Van het eerste deel uit Sam Raimis Evil Dead trilogie wordt een remake gemaakt (overigens niet geregisseerd door hem, wel geproduceerd door Raimi en Bruce Campbell), en hoogstwaarschijnlijk komt er van Raimis hand ook een vierde deel.

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[eng]What do you think of the backlash against an Evi Dead remake?

"Well, I respect the fans and their wishes, and more than anything, Rob and I want to please the fans of the films. But I've never thought that making a film ever takes away from an existing film. No matter what you do, they're just two separate realities. Evil Dead was made by Rob Tapert, Bruce Campbell and myself, in 1979 we were shooting it. It bridged over into 1980. It was a 16mm film and although we think it was effective in a lot of ways, we actually think that it's not like it couldn't be improved in so many ways, from characterizations - there's like no real characterizations - the dialogue is not very good, the photography is like I mentioned 16mm, we had a small lighting kit. I think Tom Sullivan did a great job with the makeup but if he was given a little more time and a little better budget, I think he could have even gone further. And I love Bruce Campbell, so I don't think you ever replace Bruce but I just think there's a lot that a new director could bring to it that I didn't. I'm kind of excited to see it be born again in a strange way. I think it could be a lot of fun for the fans of the first one, and I think there are so many people that have never seen the thing that it's exciting to realize that gee, that horror story we told could be retold to a much larger audience, and maybe if it was told in a finer quality, maybe they would like it."[/eng]

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