Wow
what a concept! A musical based on all three movies, although mainly
the first two, has just finished its 2nd run in Canada. Here's a
brief overview of what its all about (taken from the official website
evildeadthemusical.com).
Its proving to be a rising success and, although I think very unlikely,
a UK run would be tremendous!! "The
trilogy delves further and further into farce and camp"
says director and co-creator Christopher Bond, "Turning
them into a musical was just the next logical step"
StudioCanal and Anchor Bay Entertainment (Proprietors of the two
films) both leapt to support a project to bring Evil Dead to the
stage with new music, new songs and a new script. When the musical
premiered in Toronto in August of 2003 numbers like "Cabin
in the Woods", and "Do the
Necronomicon" made this hilarious romp through the campy
horror classics a huge success.
Summary:
Five teenagers
away for the weekend, an old abandoned cabin in the woods, what
could possibly go wrong?
It's the old
familiar story that we know and love: Boy meets girl, boy unleashes
ancient evil spirit, girl turns into zombie, boy must fight to survive
until dawn as his friends turn into the undead around him. Before
spiderman or a simple plan, Sam Raimi directed the low budget horror
film Evil Dead. Realising that the film was more comic than scary,
a large cult following quickly sprung up around the film as well
as it's two sequils, Evil Dead II and Army of Darkness.
Images:
Five images taken from the play itself. There are more (inc. video
clips) on the website so definitely go and check it out!!!)
