot director Sam Raimi in a high school drama class in 1975. See, Sam did a lame-o pantomime in class, and I followed it with an equally lame-o one - we consoled each other and became fast friends. Soon, along with Sam and a bunch of other high school knuckleheads, we began making heaps of super-8 movies - about 50 or so.

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Campbell's book is hilarious, with a lot of great pictures. This guy always cracks me up. And lest we forget the cameos. One in particular spawned a horrifying[ly sexy] fanfic I found... Guess and you get a cookieand a terrifying sense of shame..
Anyway. He was great in Xena. I'll never forget the one where Xena 'posessed' his body and while doing so kissed Gabrielle. YAYPSEUDOLESBIANSCENE.

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Also does anyone else know about the 2 different endings to Army of Darkness ?

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Just over a week for Bubba Ho Tep to come out here, and not long for the Spider-man 2 DVD.
*Looks at calender*
Crap I better had get some money....

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Did you see Bruce in Spider-man 2 Jamesbondcja ?

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Yeah, he was the usher at Mary Janes play, the guy who wouldnt let Peter in after telling him to do up his shoelaces and all.

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I'm glad I searched. On Sci-fi next saturday, thare is a sci-fi movies original The Man With The Screaming Brain, written by, directed by, and starring the man himself!
I've only ever seen Bubba Ho Tep and Army Of Darkness, so I went out and picked up Evil Dead. I'll watch it later.

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There's a new Evil Dead game on its way to the PS2 and X-box

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...and PC...

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Bruce Campbell's in that new movie Sky High,  He's that Coach Boomer

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Yo, she-bitch, let's go!

Evil Dead 2 is getting a Book of the Dead DVD release too. Not too much additional stuff in the special features department (new audio commentary though), but I'm gonna buy it anyway. 

So what's next? Army of Darkness in a Necronomicon replica that bites your fingers off? 

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*looks around* where's my boomstick? well i guess it's back to s-mart. yes the man with the screaming brain is on tommorow! gotta record it. btw i liked brisco too,and evil dead 1,2. bubba ho tep was pretty wierd but bruce cambell doesn't make anything bad.

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I'm pissed off because my copy of Army of Darkness seems to be missing a lot of stuff... inc. the all-important 'I'm the guy with the gun' line. It seems to be a bog standard DVD release, but I can't find any other editions about. It's very annoying. I feel like I've seen the film with all the coolest bits removed. Gah.

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You sure you don't have a Bootlegged version

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I can only find Army of Darkness with absolutely no special features. I'll just have to look on eBay, I guess.

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The DVD that i got has the movie, couple of trailers and deleted scenes thats is

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After a bit of research, it seems I have the international release. The one I wanted was the American theatrical release. Now, why the hell are there so many different versions of this movie? Gaah. I want my Bruce Campbell commentary!

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Originally posted by Wooter:
I can only find Army of Darkness with absolutely no special features. I'll just have to look on eBay, I guess.

look for this version. bruce cambell vs. the army of darkness - boomstick edition 2 disc set. i got it at best buy over a year ago. it came with a contest form to win dinner with bruce cambell. i didn't win   

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btw i recorded the movie- man with the screaming brain. i'm going to watch it tommorow   

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And you know you could'eve put that last post in the one before it

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Well, a couple of years ago I actually met Bruce Campbell and he was hilarious and just - a god! Hail to the king indeed. It also involved him 'crashing' on one of the other stars talks by putting on a crazy beard, mac and scottish accent along with Ted Raimi, sitting behind me and generally taking the piss out of who was on stage.
My my.... whatta chin.

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Originally posted by Zogonif:
And you know you could'eve put that last post in the one before it

yes, and by you putting this post in you just added more bullshit to this thread

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Originally posted by frybend:
 yes, and by you putting this post in you just added more bullshit to this thread

No need to get like that Frybend............Asshole !

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Originally posted by Zogonif:
 No need to get like that Frybend............Asshole !

lol   

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Resurrecting this thread because I somehow had not seen Army of Darkness until today. Evil Dead I and II are now at the top of my to-see list. God it was amazing.

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I saw Army of Darkness the other day on AMC.

Also, for all you Campbellites out there, you can catch him on USA's Burn Notice on Thursdays at 10pm. It's a action/comedy series, and Bruce is very good in it.