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What can go wrong when five college students break into an abandoned cabin in the woods? Apparently, a whole heck of a lot! They unleash evil spirits, turn into Candarian Demons…and sing show tunes!
In EVIL DEAD: The Musical, Sam Raimi’s classic 80’s horror films are brought to … er … life. As musical mayhem descends on this sleepover in the woods, “camp” takes on a whole new meaning with uproarious numbers like “All the Men in My Life Keep Getting Killed by Candarian Demons,” “What the F*** Was That?” and “Do the Necronomicon.”
EVIL DEAD features seating in a separate “Splatter Zone” – where the gore hits the floor. Front row audiences get to don special T-shirts to soak up souvenir splats, or ponchos if they’re more gore-o-phobic. More cautious Dead-goers can sit further back, but should keep those little umbrellas over their drinks, just in case. It’s total theatre in the grandest, and campiest, Grand Guignol style. EVIL Dead is not recommended for children under 13.
Sam Raimi’s early ’80s gore fest splattered across movie and video screens through much of the decade, lending it cult status, spawning two sequels and making a sort-of star of Bruce Campbell and a budding blockbuster director of Raimi (who would go on to direct the Spider-Man franchise).
Whenever the word “cult” is attached to a movie, the musical stage version can’t be far behind. About two years ago, a group of Canadian kids – George Reinblatt (book, lyrics, music), Christopher Bond (music and additional lyrics), Frank Cipolla (music), Melissa Morris (music) and Rob Daleman (music) – decided to camp up the already campy comedy-horror film and turn it into an all-singing, all-dancing zombie fest.
Credits: Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, Toronto, Canada. Creative Director: Brett Channer. Agency Producers: Bev Cornish & Lisa Smith. Creative Team: Tyler Serr, Lyranda Martin-Evans, Deric Moore. Production House: Spy Films. Director: Jaron Albertin. Editorial: Geoff Ashenhurst (Stealing Time). Sound Design & Music: Vapor Music. VFX House: 49Ontario – Technicolor. VFX Supervisor(On Shoot): Alex Boothby. Lead VFX Artist: Alex Boothby. Compositors: Ralph Schmidt, Brent Whitmore.
Notice one thing: after the guy’s hand’s chopped off.. you can still see the shadow of his full hand on his body.
They should do an Army of Darkness musical. “This is my BOOMSTICK!”