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I Thought The Evil Dead Was Supposed to Be Funny... | The Evil Dead (1981)

9 min · 29 de jun de 2026
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We’re kicking off our Road to Evil Dead Burn with the movie that started it all: The Evil Dead. William has loved this franchise for years. Amy thought she knew it because she knew Ash, the chainsaw, and the quotes. Turns out, the original is a very different beast. Before the boomstick, before the one-liners, and before Ash became the Ash everyone remembers, Sam Raimi’s 1981 original was a gritty, gross, straight-up horror movie that still managed to catch Amy off guard. In this episode, we talk about why The Evil Dead still works, Bruce Campbell’s surprisingly serious performance, the practical effects that made Amy gag, and whether the original still holds up today. Then we get into spoilers and talk ankle pencils, cottage cheese gore, basement banging, and all the reasons this movie still feels completely unhinged. The Fear Review links: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Sp8KDPckA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Sp8KDPckA] Website: https://thefearreview.com/reviews/the-evil-dead/ [https://thefearreview.com/reviews/the-evil-dead/] Follow The Fear Review: Website: https://thefearreview.com [https://thefearreview.com/] YouTube: https://episodes.thefearreview.com [https://episodes.thefearreview.com/] Shorts: https://shorts.thefearreview.com [https://shorts.thefearreview.com/] Spotify: https://spotify.thefearreview.com [https://spotify.thefearreview.com/] Apple Podcasts: https://apple.thefearreview.com [https://apple.thefearreview.com/] Amazon Music: https://amazon.thefearreview.com [https://amazon.thefearreview.com/] Around here, the fear is family.

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